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wliat tlie dog must do in every moment and every act, 
perpetually commanding, wliistling, signaling, checking 
him is his every independent purpose, he will become 
so dominated and restricted in time that he will be a 
creature without a will or purpose of his own, and will 
look to his trainer for prompting and orders at every 
turn. 
From the moment of the first glimmer of intelligence 
in the pUppy till the moment he dies,_he observes the 
domination of man. He quickly learns that man is his 
superior in force and knowledge, and he learns also that 
to him he must yield. Restrictions in working to the 
gun which at first were submitted to under compulsion, 
in time are observed by him from self interest and habit. 
If the over-trained dog makes a short cast, he retiirns 
itnmediately for a command or signal from his trainer 
as to what he should do next. He roads and points 
perfunctorily under submission. His whole attention 
and acts are engrossed in the observance of his slave- 
hood; perpetually balked, thrashed and dominated, his 
ardent desire to pursue and capture in his own free and 
happy manner is either harmfully suppressed or entirely 
extinguished, when he is in the company of his teacher. 
Such are the evils of over-training. 
A dog over-trained is of much less value as a worker 
than one that is but partially trained but whose natural 
capabilities are unimpaired. In thi.s connection, it may 
be usefully remarked that practically the properly trained 
dog works without any orders at all. Man and dog seek 
with concerted action or supplenient each other's efforts, 
working together for mutual success as a team. The 
dog, allowed to work in his own manner, but restricted 
more and more to apply. his work in the service of the 
gun as his training progresses, in time learns that great 
success results from the joint efforts of his master and 
himself; and he then performs his part with an intelli- 
gence a-nd a ])ractical manipulation of means to ends., 
far beyond any knowledge which could be conveyed to 
him by his teacher. 
A knowledge of the evils of over-training are essential 
in the development and training of held dogs, but it 
is still more essential in respect to lield trial dogs. How- 
ever satisfactory to his owner an over-trained dog may 
be in field work, he will not be considered as even ma- 
king a good showing when in competition with properly 
trained dogs which are performing under the critiacl eye 
of the judge. But the distinctions in respect to field and 
field trial training will be more fully set forth in other 
chapters. 
Training a dog to loud orders is a bad, coarse method 
of teaching obedience. It is indicative of bad temper 
in the trainer, accomplishes nothing which could not 
be accomplished in a quieter way, is distinctively offen- 
sive to everyone within hearing of the hullabaloo, and 
gives alarming notice to all the birds in the neighbor- 
hood that a dangerous bloodthirsty man has invaded 
their habitat. It thus impairs success. 
Oftentimes the amateur trainer takes his gun and .sets 
forth to kill birds, taking a green puppy along and 
making the education of the latter a mere incident of 
his sport. Such is not at all training in a proper sense. 
It is commencing at a point which should be at a much 
later stage in the dog's education. 
After the training has once been begun, regularity in 
the lessons is of prime importance. For instance, it 
will be conceded at once that it is much better 10 give 
a dog a half-hour lesson on each of ten days than it is 
to give him a lesson of five hours' duration on one day. 
While a dog has very good powers of memoijj, he soon 
forgets his first lessons if it is not refreshed by daily 
repetition in respect to them. The trainer may have h.id 
a similar forgetiulness concerning his own first lessons, 
which should admonish him to be considerate. 
While punishment betimes is a necessity, its use as 
a whole is unnecessarily comprehensive. There is no 
doubt but what it is inflicted in most instances under 
a mistaken belief that it is useful in forcing a dog to 
learn what the trainer desires he should learn and that 
it really accomplished the desired purpose. The ulea, 
so applied, is a mistaken one. Punishment never teaches 
the dog anything other than in a negitive manner; that 
is to say, it simply deters him from doing certain things. 
