INDEX. 



351 



Example advantageous, 351 ; especially 

 to spaniels, 62 ; yours has influence, 

 264, 374. 



Exercise on the road, 566. 



F. 



FALCON with Greyhound. 470. 

 Fastest dogs not beating most, 257. 



walkers not beating most, 256. 

 Fasting, initiatory lessons given, 12. 

 Fat, enemy to endurance, 567. 

 Fatigued, dog not hunted when, 224. 

 Faults, punishment expected for, 348. 

 Fawn, sagacity of, 509 n. 

 Feeding-time, lessons at, 30. 



pistol fired, 28. 



the evening, 568. 

 Feet, 187 ; attended to, 566. 



and loins compared, 137. 



of setter better than pointer's, 187. 



Partridge's, given to dog, 345. 

 Fence not to be broken, 222. 

 ''Fence," or "Ware fence," initiatory 



lesson in, 46. 

 "Fetching" and " carrying " differ, 153. 



evil of not, 235. 



lessons in, 96, 109. 

 Fields, largest beat, 173. 

 "Find," initiatory lesson, 34, 35. 

 " Finder" not to advance, 357. 



retrieves, 541. 

 Fire, dog to bask before, 225. 



First day on game, good conduct of dog, 



139; of two dogs, 280. 

 First good point, 264 ; first bird killed, 



265. 



Flapper shooting, 226. 

 Fleas. Saffron. Gum of sloe, 165 n. 

 Flesh detrimental to pace, 567. 

 Flogging, how administered, 323. 



reprobated, 9, 344. 



" Flown," initiatory lesson, 45 ; real, 330. 

 Food given cool, 568. 

 "Footing" a scent, 43, 112, 285. 

 " Forward," initiatory lesson, 36. 

 Fowls, killing of the cure, 392. 



require animal food. 407 n. 

 Fox brought back by dog, 478. 



his sagacity, 431 n. 



graceful when hunting, 537. 

 Fox-hound, cross gives vigour, 137. 

 Franconi's Cirque National de Paris, 11. 



G. 



GAME, age, &c. 7 n. 236 n. 338 n. 



bag, birds looped on, 540. 



lies close in hot weather, 446. 



lies too close in turnips, 193. 



not shown dog soon, 16, 171. 



plentiful. Bad rangers, 255. 



sprung towards gun, 64, 89, 284. 

 Gone," initiatory lesson, 45 ; real, 330. 



Gordon, the Duke of, his dogs, 237 

 Gorse, spaniels to be habituated to, 61. 

 Greyhounds, conditioning of, 566. 



with Falcon, 470. 

 Griffin, hints to, 65 n. 400 i03. 



Grouse and snipe alternately set, 497. 



best to break dog on, 331 n. 



cunning of old, 229. 



dog for, rated on snipe, 497. 



shot from stooks, 7 n. 



shot with aid of cart, 384. 



spread while feeding, 265. 

 " Grouse's" portrait, 210 

 Guinea-birds' eggs. Chicks, 471 n. 

 Guinea-birds headed, 528. 



Gun, dog to "back" the, 509. 



first over fence, not dog, 222. 



game flushed towards, 64, 89, 284. 



how carried, 65 n. 



HAND, bird delivered into, 98. 

 rewards taken from, 27. 

 Hare, chase of, checked, 334, 335. 



heavy, tempts dog to drop, 116. 



killed in form, steadies dog, 339. 



scent of, strong, 333. 



shooting of, condemned, 331. 



white, the mountain, 338. 



wounded, dog may pursue, 341. 

 Harriers, pointer hunted with, 495 

 Hat-brush brought by dog, 156. 

 Hawker, Colonel, 577. 



Haunt, dog brought on, 306 ; not soon, 



Heading birds, 284, 400, 525. 



Heading dog making too stanch, 287 



circle wide, 265. 

 Health promoted by shooting, 409. 



Heat beneficial to dogs, 571. 

 Hedge, furthest side hunted, 54. 

 Hedge-rows not hunted, 175. 

 " Heel," signal to, on killing, 269, 276. 



the signal to, 37, 44. 

 Hen-harrier's nest found, 283 n 

 Herbert's Field Sports in United States, 



241, 568. 



Hereditary instincts, 128, 137 279 

 Hog-hunting with native dogs, 445. 

 Hog, wild, first encounter with, 468. 

 Hooded crow, 283 n. 

 Horned owl, a decoy, 283 n 

 Horse, memory of, 221, n. 

 Hoof ointment, 364 n. 

 Horse, recipe for conditioning, 364 n. 

 Horse's and dog's points similar 364. 



biting cured, 283 n. 



leg strapped, 60. 



rushing at his leaps cured, 33 

 Horses, how taught by Astley, 10 



fed on firing, 28. 

 Hounds, obedience of, 31. 



tuition of, 30, 505. 

 Hunting, dog's chief enjoyment, 562. 



dog long taking to, 132. 

 Huntsman for pack bad rangers, 248. 



a gentleman, 413. 



I. 



IMITATIVE, dogs are, 34, 264. 

 In-and-in breeding injudicious, 279. 



