l6o TRAINING THE HUNTING DOG 



there is an important distinction between quickness 

 and hurry. 



Some dogs have the ability to locate either by fol- 

 lowing the foot scent or the body scent, conducting 

 themselves according to the conditions governing at 

 the time in the interest of the best success. Dogs of 

 inferior range, yet skillful in locating, and with good 

 judgment in planning their work besides having the 

 power to concentrate their minds on it, not infre- 

 quently distinguish themselves as excellent field per- 

 formers. 



The trainer should not tolerate any pottering work 

 when a dog is puzzling on the foot scent. Drive 

 him from the pottering with the whip. The dog 

 which habitually sniffs at a single track one after an- 

 other, returning to the same tracks time after time to 

 sniff them again, as if he liked them for their own 

 sake, thus leaving the trail to get cold and lost, is 

 worthless. To be of any value in locating he must 

 road a little faster than the birds run, otherwise they 

 will run clear away from him. On the other hand, 

 when the dog is picking out the trail and is actually 

 going ahead on it, it is better then to leave the matter 

 entirely to him. No theory of the trainer as to where 



