FOR THE FIELD AND FIELD TRIALS. 



turn down wind at the end of his casts if 

 he keeps best in place relatively to the shooter. If 

 the dog turns up wind under these circumstances, he 

 turns on to ground which he has worked, making 

 loops at the end of his casts, all of which results in 

 inferior effort. 



In their ability to work out the ground regardless 

 of whether the shooter walks up, down or across 

 wind, dogs vary greatly in their powers. Some 

 dogs, good rangers up wind, seem to lose all ideas of 

 intelligent ranging when the shooter walks down 

 wind; others perform well regardless of the course 

 of the shooter. 



When the shooter walks straight across wind he 

 gives the dog the most difficult proposition to range 

 to, since if he then casts straight across the shooter, 

 he must go straight up and down wind. The wise 

 dog, of good sense and good experience, works well 

 regardless of his handler's course, for he casts out 

 and stays out far enough to have a free fling accord- 

 ing to the circumstances. 



It is better to give the dog experience in working 

 out the ground regardless of the wind, for many 

 times it happens in a day's shooting that, owing to 



