Russian Hunting. Dog vs Wolf. Borzoi Russian Wolfhound. 1910 Documentary

ATTENTION: May be disturbing to sensitive viewers The documentary Wolf Hunting in Russia, produced in 1910 by Pathé Frères (France) under the original title Chasse aux Loups en Russie, shows the real wolf hunting taking place in Russia a century ago. The dogs that were used by the Russian nobility for such hunting were mostly the Russian wolfhounds Borzoi and also some English dogs of the Greyhound type. The bunting party was divided into two contingents, one of which pursued the wolves on horseback with a set of dogs, whilst the individual members of the second party remained on the outskirts of the wood with the attacking dogs held in leash. These fearless dogs would spring at a wolf and bear him to the ground almost before their masters would reach the spot with lassos in their hands. Another second the wolf would be captured; a wedge is then forced between its teeth, and then it would be brought back, still living, together with other captives. After a hundred years, our pe