DOGS 473 
ordination of effort between dog and gun is absolutely 
essential to success. 
When on a trail, the spaniel should time his speed to 
that of the shooter. When pressing in close on the 
birds he should refrain from flushing till the shooter 
is properly placed and ready for the shot. If he is 
specially intelligent, accomplished and helpful, he may 
get the birds between himself and the shooter before 
flushing them, so that they may be driven toward the 
shooter, thus enhancing the chances for a successful 
shot. 
It is self-evident that a lawless spaniel, ranging out 
of gunshot, and flushing the birds regardless of the 
shooter’s interests, is in no sense an aid to the gun. 
Such misbehavior, on the contrary, insures that even 
if the game be plentiful the opportunities of the shooter 
are constantly ruined, and he then is much worse off 
than if he had no dog at all. 
As the spaniel is not required nor desired to point, 
his training is correspondingly simpler than that of 
the setter and pointer. When trained, he beats out a 
very limited area of ground about the shooter, keeping 
at all times well within gunshot, flushing the birds with- 
out any preliminary point as an entirely proper act. In 
thick cover, or in ground so rough that the dog is much 
hidden from view, the advantages of this manner of 
work are manifest. 
In the case of the pointer and setter, which fre- 
quently find birds far out of gunshot, the advantages 
