iQ2 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



separate points every hundred yards or so round the wood. 

 A pack of hounds is sent in to draw the quarry, and on the 

 wolves breaking cover the nearest hunter slips his dogs. These 

 endeavour to seize their prey by the neck, where they hold him 

 until the hunter arrives, throws himself from his horse, and 

 with his knife puts an end to the fray. 



Another method is to advance across the open country at 

 intervals of about two hundred yards, slipping the dogs at 

 any game they may put up. 



Trials are also held in Russia. These take place in a large 

 railed enclosure, the wolves being brought in carts similar to 

 our deer carts. In this case a brace of dogs is loosed on the 

 wolf. The whole merit of the course is when the hounds can 

 overtake the wolf and pin him to the ground, so that the 

 keepers can secure him alive. It follows, therefore, that in 

 this case also the hounds must be of equal speed, so that they 

 reach the wolf simultaneously ; one dog would, of course, be 

 unable to hold him. 



Naturally, the dogs have to be trained to the work, for 

 which purpose the best wolves are taken alive and sent to the 

 kennels, where the young dogs are taught to pin him in such 

 a manner that he cannot turn and use his teeth. There seems 

 to be no reason why the Borzoi should not be used for coursing 

 in this country. 



One of the first examples of the breed exhibited in England 

 was owned by Messrs. Hill and Ashton, of Sheffield, about 

 1880, at which time good specimens were imported by the 

 Rev. J. C. Macdona and Lady Emily Peel, whose Sandringham 

 and Czar excited general admiration. It was then known as 

 the Siberian Wolfhound. Some years later the Duchess of 

 Newcastle obtained several fine dogs, and from this stock Her 

 Grace founded the kennel which has since become so famous. 

 Later still, Queen Alexandra received from the Czar a gift 

 of a leash of these stately hounds, one of them being Alex, who 

 quickly achieved honours as a champion. 



The breed has become as fashionable in the United States as 



