iSo The Sporting Dog 



So on the Eastu'n Sho' the right men handled 

 their dogs before the war, and after the war, 

 while the old generation lasted. The fields were 

 small, the dogs not fast, and the birds none too 

 plentiful. But there were as good shots as ever 

 lived, and genuine sport. Nor have the right 

 men been without sons to shoot and not shout; 

 to carry mannerly dogs, or none, to lands where 

 they are guests. 



In the " Nation " 



My host led a double life. Between March and 

 October he was a thriving farmer and stock-raiser. 

 In the fall and winter he found daily sport and 

 not a little profit in training dogs. In the eyes 

 of the Indian law he was a laborer in the employ 

 of a "citizen." In truth he was the master of 

 broad acres of corn, wheat, and pasture land. 

 Technically the land right w^as held by the mem- 

 ber of the tribe, no outsider having the privilege ; 

 my friend was his hired man. But that con- 

 venient legal fiction did not prevent the " hired 

 man " from managing the great farm, or series of 

 farms, as if he were the proprietor, the nominal 

 cultivator only receiving a share of the proceeds 

 for his good luck in being a citizen of the 

 " nation." 



It was a perfect country for the training of dogs. 



