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corrected; then he spreads reports about your 

 "no good" pointers and your cheating trainer. 



There is the man who sends a young dog to a 

 trainer ; lets the latter work just long enough to 

 establish a yard obedience ; writes in a hurry for 

 the dog to go on a "hunt"; does not take the 

 trouble to learn what methods and orders the 

 trainer has used or whether the animal is in a 

 physical condition for endurance ; swears at dog 

 and trainer because he doesn't find an exact 

 machine in work and a trolley car in staying 

 power. 



Dogs could do with less schooling if the men 

 who used them had more. There would be more 

 dogs of the dien eleves class if nobody might shoot 

 over them except those who could prove a char- 

 acter for at least letting them alone. 



But these corrupters of dog youth are not to be 

 exterminated or cured. It is rather a waste of 

 time to discourse upon their shortcomings. 



Training dogs for the gun is an art of some de- 

 tail, and this chapter can only mention the leading 

 principles. If the amateur wishes to master the 

 art as it is practised in America, he can find the 

 directions in the books of Mr. Waters, or in 

 the smaller but excellent treatise of Mr. Haber- 

 lein. 



Upon one general proposition I should like to 

 lay especial emphasis. It is that a dog should 



