Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-11 | Page 7 | Wolf Track Vs. Dog Track

WOLF TRACK VS DOG TRACK there Is little whereby to distin golsh the difference it Is well at this time to compare the track of the dog with that of the wolf especially since the alon of wolf hunting as a popular sport in the north of england I 1 have made dozens of drawings casts prints photographs and studies of wolf and dog tracks and have not found a single reliable feature that will distinguish them writes ernest thompson seton in country lite in america one hunter says the wolf has the relatively small outer toes yes sometimes but not when corn pared with the collie another bays that the wolf foot Is longer but not when compared with that of a gray hound staghound or another declares that the wolfs toot is larger yet it will not rank in size with that of a st bernard or a great dane the wolf lifts his feet neatly without dragging his toes hut so do man dogs especially country dogs thus all these diagnostics fail on the whole a wolf is a better walker than a dog his tracks do us bally register but not always and in some wolves rarely