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sidered desirable. The edges of the lash 

 should be carefully smoothed and rounded. If 

 a snap is sewed into the end of the handle 

 of the whip, a ring can then be- sewed into 

 the hunting coat, either upon the inside or the 

 outside, so that the whip when not in use can 

 be snapped to it. If a ring is used the snap 

 will, of course, be attached to the coat. The 

 breaker who once uses a whip of this kind 

 will never go back to one of the old-fashioned 

 English affairs. The amateur must bear in 

 mind that it is not always the amount of pun- 

 ishment a dog receives that does him the most 

 good. I\Iuch depends upon the way it is ad- 

 ministered. The breeder who gets excited and 

 angry and scolds the dog while he uses the 

 whip frightens the dog so that he has no chance 

 to know why he is being punished. All the 

 desired effect is thus lost and the dog becomes 

 cowed and whipshy. 



Whenever it becomes necessary to use the 

 whip, the strokes should be laid on slowly, and 

 the last should be the lightest. The breaker 

 should be calm and speak in a mild tone of 

 voice, moderating his tone with each stroke un- 

 til at last, when the whip is barely laid on the 

 giving the dog plenty of time for reflection. 

 Then he should slowly roll up his whip, put it 

 in his pocket and speak pleasantly to the dog. 

 In the next place, the dog should be kept at 



