FOR THE FIELD AND FIELD TRIALS. 



He can spring a few feet before a bird can rise from 

 the ground a like distance. He makes many mis- 

 takes nevertheless. Sometimes, through eddies of 

 wind or bad judgment, he may jump in the wrong 

 direction, or he may make his stand too far away 

 from the birds and when he makes his spring he falls 

 far short of reaching them, etc. Dogs in this respect 

 vary greatly in skill. 



The points of the dog, as they are naturally made 

 in furtherance of his own purposes, as shown when 

 he is not trained or but half trained, have a vigor and 

 intensity which are much greater than those of the 

 trained dog. In time the points of the latter gradu- 

 ally become more or less perfunctory. He learns 

 that he must not spring forward to capture, and that 

 therefore there is no need to set himself rigidly for it 

 He may even become slouchy on point, and some 

 dogs learn to lie down instead of standing up, as a 

 dog on point naturally should do. 



All dogs, however, which lie down on point do 

 not do so as a matter of ease or indifference. Some 

 do so as a matter of education ; others as a matter of 

 caution, sneaking forward very close to the ground 

 when on trail, and dropping to the ground betimes 



