THE SCOTCH DEERHOUND. 185 



game he was never known to stop at any obstruction that 

 could be scaled. 



The courage and game qualities of the high-bred Deer- 

 hound can not be better illustrated than by describing a 

 wolf -hunt which took place in Montana. Some years since, 

 I sold a trained pack of six Deerhounds to the Sun River 

 Hound Club of Montana. This club was composed of 

 wealthy cattlemen, who were losing thousands of dollars' 

 worth of cattle annually through the ravages of the large 

 gray timber wolf. They hired Mr. I. N. Porter, an expe- 

 rienced wolf -hunter, to handle this pack of Deerhounds on 

 their cattle-range for one year. I had guaranteed the dogs 

 to kill any wolf in the territory. Mr. Porter took the 

 dogs with him to deliver them to the club. He and the 

 writer had killed many prairie wolves in Colorado with 

 these dogs, but had never tackled the large gray timber 

 wolves of the Rocky Mountains. It seems that one 

 of the members of this club had a large flock of sheep, 

 and one certain wolf had been preying on them for four 

 years past. It was to this ranch that Mr. Porter and the 

 dogs were first taken, and this tremendous wolf was to be the 

 first one that the pack was to tackle. If they could catch 

 and kill him, my guarantee was to be considered fulfilled, 

 I had carefully instructed Mr. Porter how to work the 

 dogs, and above all to have them in prime condition when 

 they saw the first wolf. This ranch was located some 

 seventy-five miles from railroad communication, and the 

 dogs had to travel this distance on foot; so that when they 

 arrived at their future home their feet were worn to the 

 quick, and they had to be rested. The second night after 

 their arrival this wolf, with two smaller ones, came and 

 killed four sheep, and naturally Mr. Porter's curiosity was 

 aroused to see whatkind of an imimal these dogs were to 

 kill; so after daylight he mounted his horse and followed the 

 wolves, merely to get sight of them and learn their habits. 

 The following is quoted from a letter which was written 

 on his return to the house after seeing this large wolf : 



