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or name, the breaker gets hold of the cord and jerks it ; 

 this makes the dog come in a few paces ; another jerk 

 or two makes him approach closer, and then the breaker, 

 by himself retiring with his face towards the spaniel, 

 calling out his name or whistling, and occasionally 

 jerking the cord, makes him quite submissive, and more 

 disposed to obey on future occasions. 



51. In training a large team it is of much advantage 

 to the keeper to have a lad to rate, and, when neces- 

 sary, give the skirters a taste of the lash in short, to 

 act as whipper-in. The keeper need not then carry a 

 whip, or at least often use it, which will make his 

 spaniels all the more willing to hunt close to him. 



52. Lord A r's head gamekeeper was singularly 



aided he possessed a four-legged whipper-in. Three 



years since while Mr. D s M.P. for a South Eastern 



County was with a shooting party at his Lordship's, 

 the keeper brought into the field a brace of powerful 

 retrievers, and a team of spaniels, among which were 

 two that had never been shot over. On the first 

 pheasant being killed all the old spaniels dropped to 

 shot, but one of the young ones rushed forward and 

 mouthed the bird. The person who had fired ran on to 

 save the bird, but the keeper called aloud, and requested 

 him not to move. The man then made a signal to one 

 of the retrievers to go. He did so instantly, but, in- 

 stead of meddling with the bird, he seized the spaniel, 

 lifted him up, and shook him well. The moment the 

 pup could escape he came howling to the "heels" of 



