The intention of the present volume is to initiate the 

 reader into all the mysteries and secrets of the ^^ Art of Train- 

 ing Animals," and to give full and clear explanations of, and 

 instructions in, every branch of that art. It is believed that 

 the reader will find it acceptable whether he desires using its in- 

 structions practically either for profit or as an agreeable 

 recreation, or as merely a curiosity to know how the feats 

 herein described are taught. 



This is believed to be the first and only attempt made to treat 

 this subject fully and systematically. Fragmentary articles 

 have occasionally appeared, and some works, treating of one or 

 another of the various animals, have given a few brief though 

 interesting paragraphs touching their educatability or sagacity. 

 Even combined these form but a comparatively meager collec- 

 tion, and the volume herewith presented has the essential part of 

 all this as well as a very large amount of matter which is en- 

 tirely new. The dim has been to make the book as complete as 

 possible, and to do this the author has profited by the experience 

 and writings of others wherever they could be made available. 

 He has, however, striven in all such cases to give full credit. 

 As far as it was possible to communicate with the parties in 

 f[uestion, their consent was explicitly obtained, and in no case to 

 the best of his knowledge (certainly not intentionally) has any 

 material been used contrary to the wishes of its owner, or with- 

 out due acknowledgment, and he would respectfully ask any 

 who may desire to make use of any part of his own labors to 

 a reasonable extent, the same courtesy of full credit to Haney's 

 Art of Training Animals. 



To many gentlemen in the profession wc are indebted for 



