Hn fl&emoriam 



While reading the proofs of the last of the 

 preceding pages, a letter from Charlie Smith 

 brought the unwelcome news that Dog Kaiser is 

 no more. In July last, while in pursuit of a field- 

 mouse, he leaped in front of a mowing-machine 

 on his master's ranch, and was killed. 



To every sportsman and guide who knew Kaiser 

 in camp and on the trail, his untimely death has 

 caused genuine sorrow. There never lived a more 

 perfect hunting-dog for big game; for he was a 

 dog who made no mistakes. His senses were 

 keen, he knew when to pursue, and when to save 

 himself by a proper retreat. On the trail of large 

 game, he would obey a strange sportsman as 

 readily as his own master; and few hunting-dogs 

 will do that. He never was permitted to range 

 free, or to chase any hoofed game save when it 

 was to be photographed. 



In breed, Kaiser was part collie, and partly 

 plain hunting-dog. As a hunter of intelligence, 

 obedience, skill and courage, he contributed much 

 toward the success of a number of sportsmen and 

 naturalists, and in the annals of big-game hunt- 

 ing and photography, he fairly earned a place. 



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