Outing . ON THE DECK OF THE DOG-WAGON By HAMILTON M. LAING A Tale of Tests of Canine Speed and Cunning Against the Haresand Foxes of Western Canada Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. HEN I wrote to mynew friend duringthe summer inquir-ing about the pros-pect of securing ahunt with him andthe probability of getting photos of hisrunning dogs in action, he had repliedwith true Western hospitality and opti-mism. Come right along—ran the importof his message—stay a week, a month, allwinter. Pictures? Why the dogs oftenchased the jack-rabbits around the dog-wagon ; foxes had taken refuge un
Outing . ON THE DECK OF THE DOG-WAGON By HAMILTON M. LAING A Tale of Tests of Canine Speed and Cunning Against the Haresand Foxes of Western Canada Illustrated with Photographs by the Author. HEN I wrote to mynew friend duringthe summer inquir-ing about the pros-pect of securing ahunt with him andthe probability of getting photos of hisrunning dogs in action, he had repliedwith true Western hospitality and opti-mism. Come right along—ran the importof his message—stay a week, a month, allwinter. Pictures? Why the dogs oftenchased the jack-rabbits around the dog-wagon ; foxes had taken refuge under it;and when a wolf was overhauled and hadhis back up, there was always an oppor-tunity to get in close at the death. Comein October, as the dogs could not beallowed to run till the fields were inshock or threshed; and also, the foxesand wolves then would be prime. Soit was decided, and one day early in Oc-tober I transported myself and photo-graphic outfit, by way of a five hoursrun by train, to his farm—a goodly sliceof fertile Manitoba acreage—and soonwas getting acquainted with the were a likely and lively family of canines that loped out of the big barnat the
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