380 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
A dog of fair gait and persistent industry can easily 
beat out the necessary range, and the one which makes 
his quest patiently and soberly and quietly, working 
with judgment and honesty to the gun, will bring the 
shooter satisfactory success in the results, to say noth- 
ing of the incomparable comfort and pleasure in shoot: 
ing over him. 
Nine out of every ten dogs which are running with 
high head and merry actions are running because they 
are in high spirits and for their own pleasure, with no 
thought of the birds or of work to the gun. When 
they come on birds this is often a matter of chance, 
and their point work is marked by deplorable errors. 
This kind of dog leads his partial master to believe 
that when he wears off the wildness and wire edge 
he will steady down to a useful grade of work; but 
often when such dog has worn off his exuberance he 
has worn off all there is in him of field performance, 
and he either loafs, or does his work in the same slov- 
enly manner, though, loafing, he does less of it. 
In shooting for sport, the shooter takes his birds 
on the wing. Of course, in shooting for market, the 
market shooter has no thought of sport or its prac- 
tices. His one object is to kill the bird and bring it 
to bag. The manner of it is of the least importance. 
His theory and practice are founded on commercial 
principles; therefore, he shoots his birds as he can, 
whether they be on the limb of a tree, the ground, or 
flying. 
Some hunters have dogs trained to seek for the 