It does not in the least Add to the dog's sum_ total of 
knowledge in a developmental manner. For instance, 
if the dog is punished for chasing a rabbit, he learns 
that the act has painful associations, which are likel> 
to again recur if the act is repeated, and expecting this 
he forbears chasing. The punishment does not in Jii 
least teach him the reason why he must not chase, nor 
indeed anj'thing about chasing other than that the act 
residts in pain to himself. It is a deterrent, and he tm- 
derstands nothing more concerning it. On the other 
hand, if he had not the natural impulse and inclination, 
no degree of punishment would teach him how to chase 
a rabbit or even to chase it at all. From the dog's 
point of view, there is no wrong in chasing rabbit, 
chicken or sheep, etc. They are his natural prey: his 
delight in their pursuit is unbounded; he is following 
the natural impulses of his natttre; it is his manner of 
obtaining the necessities of dog life; yet if punished he 
yields to superior force and desists. 
There is no part of a dog's education in which punish- 
ment is of any benefit except as a corrective. The dog's 
knowledge increases only from experience. The trainer 
can not force his own knowledge into the dog by virtue 
of whip or spike collar. Even when forcing a dog to 
retrieve with the latter instrument, its yalue is purely 
negative. It does not teach the dog anything about 
retrieving, as will be more fully explained in the chapter 
treating on that subject. 
When a dog's fears arc aroused, or Avhen he is made 
needlessly to feel uncomfortable, worried and uneasy, 
his progress as a pupil is slow. If the lessons are made 
obnoxious to him, the trainer has succeeded in making 
them things to be avoided or quickty ended rather than 
things which have a pleasant purpose. With a violent 
teacher, the dog's life is truly a sad one. His knowledge 
is then acquired under the most disheartening difficulties. 
Under similar violent conditions, the teacher as a pupil 
would rise in rebellion and implore the world to witness 
and right his wrongs. Punishment is a bad enough 
measure AA'hen used as a true aid to education. It is no 
part of education when used to gratify anger. 
|Tntil the trainer can control his temper, if he unfor- 
tunately have one which is fiery, and fit his efforts to the 
dog's capacity and progress, he will be inefficient. And 
these corrections of himself, no one can do for him other 
than himself. His own judgment and self-control are his 
only reliance, since they are personal and therefore en- 
tirely outside of the scope of any system presented by 
others. 
B, Waters, 
Ladies' Kennel Association. 
■ ,'\t the meeting of the Ladies' Kennel Association, 
held at the Waldorf-Astoria, on Sept. 26, Mrs. James L. 
Kernochan presided. It was decided to add the name 
America to the name of the Association, and it is now 
the Ladies' Kennel Association of America, Rules and 
regulations were «Jopted. The design for the Associa- 
tion medal was chosen. Ten new members were elected, 
namely: Mrs. C. A. Stevens, Mrs. O. W. Bird. Mrs. H. 
N. Harriman, Mrs. Bradley-Dyne, Mrs. Horace Stokes, 
Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley, Mrs. R.. L. Stevens, Mrs. 
F. Senn, Mrs. Thomas Moody and Miss Lillian Mocran. 
It was decided to offer at Philadelphia, besides^ the 
premiership, a medal to all breeds, tl.c Sands Point Chal- 
lenge Cup for the best St. Bernard dog or bitch, and the 
"C!eo de Merode" Challenge Cup for the best French 
bulldog or bitch. A member of the Association offered 
$500 for a cup of that value for the best American-bred 
biilldog bitch. A member of the Association offered 
by a member, and $500 for a cup of that value for the 
best American-bred bloodhound, dog or bitch, bred, 
owned atid exhibited in the ring by a nu-mber; to be 
competed for at Philadelphia. The meeting then ad- 
journed. 
N, K. Bird. 
Hon, Sec'y L. K. A. of yVnierica, 
Westburv, L. I, , 
American Canoe Association, J900-t90J. 
Coniniudtirc, C. E, Britlon, Ganaiioque, Can. 
Librarian. W. P. Stephens, Tliirty-second street and Avenue A, 
Bayoiine, N. J. 
Division Officers. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION 
\^ice-Conj.. Henry .\t. Dater, Brooklyn, N. Y, . 
Rear-Com., TL D. Hewitt, Burlington, N. J. 
Purser, Josepli F. Eastmond, 199 Madison street, Brooklyn. N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Corn., C. P. Forbusli, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Rear-Corn.. Dr. C. R. Henry, Perry, N. Y. 
