KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. 



two as the bird moves from him, and now work- 

 ing round it, fidgeting in a -very annoying way, 

 until, ten chances to one, just as the shooter is 

 hurrying breathlessly up, the bird springs and 

 the shot is lost. Hunting always as if he were 

 running a steeple-chase, in company with other 

 dogs he often refuses to back, and has been 

 known to dash in and flush rather than play 

 second fiddle. When the spirit of evil has once 

 fairly entered into him, no severity of correc- 

 tion has the slightest effect in restraining the 

 fiend within him, and he will chase, race, yelp, 

 mouth birds, and worry cattle like a very devil 

 incarnate. And yet the very day previous, per- 

 haps, he has been moderately steady. This dog 

 is now five years old, he has been reared in the 

 country, had the advantage of being taken out 

 almost every day, and at the present time is not 

 a whit more to be relied upon. 



How advantageously does the purely bred 

 pointer or setter contrast with an individual of 

 caste like the specimen just mentioned, and 

 what a deal of mischief such an animal may 

 create, even among the most staunch and 

 amenable dogs ! 



As the practice is chiefly countenanced by 

 men who have dogs for sale, we would respect- 



