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Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches

CHAPTER VIII
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Nothing more exciting than this sport can possibly be imagined.

It is not always necessary that the greyhounds should be of absolutely pure blood.

Prize-winning dogs of high pedigree often prove useless for the purposes.

If by careful choice, however, a ranchman can get together a pack composed both of the smooth-haired greyhound and the rough-haired Scotch deer-hound, he can have excellent sport.

The greyhounds sometimes do best if they have a slight cross of bulldog in their veins; but this is not necessary.


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