THE AMATEUR TRAINER. 27 
finding, pointing and retrieving game, and if the 
dog performs these feats well, his mission will be 
filled; therefore, the following pages will not con¬ 
tain anything pertaining to the art of teaching tricks 
of any kind in a direct way, such as would 
ultimately culminate in a circus dog. If it be the 
desire to teach some funny tricks, it may easily be 
done after going through this course, for then the 
dog has learned to promptly obey orders, is entirely 
submissive, and if, on the part of the trainer, a little 
common sense and judgment is applied, most aston¬ 
ishing tricks may be taught in a very short time. 
The dog under consideration is to be perfected for 
practical usefulness in the field, and when this is 
done the writer’s endeavors will have been accom¬ 
plished. 
COCKER SPANIEL. 