Purser, Lyman P. Hubbell, BuiTalo, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 
Rear-Coni., C. M. Lamprey, Lawrence, Mass. 
Purser, .4. E. Xiinberly, Lawrence Experimental Station, 
Lawrence, Mass. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Corn,, G. A. Howell, Toronto, Can. 
Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns, King.'^ton, Ontario, Can. 
Pin-ser, R. Norman Brown, Toronto, Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Corn., VVm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich, 
Ucar-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 40S Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
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Official organ. Forest and Stream. 
In dealing with the question of disorder in camp Vice- 
Com. Allen gives a very mild and lenient and by no 
means a correct view of the evil. It is not a case of a 
few incidental offenses, but of such a state of affairs as 
prevailed in a recent camp, where one prominent club 
had a large tent, completely fitted up, as a free bar, 
with amateur bartenders at hand by day and night; at 
the same camp one gentleman, a member of another 
prominent cl-ub, after working himself up to a state of 
intoxication, in which he knew nothing of what he was 
doing, started oft' for the ladies'' camp, with the avowed 
intention of ■"cleaning it out," and was only restrained 
by force. At the same time the executive absolutely 
refused to take action in these and similar cases when 
urged to do so bj' many of the older members. 
As far as the area of the camp is concerned, if it 
is half-a-mile or more in extent, those who object may 
perhaps get out of the area of disturbance, but the 
majority of men in camp, even though not specially 
straight-laced, desire to pitch their tents in the main 
camp with others of their club, and at the same time 
object to being compelled to lie awake all night and 
listen, not only to noise, but to particularly foul and 
obscene noise. These performances are not exceptional, 
but mark every camp, unless they are suppressed at 
the outset with a-strong hand; and the Commodore who 
sets out to oppose this sort of thing is vepj} a^i, to make 
himself unpopular in the the end, 
If the Association is, as it has always pfpfessed to be, 
a model among sporting societies, appealing especially 
to men of refiued tastes and gentlemanly instincts, it 
is due to itself that this sort of disorder should be made 
impossible in the future. The question of liquor in camp 
is nattrrally closely allied to that of general disorder, but 
still they are not identical. This year there was, as far 
as we can ascertain, less liquor and less general drinking 
than usual, a number of men who ordinarily carry 
liquor with them having purposely left it home. Old 
members will call to mind one club which always had 
a tent with a generous supply of all kinds of liquor, and 
was noted for the extent and character of its hospitality, 
but matters were managed in such a way that there was 
never a cause of complaint on the score of disorder or 
drunkeness. 
We have thus far received no notice of the annual 
meeting of the A. C. A. Executive Committee, but it 
will probably be held in the latter half of this month 
at Gananoque, where the committee can spend a day on 
the St. Lawrence, in personal inspection of camp sites. 
No report is as yet forthcoming from the Regatta 
Committee, but a large number of proposals for amend- 
nicnt of the constitution, by-laws ^nd rgcing rules have 
been made, and are herewith published. Some of these are 
good and some the re^•erse, but the number ot them is 
encouragmg, as indicating a more general interest oil 
the part of members in the affairs of the Association. 
There will be a good deal of business before the meeting, 
but nothing specially difficult if the proposals arc taken 
up in order and the discussion is limited to the main 
points. It is impossible to discuss all the proposais 
here, but we hope that members will study them well; 
there will still be time in the next issue of the .Foiie.st 
ANu Stream for comments and sugestions. One of the 
most important proposals is that of Vice-Coni. 'Dater 
for the amendment of the measurement rule, other 
members also having submitted various proposals in the 
same direction. 
What Vice-Com. Allen modestly calls a "kick" is 
worthy of a better name, as it touches thoughtfully on 
some important points in the Association's aff'airs; 3t 
would be a good thing if more of the members kicked 
in the same manner by openly discussing the current 
doings and happenings of the meet and tlie Association 
in general. 
Tlic subject of a jiermanent Gamp Site is one whiqh 
might and should have been actcrl on long ago, and 
Avhich with each succeeding year becomes more pressing 
and more difficult. In 1884 the Association might have 
purchased the whole nortlieast end of Grindstone Island 
for $600, or less than it spent in iBgo in grading and 
preparing the ground at Jessup's Neck for the camp. 
