i8 2 A SPORTING PARADISE 



the remaining couple of swift hounds arrived 

 on the scene. For a moment the wolf and all 

 four dogs galloped along in a bunch ; then one 

 of the greyhounds, watching his chance, pinned 

 the beast cleverly by the hock and threw him 

 completely over. The others jumped on it in 

 an instant ; but rising by main force the wolf 

 shook himself free, catching one dog by the ear 

 and tearing it half off. Then he sat down on 

 his haunches, and the greyhounds ranged them- 

 selves around him some twenty yards off, form- 

 ing a ring which forbade his retreat, though they 

 themselves did not dare touch him. However, 

 the end was at hand. In another moment the 

 big dogs came running up at headlong speed, and 

 smashed into the wolf like a couple of battering- 

 rams. He rose on his hind-legs like a wrestler 

 as they came at him, the greyhounds also rising 

 and bouncing up and down like rubber balls. 

 I could just see the wolf and the big dog locked 

 together, as the second made good his throat- 

 hold. In another moment over all three tumbled, 

 while the greyhounds and one or two of the 

 track-hounds jumped in to take part in the 

 killing. The big dogs more than occupied the 

 wolf's attention and took all the punishing, while 



