MORE ABOUT GUN-SHYNESS 53 
There is in this letter, I think, a strong hu¬ 
man interest—coming out of a clear sky 
from a man who left my native city three 
years before I was born, although he has my 
family spotted perfectly. Yet this is not the 
reason for printing it here—for the public is 
not interested in that. The information on 
the matter of handling prairie chickens is, 
however, a subject of general interest among 
bird-dog men and Mr. Bruen’s letter is 
quoted because of what he says along these 
lines, and also for the reason that he puts 
the stamp of approval upon the process of 
training a dog along natural lines such as I 
advocate. 
Having seen an advertisement of your book 
Breaking a Bird Dog, I sent for it and was very 
much interested in the book when it came, especially 
so as I was born in Dayton, Ohio, and attended the 
old Cooper Academy with Harvey J. King, who 
with Ed. Grimes, Harries Gorman and “Doc” Houk 
were my hunting companions. 
I don’t just place you, but your picture iooks very 
much like Harry Lytle, and I am wondering if you 
are the little Johnny Lytle that was a youngster 
when I left home in 1881; or whether you are a son 
