THE WOLF 



him." This trait is shared by most other marau- 

 ders. The wolf is a poor runner, and is easily 

 run down with the aid of an ordinary horse in 

 open country. 



The surest and most effective way apart from 

 calling, is by trapping, which is the most ex- 

 tensively practiced, and he who says that trap- 

 ping is not great sport has surely never tried to 

 outwit an old wolf. I always measure sport by 

 the amount of skill required. 



The keeper of a game preserve, who is not ac- 

 quainted with the use of traps and other devices 

 designed to decrease predatory animals, will 

 never succeed in showing first-class results to the 

 owner or owners so far as abundance of game is 

 concerned; and what holds good in the case of 

 the shooting-preserves holds good also for the 

 open hunting grounds. 



The track of an old full-grown wolf, although 

 similar to that of a dog, differs from the latter, 

 inasmuch as it shows that the foot is less fleshy, 

 the soles of the various toes appearing more 

 sharply divided than in the dog's track. The 

 latter has a comparatively big foot but also a 



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