Caesar, the Clever Rascal 217 



in that way for hundreds of yards. He 

 cared but little for the whip, and under its 

 infliction would lie down and sulk. 



However, at length I thought of a plan 

 which when tried proved successful, not only 

 in his case but in that of many other dogs 

 that were at first not disposed to take kindly 

 to the harness. 



My dogs were generally harnessed in tan- 

 dem style. When breaking in a young dog, 

 I usually had three powerful old animals 

 harnessed in front of him, and one or even 

 two good dogs behind him. This was the 

 plan I tried with Caesar. The dog I had 

 harnessed immediately behind him was Jack. 

 It is hardly needless to say that of him every 

 dog stood in dread, when once his ominous 

 growls were heard. Harnessing Caesar up 

 in this powerful train, I then shouted, 

 " Marche ! " and the sport began. Caesar 

 was as obstinate as he could be. First he 

 made the most desperate efforts to get out of 

 his harness. But against this I had care- 

 fully guarded. A dog that has once suc- 

 ceeded in squeezing himself out of his har- 

 ness, when being broken in, is likely to try 

 the trick again, where perhaps his escape 

 may be most annoying and inconvenient. 



