30 Forty Years Beagling 



and I will vouch for its effectiveness if used accord- 

 ing to direction. 



"Having disposed of a mute dog and the habit- 

 ually 'tired' dog, I will now return to the time when 

 your pup starts game. As soon as you are sure 

 he is on a trail, go to him and watch him. If he is 

 pottering around and seems to be making no head- 

 way, push him a little; tell him to go on; go out; 

 etc., making him search new places, and here is 

 where your control comes in. Send him in to the 

 most likely places, and if he is accustomed to obey- 

 ing you, he will go without hesitation, and as soon 

 as you think he has worked a place long enough to 

 have thoroughly covered it, call him to another and 

 so on, until you get him on a good, straight trail. 



*'As soon as he has things straightened out drive 

 him as fast as you can, keeping right behind him, 

 which you can easily do with a puppy of this age, 

 and make him run as fast as he can trail. This 

 will be of special advantage to him when the rabbit 

 makes a 'fling,' as you being so much higher up 

 than the puppy, can see the most likely places to 

 cast in and thus save much time at a period when 

 it is valuable — when the trail is hot. Keep this 

 mode of procedure up until your pup is too fast 

 for you, then only endeavor to keep within hearing 

 and be in at the 'flings,' as you can always be of 



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