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in a trice one of the greyhounds, having seized 

 him by the hind-leg, stretched him out, and the 

 others were biting his undefended belly. The 

 snarling and yelling of the worry made a noise 

 so fiendish that it was fairly blood-curdling ; 

 then it gradually died away, and the second 

 wolf lay limp on the plain." 



One of the most famous packs in the West 

 was that of the Sun River Hound Club, in 

 Montana, started by the stockmen of Sun River 

 to get rid of the curse of wolves, which infested 

 the neighbourhood, and worked very serious 

 damage to the flocks and herds. The pack was 

 composed of both greyhounds and deerhounds, 

 the best being from the kennels of Colonel 

 Williams and of Mr. Van Hummel, of Denver ; 

 they were handled by an old plainsman and 

 veteran wolf-hunter, named Porter. In the season 

 of 1886 the astonishing number of 146 wolves 

 was killed with these dogs. Ordinarily, as 

 soon as the dogs seized a wolf, and threw 

 or held it, Porter rushed in and stabbed 

 it with his hunting-knife ; one day, when 

 out with six hounds, he thus killed no less 

 than twelve out of the fifteen wolves started, 

 though one of the greyhounds was killed and 



