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break shot and chase, it happened that her 
chasing accidentally flushed other birds out 
of range so that we did not get a shot. That 
is, her headlong flight carried her into other 
birds before she realized it, so intent was 
she upon those she was chasing. This very 
thing is one of the chief objections to a dog 
that is not steady to shot and wing—aside 
from the fact that it is undignified and not 
becoming to a thoroughly broken dog. A 
gentleman likes to have his shooting dog 
perfectly broken in all respects, and takes 
pride in that fact. He doesn’t want a wild, 
irresponsible, rattle-brained idiot tearing in¬ 
discriminately about every time birds are 
raised. It is very ill-bred. But the real 
harm is done in the instances such as I have 
mentioned where it results in accidental 
flushing of other birds at which the hunter 
gets no shots. 
Up to the time we started shooting pheas¬ 
ants over her, Byrd had been steady to shot 
and wing—it had been perfectly natural with 
her, after she had finally become steady on 
her points, to remain steady to both shot 
and wing. It occurred to me immediately 
