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after you or as if you were in a hurry and then 

 call your dog as soon as you get thru the woods. 

 You will neyer haye a good x-oon dog if you do 

 so, especiall}^ if he is new at the business. If 

 3'ou want a dog that will stay by the trail, you 

 want to stay with him. If you use your dog 

 properh% that is, if you hunt slow and sit down 

 on a log or wait for your dog until he comes in 

 and then moye on as soon as he does come in, 

 you will find that your dog will soon "catch on" 

 to this and will always come in as soon as he 

 has a woods or a portion of a woods hunted oyer, 

 unless he ''trees." 



Another brother offers the following sug- 

 gestions : ''Let me giye you a few pointers in 

 regard to breaking them to hunt 'coon. When 

 the pup is fiye or six months old, teach him to 

 speak or bark by holding up a piece of meat 

 or bread, and when you get him so he will bark, 

 take him into the woods where there are squir- 

 rels. Be sure and take your gun along and 

 chase eyery squirrel or cat up a tree and shoot 

 the squirrel. Be sure and make the dog help 

 to chase the squirrel then skin the squirrel. 

 Cut it up in small pieces and feed it to your 

 dog. Do this as often as possible and you will 

 be surprised how quickly he will learn. Com- 

 mence early in the fall to hunt 'coon, and keep 

 away as much as possible from the haunts of 



