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FOREST AND STREAM 
September, 1921 
to the lumbering Spaniard; and of set- 
ters we have cultivated the “wild Irish- 
man,” as well as his more staid English 
and Scotch brothers, together with 
many animals of our grand old native 
stock, and have ever found them all 
endowed with faculties that needed but 
proper training to develop them into 
intelligent companions as well as first- 
class “killing” dogs. 
W E will now return to our pupil, 
whom we have given quite a 
rest, and continue our lessons, 
ever remembering that we must “hasten 
slowly,” and not overburden his youth- 
ful days with care and sorrow by too 
frequent or long continued restraint. 
Unless he is very dull and stupid, or 
inclined to be refractory, or, worse than 
all, sulky, a very short time is suffici- 
ent to give him all the instruction and 
practice needed. Indeed, the shorter the 
time occupied in his lessons at this 
tender age the better, provided you 
succeed in obtaining an intelligent obe- 
dience to your commands. 
You should be pretty well acquainted 
with his disposition by this time, and 
be able to form an opinion as to 
whether it will pay to keep him or try 
again. We are very loth to expend 
much time with a dull or stupid dog, 
and a sour or sulky disposition we ab- 
ominate and dispose of as soon as may 
be. We are best suited when a puppy 
is full of life and shows that he has a 
will of his own. We care not if he be 
headstrong, even willful, so that he be 
full of life and action; for we have 
ever found that these high-strung ani- 
mals are not only possessed of greater 
ntelligence than their less sensitive com- 
panions but as a rule they are more kill- 
ing dogs. 
You must be careful when you com- 
mence his lesson that you do not cross 
him by beginning when he has some- 
thing of importance upon his mind that 
will distract his attention from the 
business on hand'. If he is busy with 
a bone, or engaged at play, or his mind 
appears to be preoccupied, leave him 
quietly alone until he is disengaged, and 
then go on with the lesson ; by pursuing 
this course you will secure his undi- 
vided attention and not only save time, 
but much wear and tear of your stock 
of patience. It will be time enough to 
teach him that he must leave his bone 
or cease play at your command when 
he is a little older and a little further 
advanced in his education. At the 
same time, should you unthinkingly 
order him to do anything while he is 
engaged, you must see to it that the 
order is obeyed at all hazards, for it 
will never do to play fast-and-loose with 
him, nor to allow him to get the idea 
into his head that he can ever have his 
own way, when you desire the contrary. 
After you have taught him to charge 
readily without the aid of your hand 
to force him down, you can gradually 
increase your distance from him when 
you give the order and, if you are very 
careful to make him instantly obey you 
and do not allow him to take even a 
single step after the command is given, 
he will soon obey the order as far as he 
can hear your voice. 
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“The biggest bag today, 
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W HEN the day’s shooting is over, when each incident is 
recounted by the cheerful blaze of the open fire, while 
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Then your gun naturally becomes the center of interest and 
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If your gun is a Fox, its place in your esteem is secure, your 
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in your choice. 
A. H. FOX GUN COMPANY 
4674 N. 18th Street 
Philadelphia 
From one of the world’s great- 
est sportsmen 
A. H. Fox Gun Company, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Gentlemen : 
The double-barreled shotgun has come, 
and I really think 4t is the most beautiful 
gun I have ever seen. I am exceedingly 
proud of it I am almost ashamed to 
take it to Africa and expose it to the 
rough usage it will receive. But now 
that I have it I could not possibly make 
up my mind to leave it behind. I am 
greatly obliged to you, and I am extreme- 
ly proud that I am to have such a beau- 
tiful bit of American workmanship with 
me. 
Sincerely yours, 
Theodore Roosevelt. 
