are savage. There is perhaps no more affectionate variety of the canine race and when made a companion of by one person there is no dog which shows greater intelligence.

   While they have been extensively taken up in Eastern America owing to their great beauty, perhaps the greatest future field for their usefulness is in the Western States, where they are now gaining popularity in the crusade against those arch enemies of the shepherd and cattleman, the coyote and the wolf. Strange as it may seem, these beasts are annually increasing in numbers, and there appears to be no means of capturing them except with the assistance of coursing dogs, as to shoot one is well-nigh impossible. The ''varmints" have actually learned what poison is, and can, with difficulty, be enticed to touch 'treated'' meat.

   It must not be thought that the borzoi needs no training to become a wolf-killer, but like gundogs, hounds and sheepdogs, he has to be shown what is necessary by older heads at the business. This is very carefully carried out in Russia, live wolves being kept in the kennels for the purpose of training the young dogs which are taught to pin the wolf by a hold back of the ear in such a manner that the game cannot attack its pursuer with the teeth. Not until the young hound is an adept at getting this hold is he considered quite fit for use in the field.

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