Field, Cover, and Trap Shooting. 



CHAPTER I. 



GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



Within a comparatively recent period the num- 

 bers of those who follow the delightful and healthful 

 sports of the field have increased almost beyond 

 calculation in this country, and they are still rar- 

 pidly augmenting. Among all those sports there 

 is none so easy of attainment, and certainly none 

 so invigorating, useful, and enjoyable, as the pur- 

 suit of game-birds, waterfowl, etc., over dogs, or, at 

 flight time, in the neighborhood of the haunts of 

 the latter. The vast extent and variety of our 

 territory — woodland interspersed among prairie, pas- 

 ture, and cultivated farms — the great abundance of 

 game to be met with by those who know when 

 and where to seek for it, and the many kinds to 

 be found in these favorite haunts at the proper 

 seasons, afford such excellent and varied shooting as 

 may hardly be experienced if sought for anywhere 



