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have had your pup out several times and he has 

 run a few rabbits, in his own way, in his own time, 

 it is now that you step in again to your pup's ad- 

 vantage and aid him. Cast him off from you — he 

 should be made to follow at heel until he gets the 

 word to leave, and where you only have one to at- 

 tend to, this is comparatively easy, especially as you 

 have taught him that you are master when he was 

 young and never given him an opportunity to think 

 otherwise. Let him search the favorable places 

 and the unfavorable ones too, as he most likely will 

 until he strikes a trail or starts his game. 



"Right here let me say that in rare instances a 

 dog will run mute, or what is worse still, will not 

 leave your side under any provocation. In the first 

 place you can easily overcome this muteness, which 

 by the way, is very rare indeed in a well-bred 

 beagle, by running your puppy with an old dog — 

 a good *tonguer.' In the second instance, if re- 

 peatedly moving yourself every time your pup sits 

 down and calling him to you does not cure him, I 

 would recommend the following: apply internally 

 through the left ear in one dose : Sig. Take Hazard 

 FFG, 3I/2 drs., insert in a U. M. C. shell, place on 

 this one cardboard and two pink-edge wads, then 

 put in about two dozen buckshot and discharge at 

 short range. It is my opinion it is the only remedy, 



