40 Modern Breaking 



we have the following terms in use for de- 

 scribing the work of dogs : Pointing, flushing, 

 backing, drawing, roading, pottering, blinking, 

 stanch, steady, ranging, quartering, snappy, 

 merry, styHsh, high-headed, bird sense, cramped, 

 loosened up, class, mutts, etc. 



Pointing: A dog is pointing when he indi- 

 cates the presence of game by a complete stop. 

 If no game is found it is considered a false 

 point by the shooter, but in field trials the 

 pointing of fur, land turtles or larks is not 

 considered a false point. 



Flushing : A dog is said to have flushed 

 when he approaches the birds so closely or in 

 such a manner as to cause them to take wing. 



Backing: A dog is backing when he comes 

 upon another dog pointing and shows his con- 

 fidence in the pointing dog by also pointing, 

 without having scented game. 



Drawing and roading refer to a dog's manner 

 and method of locating a bird after he has the 

 scent. If he has the body scent of the bird 

 or birds and approaches this scent in straight 

 lines, that is, walks boldly lip toward the bird 

 with his head up, he is said to be drawing on 

 birds. If, on the contrary, he pays no attention 

 to the body scent, but with his nose to the 

 ground follows the' trail left by the birds as 

 they ran through the grass, he is following 

 what is known as the foot scent, and is said to 



