I4O TRAINING THE HUNTING DOG 



the privilege of accompanying his big brother afield 

 that he may carry the game which is killed. 



The self-interest and consequently the efforts of 

 the dog are easily maintained, if he is not excessively 

 mistreated under a mistaken practice of training, or 

 mistreated from a mistaken play of ill-temper. 



The style of a point is considered a matter of first 

 importance by some sportsmen, so much so that they 

 assert that they would rather kill one bird over a 

 magnificently spectacular point than many over a 

 commonplace one. Nevertheless, there is a distinc- 

 tion between looking for pictures and looking for 

 birds. A flashy hit-or-miss dog, with high-pressure 

 legs, running across birds might make a point of in- 

 comparably greater beauty than that of a dog which 

 worked out his points methodically and intelligently. 



The dog with a high grade of bird sense rarely 

 makes spectacular points. His work is of an all-day 

 character, and he conducts it after the manner of an 

 all-day workman. It is judgment and method as 

 compared to snap work, the methodical professional 

 against the enthusiastic amateur. Not that beauti- 

 ful point work is objectionable, nor that good dogs 

 now and then do not possess it, but it has not the 



