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the words “Hunt for it”; this teaches him to 
range and feel close with his sensitive nose. 
In this exercise, the dog should always be 
thrown off to windward; and if the meat that is 
used to tempt him has been placed on the coals 
for a minute or so, he will not give up the search 
as long as he sniffs the enticing odor. No method 
of yard-training is better calculated than this one 
to bring a dog to hunt with his head up, on the 
wind, instead of on the ground, and to effect a 
stylish and attractive carriage. 
Let it be borne in mind that all of the fore- 
going instructions are intended for young dogs or 
puppies, as a primary course of learning, com- 
monly known as yard-breaking, and they should 
be instilled with a view of relieving the master 
or sportsman of much work on the pup’s début 
in the field. Remember that he should be drilled 
under them until he is taken to the outer world 
for work and business. Kind treatment is the 
rule, and mild measures should be adopted from 
the first; with firmness, patience, and perseve- 
rance, success is assured. Endeavor to impress 
upon your dog the fact that you are his master 
and not he yours; that you are his friend, and, 
