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cellent retriever, with a very tender mouth, and 

 if the bird is dropped, no matter where it is, she 

 finds it. But for all this, she has three faults 

 which are bad. 



Pardon me for enumerating them, but this is 

 the advice that I ask : 



1st. She will point rabbits until they run and 

 then she will chase them. Would you advise pur 

 chasing a rabbit and keeping it throughout the 

 year until hunting season, in her presence? 



2nd. When she comes to a point, and I go in 

 to flush the bird and find that it has run, she acts 

 wild and rushes in and goes quartering until she 

 finally gets the strong body scent, never with her 

 nose to the ground, and jumps right in on the 

 bird in one grand leap. 



3rd. She locates her bird, is staunch, but when 

 the bird flies or runs and she sees it, she chases 

 after it. I have strapped her repeatedly for this, 

 but repeatedly she does it again. 



I would not bother with the dog, but old hunters, 

 pot hunters, have told me she is a wonder, and I 

 have had to refuse several large offers for her. 



She is not for sale at any price. 



N. F. HAND. 



Ans. You have too fine a dog to dispose of for 

 those three faults. Put a force collar on her, and 



