CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I, 



INTEODUCTION, — Training an art ; knowlecjge of self ; skill 

 required to handle a dog ; ruined . dogs ; incompetent 

 owners ; professional breakers. 



CHAPTER II. 

 Settees .vno Pointebs. — The merits of each and their par- 

 ticular sphere of usefulness. 



CHAPTER III. 

 Selecting a Pupn-. — Pedigrees and their value ; rearing ; 

 kenneling ; feeding ; diseases of puppyhood ; prevention 

 of gunshyness. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Naminh Dogs. — Short names the best ; compound names a 

 nuisance ; originality desirable. 



NOMENCL.ATUKE. — Breaking and field trial terms ; obsolete 

 words ; pointing ; flushing ; backing ; drawing ; roading ; 

 pottering ; blinking ; stanch ; ranging ; quartering ; 

 snappy, merry style : bird sense cramped ; loosening up ; 

 class ; mutt. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Tbainixg Implements. — Whip ; whistle ; check cord ; lead ; 

 spike collar. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Know Tbyself. — Breaking the breaker ; pronounced in- 

 stincts not intelligence ; mistakes of amateurs ; study- 

 ing the young dog. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 FinST Lessons. — Introduction to game ; developing cour- 

 age ; encouraging fondness for field work. 



