1 66 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



throw your hand against the land, at the same 

 time walking in that direction and pulling the 

 cord, so as to guide him. 



When your dog is at the peg practice, before 

 commencing to hunt him in the field, it is 

 a very good plan to take a live wild rabbit, 

 and turn down before him when at the peg, in 

 order to teach him not to run ground game. 

 To prepare for this you want a piece of cord, 

 fifty or sixty yards long, and a board about six 

 inches square ; bore a hole through the centre 

 of the board, put one end of the cord through 

 and secure it by tyiug a knot larger than the 

 hole, the other end of the cord you tie round 

 the rabbit's neck, making a knot so that it shall 

 not choke him. Now turn the rabbit down 

 and let it run by your dog, at the same time 

 calling out to him to ' down ' ; run after the 

 rabbit, catch it, and put it in your pocket out 

 of the dog's sight. Repeat this again and again 

 in the grove or park, so as to prepare your dog 

 for the field, and then, when the first hare gets 

 up in the field, you will be able to drop him as 

 you did at the peg with the wild rabbit. 



