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on the plain, killed by the dogs unassisted. 

 This wolf was rather heavier and decidedly 

 taller than either of the big dogs, with more 

 sinewy feet and longer fangs. 



I have several times seen wolves run down 

 and stopped by greyhounds after a break-neck 

 gallop and a wildly exciting finish, but this 

 was the only occasion on which I ever saw 

 the dogs kill a big, full-grown he-wolf unaided. 

 Nevertheless various friends of mine own 

 packs that have performed the feat again and 

 again. One pack, formerly kept at Fort Ben- 

 ton, until wolves in that neighborhood became 

 scarce, had nearly seventy-five to its credit, 

 most of them killed without any assistance 

 from the hunter ; killed moreover by the grey- 

 hounds alone, there being no other dogs with 

 the pack. These greyhounds were trained to 

 the throat-hold, and did their own killing in 

 fine style ; usually six or eight were slipped 

 together. General Miles informs me that he 

 once had great fun in the Indian Territory 

 hunting wolves with a pack of greyhounds. 

 They had with the pack a large stub-tailed 

 mongrel, of doubtful ancestry but most un- 

 doubted fighting capacity. When the wolf 

 was started the greyhounds were sure to over- 

 take it in a mile or two ; they would then 

 bring it to a halt and stand around it in a ring 

 until the fighting dog came up. The latter 

 promptly tumbled on the wolf, grabbing him 

 anywhere, and often getting a terrific wound 

 himself at the same time. As soon as he had 

 seized the wolf and was rolling over with him 



