In Western states, Borzoi are sometimes used in open field coursing to
hunt jackrabbit, and some farmers use them against coyotes to protect their livestock.
[8] In his book Two Years Before the Mast, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. describes how sailors in the 1830s camped on the beach at La Playa, accumulated cattle hides for export, and
hunted for wood and
jackrabbits in the hills of Point Loma.