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dog. If, on the contrary, gives him the knowledge ' 
which he needs in competition. He cannot be too know- 
ing in all tlie details of field work. Great expetiettfe, 
however, may be confounded with overwork oir stale- 
ness, which is a decided factor in making a. dog Unfit for 
Jhis best performance. Experience, in a proper sense, 
never makes a dog less keen or less Siiappy in his Work, 
hut overwork will, to a certainty, make him so. 
The essentials of a good field trial dog's performance 
are as follows: staying out at his work industriously, 
and therefore never coming in to his handler till ordered 
to do so; beating out his ground with judgment — that 
is to say, going from one to another of the places likely 
to serve as haunts or feeding grounds for the bitdSj 
locating the birds quickly and accurately after he catches 
the foot scent or the body scent; pointing them ifttfelH- 
gently and stanchly, and backing only when it is neces- 
sary to do so ; all being governed hy a desire to be inde- 
pendent in action and take the initiatiX'e whenever it is 
possible to do so; to be filled naturally for such perform- 
ance he must have intelligence, stamina, enthusiasm and 
pluck, self-confidence, a good nose and a good dispo- 
sition. 
The preliminary fitting of the dog for field Ifi'al tolM- 
petition is a matter to keep in mind at all times. Dur- 
ing the summer months he should'be kept in reasonably 
good physical condition by exeTcising, good food and a 
wholesome place in which to sleep. His field Work bfe- 
ginnin^ with short hunts, is gradually increased, ^ till .kc 
is given all the work he can stand without leSSeniiVg his' 
enthusiasm^ and energy in it. He should %e tlYfown 
tntirely on his own resoxitces, consistml with the condi- 
rions exacted, by the competition. 
If the dog has not the knowledge of how best to hunt 
his ground or go to his birds, etc., before the race, dur- 
ing the race is a badly chosen time in which to teach 
or assist him. While the handler is endeavoring to 
assist his dog to accomplish a certain act, the competing 
dog, more confident and able, may do it readily on his 
own initiative. 
The mformation already presented in this work 'o^n 
the subject of a steadiness to shot, point, back an'd win;g 
is applicable to the training of the field trial Aogr. 
must be steady in the work which is designated as being 
competitive. Flushing intentional''/ or tlvrough erroneous 
judgment will be penalized to u certainty, althougli 
flushes tinder adverse conditions, such as .running onto 
a. bird down or across wind wl- i the do'g ceuld hot 
scent it are rarely considered as tieing a demerit. 
The best manner of ranging, roading, pointing, etc., 
qualities treated fully in previous chapters, are essenfcail 
to the field trial dog. They should be carefully devel- 
oped to their best, for the fact that the dog is ift a race 
instead of "an ordinary day's shooting" si[}<e3iiiil(i eVei- be 
borne in mind. To insist that the field trial should be 
-conducted as an ordinary day's skooting is analogo«« 
tto insisting that a horse race .should be conducted *S ^ft 
'Ordinary day's farm work. In the one case^ tlVe dog 
'displays the powers with which nature eii^owed him, 
iinder the least restriction consistent >X'ith his control; 
in tlie other, he displays his powers as a mental dog! 
habituated to the restrictions of servitude. 
It is better to give the dog as much time as possible 
war the scene of the trials, so that he may have experi- 
€nce on grounds similar to those of the field trials and 
become acclimated as much as possii)le, Changras of 
water, climate, food, etc., not infrequently affect the 
dog's conditioin and the quality of his field Wovk tte 
never should be run longer than he maintains his best 
speed and effort. An hour at first, once or twice a day 
night and morning, when the dog is coolest, with a tWo- 
hour run every second or third day when he is in better 
condition, will serve to maintain the averag-e stiOd do* 
at his best field work. It is a mistake, on tlie othe? 
hand, to have a dog so highly keyed iu speed that froM 
high animal spirits he will run so fast he cannot 4x> aav- 
thmg other than to pick out a course to run in When 
so extended he cannot use his nose to the best advan- 
tage even if he can use it at all. For the trials which 
have longer heats than a half hour or hour the matter 
of endurance must be more seriously considered, and the 
prepartion of the dog must be with a view to estabhsK 
less speed and longer efl^ort. Hjs preparatory runs Att 
longer to conform to the longer runs exacted in the 
competition wherein endurance is a factor, Doffs va>-v 
greatly in the.r capacity for work. Some will perform 
well every day, while others again may not be equal to 
d satisfactory performance oftener than every other dav 
The idiosyncrasies of the individual must govern Tlie 
n^'he' doH^btf t^^^^^'i!" ''"'P '^'^ ^ P't^h where- 
in he ddights to work every moment. If the latter 
potters betimes or loafs, or is dilatory of execution he 
loses accordingly if his opponent is industrious Sist- 
ently and finished in his work persist 
.J\!ll '''''^ considered by many as being puppy 
stakes, but they are so m name only. The age limit is 
necessarily so liberal that it permits the runnifg of two- 
year-olds, a trifle more or less as to age, and at two years 
Ltd work Th7"h"^T^ as being mature in rektiorto 
neld work. I he breeder should, therefore, endeavor to 
have hi,s puppies whelped as nearly on or after i 
rVcTtt' rZT'^^ '''' Jeatest^allowabie age 
then they can be given quite a thorough training the 
fall and winter of their first season, beginning he r sec- 
ond season as trained dogs prepared tolke a post grad- 
In handlirV^ ""'"^'^^ their, practical expfrienc? 
