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bristle up, and then retreat with their tails 

 between their legs. But one of his dogs ever 

 really tried to master a wolf by itself, and this 

 one paid for its temerity with its life; for 

 while running a wolf in a canebrake the beast 

 turned and tore it to pieces. Finally General 

 Hampton succeeded in getting a number of 

 his hounds so they would at any rate follow 

 the trail in full cry, and thus drive the wolf 

 out of the thicket, and give a chance to the 

 hunter to get a shot. In this way he killed 

 two or three. 



The true way to kill wolves, however, is to 

 hunt them with greyhounds on the great 

 plains. Nothing more exciting than this sport 

 can possibly be imagined. It is not always 

 necessary that the greyhounds should be of 

 absolutely pure blood. Prize-winning dogs 

 of high pedigree often prove useless for the 

 purpose. If by careful choice, however, a 

 ranchman can get together a pack composed 

 both of the smooth-haired greyhound and the 

 rough-haired Scotch deer-hound, he can have 

 excellent sport. The greyhounds sometimes 

 do best if they have a slight cross of bulldog 

 in their veins; but this is not necessary. If 

 once a greyhound can be fairly entered to the 

 sport and acquires confidence, then its won- 



