84 BREAKING A BIRD DOG 
ance, ending this time by bringing the pheas¬ 
ant to a stand so that she was able to 
accomplish a beautiful point and thus furnish 
an interesting variation in the work. One 
thing should be added here for the benefit 
of the novice. I spoke of Byrd grabbing the 
pheasant when I flushed it from her point. 
She should not have done this had the pheas¬ 
ant not been wounded; but dogs should be 
permitted thus to attempt to retrieve 
wounded game—and their nose enables 
them to detect the blood if a bird has been 
hit. Of course Byrd was also aware of that 
fact in this case from seeing it fall and trail¬ 
ing it afterwards. 
We were treated to one more particularly 
pretty piece of work before the day was over 
—the day which closed the season on pheas¬ 
ants in Ohio for an entire year. We were 
making one last drive through the clover 
patch nearest the farmer’s house, as we 
knew there were still some pheasants in 
there that we had not flushed. We were 
all amused at Mr. King, who had just pre¬ 
viously stated vehemently that he would not 
make another trip through that sweet clover 
