CHAPTER X. 
THE SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL TRAINING. 
Havine worked your dog for a part of the sea- 
son, you should withdraw his older companion, so 
as not to engender a feeling of dependency. 
Take him into open, scant fields, with cover fur- 
ther removed, in order to bring out his ranging 
qualities, which are all desirable, and even indis- 
pensable, in a field dog. I hold that a well bred 
dog —one born of trained parents, and naturally 
fascinated with the odor of game —will perfect 
himself in this branch of service independently of 
all the rules which man can devise, providing, of 
course, he is regularly worked. Nature plays an 
important part in this matter, and it is only 
necessary to shape the tendencies with which she 
has endowed your pupil. It is well to accustom 
your dog to the motions of your hand, by which 
you will indicate the direction in which you wish 
him to go. When he is ordered on, you should 
always move in the same direction. When the 
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