Quail Shooting 



business, and that no amount of sen- 

 timental admiration of his perform- 

 ances on the part of his master will 

 compensate him, if, after he has found 

 and indicated the location of the 

 game, it escapes through inattention 

 or bad shooting at the critical instant. 

 The careless or bungling shooter who 

 repeatedly misses all manner of fair 

 shots, must not be surprised if, in utter 

 disgust, his dog companion sulkily 

 ceases effort, or even wholly abandons 

 the field, leaving the chagrined and 

 disappointed hunter to return home 

 alone leg weary, gameless and 

 ashamed. He is thus forced to learn 

 that hunting-dog intelligence is not 

 limited to abject subservience ; and he 

 thus gains a new appreciation of the 

 fact that the better his dog, the bet- 

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