TRAINING THE DEER HOUND. 



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business, lie will examine the track by foUowino^ 

 it 100 yards or so and if suitable and going (if 

 it is a deer) in the right direction and if the wind 

 is also right, Avill then allow his hound to go. 



A dog which knows his business will not 

 open the minute he gets the scent but will cover 

 the ground fast and save his steam until he has 

 jumped the deer or fox, then open his value and 



The Deer Seeks Refuge in Deep Water. 



if he is a flyer he Avill water more deer in five 

 hours than another Avhich gives tongue as soon as 

 he takes the scent in five days for the reason that 

 a dog which opens the very instant he finds a 

 trail will have to cover 20 times more ground to 

 bring his deer to water, than the one which does 

 not. 



A hound should not be gun or water shy 

 but should be shy of strangers, traps and of poi- 



