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ordination of effort between dog and gun is absolutely 

 essential to success. 



When on a trail, the spaniel should time his speed to 

 that of the shooter. When pressing in close on the 

 birds he should refrain from flushing till the shooter 

 is properly placed and ready for the shot. If he is 

 specially intelligent, accomplished and helpful, he may 

 get the birds between himself and the shooter before 

 flushing them, so that they may be driven toward the 

 shooter, thus enhancing the chances for a successful 

 shot. 



It is self-evident that a lawless spaniel, ranging out 

 of gunshot, and flushing the birds regardless of the 

 shooter's interests, is in no sense an aid to the gun. 

 Such misbehavior, on the contrary, insures that even 

 if the game be plentiful the opportunities of the shooter 

 are constantly ruined, and he then is much worse off 

 than if he had no dog at all. 



As the spaniel is not required nor desired to point, 

 his training is correspondingly simpler than that of 

 the setter and pointer. When trained, he beats out a 

 very limited area of ground about the shooter, keeping 

 at all times well within gunshot, flushing the birds with- 

 out any preliminary point as an entirely proper act. In 

 thick cover, or in ground so rough that the dog is much 

 hidden from view, the advantages of this manner of 

 work are manifest. 



In the case of the pointer and setter, which fre- 

 quently find birds far out of gunshot, the advantages 



