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the collar on him without a cord ; the mere pres¬ 
ence of it may remind him of the required obedience, 
and should this not suffice, then attach a long, light 
cord to collar, which may drag and enable the 
handler to keep him in control. 
LOANING THE DOG. 
Any sportsman possessing a trained dog natur¬ 
ally takes pride in him, and proclaims the rare in¬ 
telligence and hunting proclivities of such animal. 
It will also hardly fail to occur that Tom, Dick and 
Harry will humbly request the loaning of the celeb¬ 
rity, to be taken on a hunting trip for a day or two, 
or even so many weeks, supposing, and asserting, 
that by doing so the dog will become hardened and 
put into shape for the owner, who may contemplate 
a trip himself in a week or so, etc. If you desire 
to have a good dog ruined, these requests should be 
complied with promptly. A dog and his master 
become accustomed to each other’s peculiarities 
through constant association, so that the hunt will 
become pleasant to both. No two dogs hunt and 
work alike, nor do any two men handle gun and 
dog and conduct themselves alike in the field, and 
the more contrary dog and man become, the worse 
will be the confusion, to the detriment of the dog. 
While the dog’s master adheres to the rule of shoot¬ 
ing to the dog game birds only, the friend who has 
borrowed ‘‘Prince” sallies forth w T ith great antici¬ 
pations and blood in his eye, firing at everything 
