84 HUNTING DOGS. 



fellows who pretend that to teach a hound you 

 must abuse him. If you want a foolish doo:, that 

 is the way to use him but if you desire an intelli- 

 gent one, you must encourage him. 



After a dog has been well blooded (the 

 blooding is done by rubbing the hot blood of the 

 game on the front legs, as well as on the sides of 

 the dog), you may turn him loose or you may 

 lead him until you find another trail. He will at 

 once be anxious to follow. Let him lead for a 

 hundred yards and once you are sure that he has 

 the scent in the right direction, let him go and 

 if that hound comes from trained stock, he will 

 run that scent immediately and should he only 

 be away for fiye, ten or more minutes and come 

 back to you, speak kindly to him and tell him to 

 hunt. Always mention his name and keep mov- 

 ing in the direction where you suppose the game 

 is. 



It is a good thing that a young dog backs his 

 own tracks at first, as it teaches him that he can 

 find you when he likes and a hound that does this 

 after each chase will never get lost no matter 

 where you may go. In deer hunting, it has many 

 advantages in so far, that when you are several 

 miles from camp, after your dog lias a start you 

 keep moving and if you find where a deer has 

 just passed, you can just sit there and wait for 

 the return of the dog and as soon as he returns, 



