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a long cord into a field where they are numerous, 

 and when one attracts his attention it is shot, if not 

 protected by law, and he is permitted to capture it. 

 Again, if he can in any way be induced to chase a 

 rabbit, if the trainer can shoot it ahead of him while 

 he is in close pursuit, a cure is in most instances ef- 

 fected then and there. 



The company of an old, steady dog is at all times 

 reassuring, regardless of his breed or special hunt- 

 ing proclivities. A rabbit dog, however, is likely to 

 be the best assistant. Nothing so excites the spirit 

 of the chase in a dog as to see or hear another dog 

 in full cry after a rabbit. 



A gun-shy dog should never be worked on game 

 birds before he is fully cured of his fault, otherwise 

 the chances are great that he becomes bird-shy and a 

 blinker. If he has both faults, he must have excep- 

 tionally good qualities if he is worth the attempt to 

 cure him. 



A blinker is cured by kind treatment, by permit- 

 ting him to eat the entrails of the birds which are 

 shot, and by ignoring any faults and errors of which 

 he may be guilty. Sometimes the one who caused 

 the blinking can never cure it, and therefore it is 



