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cumstances without the slightest hesitation, and 
with very little inconvenience to his physical 
well being. Here again the individual ability 
and disposition of the dog probably has a great 
deal to do 'with the answer to the point at 
issue. 
The pointer is said to be steadier than the 
setter, but not quite so fast. That he can travel 
fast enough to suit the average individual, and 
to meet the requirements of the hunting field 
would hardly be disputed, even by the greatest 
speed crank that ever tried to smash the world’s 
record in a ninety horsepower automobile. The 
renowned English pointer Drake is said to have 
possessed speed enough to cover ground at the 
ratio of fifty miles an hour, which appears to 
be going some, all things considered. The best 
part of Drake’s performance was that he could 
stop with a suddenness that made the spectator 
gasp for breath, and always landed about the 
same distance from his game, giving evidence 
of his wonderful scent and discretion. It is said 
that he possessed “a quiet benevolent countenance 
while walking about the grounds prior to the 
trials.” Benevolence was no doubt one of his 
marks of true greatness, and it is not to be won¬ 
dered at that he brought 150 guineas at Tatter- 
sails. He seems to have been worth it. 
Of course all pointers do not cover the 
ground with the same tremendous speed that 
Drake possessed, but as a friend of mine once 
said of them, “They can usually run fast enough 
to make a fat man think of home and mother 
when they once get going.” In warm climates 
there can be no doubt but that the pointer has 
a distinct advantage over other hunting dogs. 
His thin coat and lack of woolly hair makes it 
easy for him to stand the heat better than a 
dog of a thicker coat could possibly stand it. 
In the South the pointer has found such favor 
that he is used almost to the exclusion of other 
breeds. It is the custom to hunt on horseback 
in Dixieland, and the well-trained pointer will 
stay at the point while the sportsman dismounts, 
and proceeds to take a shot at his game. This 
method of shooting no doubt suits the sunny 
Southern temperament, and possibly gives the 
huntsman a chance to take a refreshing draught 
from his bottle of mint juleps (if they use such 
things) before taking aim at his quarry. Per¬ 
haps this is one reason why he is so fond of the 
pointer whose faithful attendance to duty helps 
him to hunt without the undue haste and worry 
that characterizes the Yankee in everything he 
does. 
As a show dog, the pointer is rapidly gain¬ 
ing favor, and can usually be found at any of 
the bench shows where high class dogs are ex¬ 
hibited. He has not, however, been bred for 
the show ring to the extent that other hunting 
breeds have been, and this would appear to be 
in his favor as a field dog. He is possessed of 
a high degree of intelligence, and makes an 
excellent companion about the house or in the 
open. But his natural atmosphere is so inti¬ 
mately connected with the field that it is diffi- 
culto to think of him as anything other than a 
hunting dog, and even when roaming about the 
house he carries with him an air of outdoor life 
that almost makes one feel like letting him out 
to lead the way on a long tramp over the sur¬ 
rounding country. 
Regulations as to Migratory Birds 
A s directed by the Act of March 4, 1913, the 
Department of Agriculture has adopted 
the following regulations: 
Regulations 1. Definitions. 
For the purposes of these regulations the 
following shall be considered migratory game 
birds: 
(a) Anatidae or waterfowl, including brant, 
W'ild ducks, geese and swans. 
(b) Gruidas or cranes, including little 
brown, sandhill and whooping cranes. 
(c) Rallidse or rails, including coots, galli- 
nules and sora and other rails. 
(d) Limicolae or shore birds, including avo- 
cets, curlew, dowitchers, godwits, knots, oyster 
catchers, phalaropes, plover, sandpipers, snipe, 
stilts, surf birds, turnstones, willet, woodcock 
and yellow legs. 
(e) Columbida; or pigeons, including doves 
and wild pigeons. 
For the purposes of these regulations the 
following shall be considered migratory insec¬ 
tivorous birds: 
(f) Bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees, cuckoos, 
flycatchers, grosbeaks, hummingbirds, kinglets, 
martins, meadow larks, night hawks or bullbats, 
nuthatches, orioles, robins, shrikes, swallows, 
swifts, tanagers, titmice, thrushes, vireos, warb¬ 
lers, waxwings, whippoorwills, woodpeckers and 
wrens, and all other perching birds which feed 
entirely or chiefly On insects. 
Regulation 2. Closed Seasons at Night. 
A daily closed season on all migratory game 
and insectivorous birds shall extend from sun¬ 
set to sunrise. 
Regulation 3 . Closed Season on Insectivorous 
Birds. 
A closed season on migratory insectivorous 
birds shall continue to Dec. 31, 1913, and each 
year thereafter shall begin Jan. i and continue 
to Dec. 31, both dates inclusive; but birds may 
be collected for scientific purposes according to 
the laws of the respective States and Territories 
and the District of Columbia, and provided fur¬ 
ther that the closed season on reedbirds or rice- 
birds in Delaware, Maryland, the District of 
Columbia, Virginia and South Carolina shall 
begin Nov. i and end Aug. 31 next following, 
both dates inclusive. 
Regulation 4 . Five-Year Closed Seasons on 
Certain Game Birds. 
A closed season shall continue until Sept. 
I, 1918, on the following migratory game birds: 
Band-tailed pigeons, little brown, sandhill and 
whooping cranes, swans, curlew and all shore 
birds except the black-breasted and golden 
plover, Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock and the 
greater and lesser yellowlegs. 
A closed season shall also continue until 
Sept. I, 1918, on woodducks in IMaine, New 
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan. West 
Virginia and Wisconsin; on rails in California 
and Vermont; and on woodcock in Illinois and 
Missouri. 
Regulation 5 . Closed Season on Certain Navi¬ 
gable Rivers. 
A closed season shall continue between Jan. 
I and Oct. 31, both dates inclusive, of each year. 
on all migratory birds passing over or at rest 
on any of the waters of the main streams of 
the following navigable rivers, to wit: Missis¬ 
sippi River between New Orleans, La., and Min¬ 
neapolis, Minn.; the Ohio River between its. 
mouth and Pittsburgh, Pa., and the Missouri 
River between its mouth and Bismarck, N. D.; 
and on the killing or capture of any of such 
birds on or over the shores of any of said rivers, 
or at any point within the limits aforesaid from 
any boat, raft or other device, floating or other¬ 
wise, in or on any such waters. 
Regulation 6. Zones. 
The following zones for the protection of 
migratory game and insectivorous birds are 
hereby established: 
Zone No. i, the breeding zone, comprising 
States lying wholly or in part north of latitude 
40 degrees, and the Ohio River and including 
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu¬ 
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, 
New Jersey, Penpsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illi¬ 
nois, Vlichigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, 
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colo¬ 
rado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and 
Washington—twenty-five States. 
Zone No. 2, the wintering zone, comprising 
States lying wholly or in part south of latitude 
40 degrees and the Ohio River and including 
Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, 
West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, 
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Louis¬ 
iana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, 
Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah—twenty- 
three States and the District of Columbia. 
Regulation 7 . Construction. 
For the purposes of regulations 8 and 9^, 
