CHAPTER XVII. 



SETTER TO RETRIEVE. BLOODHOUNDS. RETRIEVERS TO "BEAT." 

 WOUNDED WILD FOWL RETRIEVED BEFORE THE KILLED. 



536. SETTER TO RETRIEVE ; obtain thereby in one dog the services of two ; 

 necessity of having some Dog that retrieves. 537. Predilection for Setters con- 

 fessed; Reason given; in Note, Setters daily becoming more valuable than 

 Pointers ; Partridges netted by Poachers, also by Keepers, to make birds wary ; 

 Bloodhounds to track Poachers; Education of Bloodhounds; Education of 

 Keeper's night dog. (See Appendix). 538. Retrieving not to be taught first 

 season. 539. Value of retrieving instanced in Pointer. 540. One Dog only 

 to retrieve ; Dog that bolted Partridge because interfered with by companion ; 

 Birds kept cool. 541. Let "retrieving" be done by "Finder." 542. Captain 

 J n's three Dogs that alternately retrieved as ordered. 543. Such an Educa- 

 tion could be given, but unnecessary. 544. Seeking Dead with two Dogs ; 

 Winged Bird searched for in direction of covey's flight. 545. Scent differs of 

 wounded and unwounded birds. 546. Three dead Snipe lifted in succession; 

 Setter that stood fresh birds while carrying a dead one ; Pointer that pointed 

 Partridge while carrying a hare; Retriever refusing to relinquish chase of 

 wounded Hare; wounded Woodcock walked up to, not "set" by Dog. 547. 

 "Venus" tracking winged Partridge through Pheasants and Rabbits. 548. In- 

 judiciousness of retrieving Setter pointing dead. 549. Argument against 

 employing retrieving Setters holds against using regular Retrievers. 550. 

 REGULAR RETRIEVERS TO BEAT ; its Advantages ; one Dog does the duty 

 of two. 551. Instance of Retriever doing so spontaneously. 552. Retriever 

 that never disturbed fresh ground. 553. WATER RETRIEVERS (OR WATER 

 SPANIELS) TO RETRIEVE CRIPPLED BEFORE PICKING UP DEAD 

 WILD FOWL ; how taught. 554. None of these Accomplishments so difficult 

 to teach as a good range. 555. Might be taught by your Gamekeeper but not 

 to be expected of regular Breaker. 



SETTER TO RETRIEVE. 



536. UNDENIABLY there is some value in the extra 

 number of shots obtained by means of highly-broken 

 dogs ; and nearly as undeniable is it that no man, who 

 is not over-rich, will term that teaching superfluous 

 which enables him to secure in one dog the services of 

 two. Now, I take it for granted (as I cannot suppose 

 you are willing to lose many head of killed game), that 

 you would be glad to be always accompanied in the 



