NOTE. 



The system of dog training described in this book is a 

 new one. Its fundamental principles were adopted by 

 the writer thirty years ago ; the details of the method, 

 as here given, have been developed and perfected by 

 him during that time. His own success with it has 

 encouraged the belief that its publication would be wel- 

 comed by the thousands of Am- lean sportsmen who 

 own and handle field dogs. This belief, it is a pleasure 

 to say, has been confirmed by the marked favor accord- 

 ed to the successive chapters as they appeared in the 

 Forest and Stream, from which journal they a?e here 

 reprinted. 



This system is humane and rational. It is also prac- 

 tical and efficient. Dog training differs essentially from 

 dog breaking, both in method and spirit, and also in 

 what may be accepted as the test of all systems, namely: 

 the results attained. 



The pages of this book contain no theories. They are 

 a plain, simple record of the plan which has been tested 

 by the writer in the field, year after year. He believes 

 that the same plan may be followed by others with 

 equal success. It is, therefore, with the fullest confi- 

 dence in the merits of this system of Dog Training vs. 

 Dog Breaking, that it L» submitted to the public. 



The story of "My Old Dog Trim " is added, because 

 from his day the author dates his conversion to the 

 belief that training is better than breaking. The sketch 

 of "The One-Eyed Grouse of Maple Run" is also given, 

 that the reader may have in it some of the "reasons for 

 the faith that is in us," when we advise the introduction 

 of the youngsters to the haunts of tins royal bird. 

 These sketches are also given as illustrative of some of 

 the pleasures enjoyed in the fie^d in the companionship 

 of a well-trained dog. S. T. H. 



Forest and Stream Ofeice, March, 1882. 



