Although this kind of fox hunting is inferior to hunting on horseback, it nevertheless has its merits, as the man must walk and run well, shoot with some accuracy, and show considerable knowledge both of the country and of the habits of the game.
During the last score of years an entirely different type of dog from the fox-hound has firmly established itself in the field of American sport.

This is the greyhound, whether the smooth-haired, or the rough-coated Scotch deer-hound.

For half a century the army officers posted in the far West have occasionally had greyhounds with them, using the dogs to course jack-rabbit, coyote, and sometimes deer, antelope, and gray wolf.

Many of them were devoted to this sport,--General Custer, for instance.

I have myself hunted with many of the descendants of Custer's hounds.