Jack Rabbit Hunting With Greyhounds 81 



This pack of hounds consists of six couples of pure grey- 

 hounds, two Russian wolfhounds and two Scotch deer or stag 

 hounds. 



The greyhounds are decidedly the best all-round hounds 

 for Jack rabbits and for coyote; the Scotch deerhound is a 

 good fighter, and his extra weight is of great assistance in 

 pulling down the game. The Russian wolfhounds, however, 

 are neither as fast nor do they have the endurance of the grey- 

 hound or Scotch staghound and they seem also lacking in 

 courage, seldom, if ever, maldng the first attack; at least this 

 is Mr. Kenyon's experience. The writer has since heard from 

 other sources that Russian wolfhounds alone are not partic- 

 ularly satisfactory after coyote. 



"They are off," cries the Master, who is the first to notice 

 the huntsman lifting liis hat, and our horses are at full gallop 

 from the very first stride. They knew so well what was com- 

 ing and were so impatient for the signal that the start was 

 hardly less general than if a flag had fallen before them. The 

 writer will never forget that gallop over the plains. The short 

 brown buffalo grass made excellent footing for our horses, and 

 the way they raced it after the circling greyhounds, who were 

 but a rod or two behind their game, was something beautiful 

 to see, and something delightful to remember. 



On went the chase, rising and falling to the undulating 

 plain, a streak of coyote followed by six streaking greyhounds, 

 that seemed to fly over the surface of the plain like a flock of 

 feeding swallows. The riders" had notliing to do but let their 

 horses fly after them as fast as they could lay their feet to 

 the sod, and keep their eyes on the chase a quarter of a mile 

 away, the distance increasing all the time in spite of our horses' 

 best efforts. 



On goes the coyote, on go the hounds! Now the question of 

 endurance begins to tell; the two younger hounds begin to 

 lag behind, and so on until two more of the six are beginning 



