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in somewhat the same manner, being followed 

 by a slow hound and shot at as he circles be- 

 fore the dog. Although this kind of fox-hunt- 

 ing is inferior to hunting on horseback, it 

 nevertheless has its merits, as the man must 

 walk and run well, shoot with some accuracy, 

 and show considerable knowledge both of the 

 country and of the habits of the game. 



During the last score of years an entirely 

 different type of dog from the fox-hound has 

 firmly established itself in the field of Ameri- 

 can sport. This is the greyhound, whether 

 the smooth-haired, or the rough-coated Scotch 

 deer-hound. For half a century the army 

 officers posted in the far West have occasion- 

 ally had greyhounds with them, using the dogs 

 to course jack-rabbit, coyote, and sometimes 

 deer, antelope, and gray wolf. Many of them 

 were devoted to this sport, General Custer, 

 for instance. I have myself hunted with many 

 of the descendants of Ouster's hounds. In 

 the early 70*8 the ranchmen of the great plains 

 themselves began to keep greyhounds for 

 coursing (as indeed they had already been 

 used for a considerable time in California, 

 after the Pacific Coast jack- rabbit), and the 

 sport speedily assumed large proportions and 

 a permanent form. Nowadays the ranchmen 