tttend strict!? to h?.^ ^nipet-tion, the trainer should 
5se or d cta^te fn ^^if A"-^ ^"^™Pt to super- 
tod useless A the opposing handler is impertinent 
ate. a^Sf it I ^^Pt'?"-^"ess or insubordination mili- 
ates again.st the handler's success. If one handler obevs 
me judges' instructions and the other does not the 
hanSrTo .r^^^ after awhile leave the disobedient 
2fc^T.^- ^^^^""9 Pleases and do as he likes the 
disobedience and refusal to follow the instructions beini 
g^"e"f Ste^tlu?';?'-^'^ t ^'^^ '^^^ i-li?ef.:?;ralway! 
^Zl ^/^'P^^^'^™ hearing to any complaints of interfer- 
ence of one handler with another, if they be not frivolous 
-.r prejudiced in their origin. However it is mucl better 
nte^^st? oTfhe *L^'^.™P^'tion looking out for tie S 
Some handlers school their dogs to disregard the 
whis le, or to go out the faster when they henf and 
1^,1? to guard against their ^eing called i|| turned at 
unproper j'unc'tures by the whiiStling of the opposing 
handler. There are but few handlers who do not whistle 
to and order their dogs too much when In 'competition. 
The less noise made, the better. 
Between heats the dog should be carried in a wagon, 
After a, heat he should have all the burrs, etc.,. picked 
out of his coat and from between his toes, and if the 
weather is at all cold or raw he should be blarikfete»l fttid 
made comfortable. 
The Girl at the Half-Way House. 
It is good that &t lehglii the bM-tihle West is Cottiirig 
to have a place iti the litel'atiire of the land. The day, ,to 
be sure,^ is late; most of the contemporary witnessed of lis 
early history have passed away; yet the time is not so 
distant but that many fragraenls of that hikoi-y mky be 
saved, to serve at a Ihtef clay as material for him who 
shall write at large the story bt .'the trans-Mississippi 
region irom thfe tilne of Lewis and Clarke down b its 
modefJi tivilizatioh. 
It. Was a hio^t happy circumstance that Mr. Ripley 
Hltchp'ock, of D. Appleton & Co., .should have con- 
ceived the thought of preparing a series of volumes to be 
published under the title "The Story of the West," These 
cover a variety of types— the Indian, the soldier, the 
cowboy, the miner and others — and it was a circum- 
stance hardly less happy that Mr. Hitchcock, the editor 
of the series, should have pitched upon Mr. Emerson 
Hough to write "The Story of the Cowboy." How well 
that story was written, and how strongly the cowboy's 
true character appealed to a public which had iilia^irted 
a character very diflferelH. is Well.kllowh to the niany 
thousand Veatiers of the boolc The description w-a,s 'i. 
true, .vivid ahd interesting pictui-e 'of a type tHAi ti'dfe 
aile&tly passed away. . , 
Mr. Hough is one of the WVi'^ei's Vvlio long ago yielded 
himself to the pote)it chlFm of a West which was "wild," 
and .sq nattliral, 'ted in his latest volume, "The 'Girl at the 
Half-way House; A Story of the Plains," he has again 
uepicted scenes most of which belong to that now dis- 
tant pa'St. It is not necessary to tell readers of the 
but to the scientific World tiothing was known of the 
river Of its dangers until Maj. Powell accomplished 
his trip, and the general public was more than twenty 
year.s behihd the scientific world. 
Within the last dozen years, however, knowledge of this 
canon, ahd of its beauties, as seen ftoiu, aboVe, has gradU= 
ally flliel-ed Ihtb the btiWit MM; End the toiislfttjitibii 
of railways to some of the best, known view points makes 
it clear that before long the (Grand Cafion may be as well 
known as the Cafion of the Yellowstone. A volume re- 
cently issued by Little, Brown & Co., of Boston, is likely 
to contribute much to this knowledge. 
This is "In and Around the Grand Caiion," by Geo. 
