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maiming or killing, a lesser number of assail 

 ants. Some hunters prefer the smooth grey 

 hound, because of its great speed, and others 

 the wire-coated animal, the rough deer-hound, 

 because of its superior strength; both, if of 

 the right kind, are dauntless fighters. 



Colonel Williams greyhounds have per 

 formed many noble feats in wolf-hunting. He 

 spent the winter of 1875 m trie Black Hills, 

 which at that time did not contain a single 

 settler and fairly swarmed with game. 

 Wolves were especially numerous and very 

 bold and fierce, so that the dogs of the party 

 were continually in jeopardy of their lives. 

 On the other hand they took an ample ven 

 geance, for many wolves w r ere caught by the 

 pack. Whenever possible, the horsemen kept 

 close enough to take an immediate hand in 

 the fight, if the quarry w r as a full-grown wolf, 

 and thus save the dogs from the terrible pun 

 ishment they were otherwise certain to re 

 ceive. The dogs invariably throttled, rushing 

 straight at the throat, but the wounds they 

 themselves received were generally in the flank 

 or belly; in several instances these wounds 

 resulted fatally. Once or twice a wolf was 

 caught, and held by two greyhounds until the 

 horsemen came up; but it took at least five 