As late as 1896, the same land was still in the market, at 
about five times the old price, but still within its real 
value as one of the few good camp sites still available 
in the choicest part of the river. Since then it has been 
purchased by the State of New York, for use as a State 
park. 
A site in this vicinity jHirchased now, if one can still 
be had, cannot fail to appreciate in value, and is ad- 
visable simply as a business investment or a new land 
speculation. Apart from this, however, and even from 
the main use of camp site for the meets whenever desira- 
ble, there is another very strong feature, which has thus 
far received very little attention. If the Association thus 
owns and controls a camp |JiTouiui, every individual 
member practically owns a site on the St. Lawrence 
River, where he is at liberty to camp at will through 
the season, without regard to the meet.' Many who 
cannot take the time within the limited duration of the 
meet, or who do not care to attend a meet at a distant 
point, such as Muskoka or Ballast Island, can still en- 
joy a private camp in the finest camping district in the 
eastern part of the country. This one feature of camp- 
ing at any time through the summer, each party, of 
course, caring for itself in camp style, may be made of 
inestimable value in maintaining the interest of the older 
members and their families in the Association. 
Amendments to the A. C. A. Rules* 
We publish below an unusually large number of pro- 
posed amendments to the Constitution, By-Laws and 
Racing Rules of the A. C. A., to be considered at the 
annual meeting of the Executive Committee, which will 
be held this month. Some of these proposals were pub- 
lished in the FoRK-ST and Stream through the month, 
but we reprint them for the benefit of those who see 
only the canoeing number. There will still be time to 
discuss them in the next issue, and we hope that mem- 
bers will take the trouble to read them carefully, and to 
express their opinions as a guide to the Executive Com- 
mittee. 
New Yoric, Aug. 31. — Editor Forest and Stream: I 
hereby give notice that at the next meeting of the Exec- 
utive Committee of the American Canoe Association I 
shall move the adoption of the following resolution: 
"Resolved, That the term of office of the member of 
the Board of Governors elected from the Western Divi- 
sion of the American Canoe Association shall be deemed 
to have begun on Oct. .i, 1899, and to expire three 
years thereafter, or on Oct. i, 1902." 
The effect of this resolution will be that the present 
members of the board will retire in the following order, 
thus avoiding confusion: Northern Division member, 
1901; Atlantic and Western, 1902; Eastern and Central, 
1903. 
] shall off'er the following: 
"Resolved, That the election of Commodore from and 
selection of the location of meets in the territory of the 
various divisions as at present constituted shall be in 
the following order: Central, Northern, Atlantic, East- 
ern and Western." 
I also inclose a copy of certain proposed changes in 
the racing regiilations, which I have forwarded to the 
Regatta Committee for their action in accordance with 
Chapter IX. of the By-Laws and Rule XXII. of the 
Racing Regulations. 
Hknry M. Dater. 
_ To Regatta Committee of the American Canoe Associa- 
tion. — Gentlemen: In accordance with Chapter IX., Sub- 
division 8, of thq By-Laws, and Rule XXII. of the Rac- 
ing Regulations of the American Canoe Association, I 
hereby submit for your approval the following* proposed 
changes in the racing regulations of the A. C. A., and 
I hereby give notice that at the next meeting of the 
Executive Committee of the Association I shall move 
the adoption of the same. 
First. To amend Rule I. ot the Racing Regulations by 
adding after the word "Canoes" at the end of the para- 
graph therein contained entitled "Dimensions and Limi- 
tations — Sailing." the following: 
"No fixed metal rudder shall be used and all drop rud- 
ders must be so constructed and fitted that the same when 
drawn up shall not proiect below a fair line along the 
keel." 
Second. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
above paragraph, and after the change above proposed, 
the following I "In all sailing and combined races, no 
rig other than a practical hoisting and lowering rig 
^hall be used." 
Third. To further amend Rule I. by adding to the 
afjove paragrstph, and aftef the changes above proposed- 