Wharton James, who for ten years has visited "the most 
sublime spectacle of earth." His work is not an ordi- 
nary book of hasty travel, but the accumulated results 
of much study, during Whicll a great extent o( countfi' 
has been trayei-sed on ,foot andl on ItbrseUack. Mr. JiihiHs 
has hifUiy tiiiies climbed back and forth over hiost bi 
tlie tVilis which lead from the lofty plateau down to the 
riVeb's brink, has camped, in many localities where white 
man, perhaps, never camped before; and he has filled his 
soul with the inysterious spirit of the canon aboiit W'luch 
he writes so graphically and so lovingly. 
Aside from its interest as a series of graphic dcsciip- 
tions of most marvelous scenes, the book demands spe- 
cial praise for the system on which it is written. Any one 
who purposes to visit the cafion must read the volume 
to comprehend the geography of the region which he is 
approaching, and to view its spectacles intelligently. 
Thus Mr, James describes first of all the Colorado River 
and its series of connecting canons; then after some 
historical matter devoted to the various exploring parties 
he describes how to reach the caiion, and then he takes 
his readers down many of the trails to the river, describes 
other eanon.<5, has something to say about the almost un- 
known Havasupai Indians and their shrroundings, and 
comrludes with cllapter.^ about the botany ahd geology 
of the Gi-and Canon ,atid the inlpte.^SldnS that it illade pli 
hihl. A siiorl bibliography of the region closes the 
v'oluihite. 
The book is copiously illustrated with photographs of 
very great beauty, and is handsomely printed on coated 
paper. It is a volume which should appeal strongly to 
every American-. 
rant past, it is not necessary to tell readers of the J 4 ■ ' - c - r v 
aiwl/Snr-^r'^? '^M^ NBrth Americaiis of Yesterday* 
ary style,. nm; to inform them that his ho.fik i!^^ ' 
ten, ah'd his st'ory is pleasingly toM.. What may better 
be, done is to explain in ioim "Sfegree what it contains. 
It is divided . int'o ib'uV Books, treating of difJerent 
times, thc)Ug;ft Wn'e's that follow closely one upon an- 
ptherj The first Book is the Day of, War, in which he 
tVilfo'cIuces to his readers the heroine and the hero of the 
tale at the taking of Louisburg, near the close of the 
Civil War, and tells the melancholy and touching story 
of the march of the victors over the bloodv field while 
the band played not a triumphant hymn of vietofy iit)t A 
thoughtless strain of joy. but that old sweet sokig. lottg 
loved in the old time South, which begins 
- Maxweltoii Wrtie^ are ^uHftlfr. 
B^ok ti, deals with the Day of the Mmd; tht 
of the end of the track, the day 'of the hfe'W Stivers, and 
of ■m\vm -ah'd sod houses-. The Sceiies Of this h^W 
Country .a.nd new life afe viyidly pittiired. The roUgh- 
ness and the ftelpfimie^s, the birutality dn'd. the tehiietiie^'s. 
or how they felt. Here Uiere .wa,s hunting, fighting, and 
struggling of many sorts, and through it all the herb 
J^learning himself the lesson of lifie and his own Strength. 
Here, too, he meet)^ agiain the heroine, and leai-ns tb 
loye her,, but his l.ov'q .not i-etiirned. 
In Book III. it 5s the Day of the Cattle. The buffalo 
had feone. The long trail .is furrowed by thousand's qn 
thousands of slow feet, Working constantly to the North; 
People have settled down a little bit morb into theii- 
places. They begin to belong to the soil. The hetoe's 
low st'oiry does not prbspet". 
. Last of all Corries the iDay of the Plow. The cattle have 
followed the buffalo and tlie Indian out of the pages, and 
following the cattle has ridden the cowboy, too. Land is 
now what all men desire. The story moves on rapidly, 
still in Kansas, and then suddenly in the last chapter the 
scene changes to an old Southern city, and then comes 
the end — a happy ending. 
Mr. Hough has written a story very unlike tlie con- 
ventional novel. It is full of action and movement, yet" 
we may imagine that after all the love story which runs 
through its pages was intended to serve as little more 
than a moulding on which to hang three broad canvases, 
paintings of phases of the quickly changing life in the 
early West, from the time when the settlements began 
until the days when the question of settlement had be- 
come a matter of long ago, and the people had settled 
down into the commonplace— and happy — life when 
history is no longer made. 
The canvases are broad, the lights strong, the shadows 
deep. We have here an artist who sees beneath the sur- 
face, who paints with deep sympathy, and who has de- 
picted well scenes that every American should be glad 
to know of. 
In and Around the Grand Canyon. 
