198 CHECKCORD. [CH. xn. 



upon him, that he cannot run so fast as the hare. 

 When he has nearly reached you, make him " drop." 

 Scold him severely, saying, " Ware chase " (a command 

 that applies to the chase of birds as well as of hares). 

 Pull him to the place where he was when first he got a 

 view of the hare, make him lie down, rate him well, 

 call out " No," or " Hare," or " Ware chase," or any 

 word you choose, provided you uniformly employ the 

 same. Smack the whip and punish him with it, but 

 not so severely as you did when we assumed that he 

 tore the bird (end of 322). You then flogged him for 

 two offences : first, because he rushed in and seized the 

 bird ; secondly, because he tore it and tasted blood. 

 If you had not then punished him severely, you could 

 never have expected him to be tender-mouthed. On 

 the next occasion he might have swallowed the bird, 

 feathers and all. 



335. Should he persist in running after hares, you 

 must employ the checkcord. If you see the hare, at 

 which he is pointing, in its form, drive a peg firmly 

 into the ground, and attach the cord to it, giving him a 

 few slack yards, so that after starting off he may be 

 arrested with a tremendous jerk. Fasten the line to 

 the part of the spike close to the ground, or he may 

 pull it out. 



336. I have known a dog to be arrested in a headlong- 

 chase by a shot fired at him : an act which you will 

 think yet more reprehensible than the previous mis- 

 management for which his owner apparently knew no 

 other remedy than this hazardous severity. 



337. When you are teaching your dog to refrain from 

 chasing hares, take him, if you can, where they are 

 plentiful If they are scarce, and you are in the neigh- 

 bourhood of a rabbit-warren, visit it occasionally of an 



