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Mrs. G. L. Strong 



MRS. G. L. STRONG, wife of Colonel T. E. Strong, Indian Staff 

 Corps, who has spent fourteen years in India, and has now settled 



From photo by J. R. Browning. Exeter From photo by Scott & Sons, Exeter 



MRS. G. L. STRONG'S POODLES 



CIGARETTE POXGO 



at Claremont, Exeter, has always been fond of horses and dogs. 

 She has hunted the wild boar, and also kept a " Bobbari " pack in 

 India, consisting of English and Persian Greyhounds and Terriers, 

 and last, but not least, a " Dingo." This Australian dog came to 

 them as a lion, and left them a lamb. 



This mixed pack hunted hyaenas, foxes, and jackals, and gave them 

 many a good run. One ended in a most amusing way, and no one 

 but an eye-witness would believe it possible. It happened near 

 Baroda, in Bombay Presidency. I will give Mrs. Strong's own 

 words of this affair:. "We had had a good run with our little pack 

 after a jackal, which they finally ran into and apparently killed. 

 Colonel Strong gave him his quietus, as we thought, with his stirrup 

 iron, and, cutting off his brush, hung it on to his saddle. We all 

 then moved away to look for another. A few minutes after, on 

 turning round, we saw this tailless jack slouching off under a hedge. 

 No animal but a jackal or a fox would have been so cunning as to 

 sham death like this." 