Most marvelous but as yet least known of the wonders 
of America is the Grand Canon of the Colorado One 
might say that it is only a little more than thirty years 
.-igo that It was discovered, for it was then that Mai T 
W. Powell, with his little band of heroes, faced the perils 
of this rapid, rushing, almost underground river and 
traced its course fiom Green River on the Union Pacific 
Railroad southward through untoM difficulty .and daiiger 
Long, long before that the Spaniards had crossed the 
stream near its mouth, and the u.oper reaches of th.- two 
rivers which unite to form the Colprado had long" been 
well known. In 18,35 or '36 a mny of trappers under the 
leadership of one Fremont de^ieended the rievr and one 
of that party still lives— or a few years atfo did live— in 
Wyoming. Again in 185S. J^?hley, whfl gave his name 
to A§l?^ey Pork and Ashlej;^ ipalls, attemj)|^ the descent, 
It is curious to observe the constantly growing interest 
in the North American Indians, as indicated by the fact 
that more and more material about them and their primi- 
tive ways is constantly finding its way in print. Now 
that the Indians as a race — a people set apart by their 
own culture from the newly arrived white people of this 
continent— have passed away, civilization begins to find 
that they are interesting and desires to know something 
about them; 
The inost l-fe'ceht volliliie issued oh the Motth Aniericarl 
rAc^. fit iai-ge is Mi:. Frederick S-. DellertbaUgh's "Thfe 
Noi-th Ahiericatis of Yesterday ! A CohiiJaf atiVe Study 
bf Noi-th Aitleticih lii^liaii Life, dUstoihs artd Produgts 
bh tl* Theofy, of thfe' Fthrtic Uhity of the MaSe." Thfe 
S^oiuhiip is biised oh 'A sei-ies of sight lectUres delivered de- 
foi-fe the LoWell thstitlite. ih Bostoh ih 1894, khd thesS 
n^V'e iipW .Beeh expanded to iie^riy sbb .litge jla^eS, 
ndoi-hed with ah extraordihai-y _ Wealth df illtistratioH 
di-^WH frotU a great ,Viriei:y oisolitces: . , , , 
,A.';,Will be- .well, iih'dei-stqod,. howevef,, even.^by those 
.\yh6 have paid but slight attention to the subj.ect, thi>s 
Idrge ahd be'adtiful volume c.an hardly do n^qre than touch 
iipoH soilae of the inore striking characteHstics of the 
pebple .ivho have so long itihabited . a contihent, cut off 
from all intercourse with that world which we call Old. 
Nevet-theless the facts of the book and. the beautiful 
illiistratiohs mkke it a voliirhe extremely interesting ahd 
valuable, ahd likely to lead castjal readers to the pui-suit 
of .more special and detailed stUdy. . , , 
. Mr. Deliehbaugh'.s first knowledge of the thdiatis began 
thirty years ago, wheh, as a member of Major Powell's 
Colorado Caiion Expedition, he visited the Southwest — 
Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. The studies then 
begun have been continued in more recent years, his 
actual contact with Indians having been chiefly with those 
of the Southwest and to some slight extent with the 
natives of Alaska. He is, however, familiar with much 
of the literature devoted to these people, and in his preface 
acknowledges his indebtedness to other workers in the. 
field. 
The great range covered by the work is indicated by 
its contents. The author treats of languages and dialect .; 
picture writing, sign language, wampum, cupped stones; 
Mexican and Central American writings, inscriptions and 
books ; basketry and pottery ; weaving and co.stume ; carv- 
ing, modeling and sculpture; shelters, dwellings and 
architecture; weapons, armor-implements and transporta- 
tion ; mining, metallurgy and science ; musical instru- 
ments, music and amusements and games; works and 
agriculture; customs and ceremonies; myths, tradition 
and legend ; organization and government, and origin, 
migrations and history. An appendix containing a list 
of North American stocks, sub-stockg and tribal names 
closes the volume. This list, by the way. is likely to 
prove exceedingly useful to the reader who desires to 
carry his investigations further as giving him at once the 
stock to which any tribe belongs. 
Interspersed with the facts concerning the Indians — 
who, by the way, Mr. Dellenbaugh calls Amerinds, ma- 
king Use of the recently coined term which appears to 
have found favor with many students of ethnology — the 
author inter,sperses a variety of views and theories con- 
cerning these people, many of which are novel and will 
hardly be at once accepted by Americanists. He certainly 
has the courage of his convictions and boldly announces 
them even if he does startle the public by them. 
The book is replete with information, and cannot fail 
to prove useful to the reader, whether merely interested in 
Indians in a general way, or a student of some .special 
group who desires to look up facts with regard to others. 
Of the 350 illustrations in the volume, many are from 
the author's sketches, others from the United States 
Bureau of Ethnology, others still from the American 
Museum of Natural Plistory, the Field Columbian Mu- 
setim and photographs of the Harriman Alaska Expedi-. 
ti'on and fronr other sp^^rccSv They are of great beauty. 
