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that he will not know exactly what to make of 

 it. If worked alone, he will study the matter 

 over himself and will have confidence in his 

 conclusions and his own ability, such as pos- 

 sesses the boy who unaided solves his first geo- 

 metrical proposition, and fearlessly approaches 

 the next. These are the traits and cultivated 

 instincts that go to make a really high-class 

 dog, and are the results of time, patience and 

 repeated opportunity. Even after the young 

 dog hunts fearlessly and displays plenty of re- 

 liance and confidence in his own ability, care 

 must be exercised in putting him down to hunt 

 in company with other dogs. This is partic- 

 ularly true if he is to be entered for field trial 

 competition. Dogs are companionable crea- 

 tures, and possess many humanlike traits, 

 among them cunning, some laziness and per- 

 fect willingness in many cases to profit by the 

 efiforts of others. Nothing penalizes a dog 

 so quickly in the eyes of an intelligent field 

 trial judge as to see him trailing his running 

 mate or loafing or pottering around carelessly, 

 while his companion is industriously engaged 

 with the scent of birds and their proper location. 



RABBIT CHASING. 



This vice is easily checked in a young dog 

 by scolding, and if necessary the use of the 

 whip. When the habit becomes confirmed in 

 an older dog sterner measures are necessary. 



