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The Reporting Pointer. 
More About The Reporter Hunting Dog 
By Lucien C. De Hart. 
In reading the interesting account, in the De¬ 
cember issue of Forest and Stream, by “An 
American Observer,” I called to mind just one 
specimen of an American reporting pointer. 
Many years since in one of the far Southern 
states there was a well known and very popular 
pointer with the above noted characteristic. The 
dog was owned by a near relative of the writer, 
it was, therefore, my privilege to shoot over 
this valuable reporter frequently. The theory 
that I formed at the time to account for the re¬ 
porting trait in an ordinarily bred and trained 
pointer was that his master was an exceedingly 
slow hunter, nearly always away behind when¬ 
ever there was shooting just ahead of the great 
dog. Then, too, the dog had been hunted a good 
deal by “the boys.” As the pointer was natur¬ 
ally a rapid, close hunter, he seemed to have ac¬ 
quired the reporting habit after becoming tired 
of long waits on his points. At all events that 
theory seemed very reasonable at the time. 
My first acquaintance with the reporter’s ac¬ 
complishment was while riding horseback across 
a sedge field one afternoon, in company with the 
dog’s owner. We had been busy discussing some 
current topic, when suddenly I looked up and 
asked: “What has become of ‘Brick’?” 
“Oh, I daresay the old chap has found a covey 
of quail just over the ridge; don’t be uneasy, he 
will come to find us for the shooting.” 
Then we halted to fill our pipes. “Look back 
over your shoulder.” As I obeyed I had the 
first sight of the tactics of a reporting pointer. 
“Brick” was coming straight towards us. He 
held himself in a sort of half crouch. As soon 
as he had gotten his master’s attention, the tail 
began to wag—and “Brick” seemed actually to 
smile, probably because his stunt was recognized 
at once. 
“But just hold on a minute, old fellow.” The 
dog waited patiently, wagging his tail all the 
while; then vr-' followed. “Brick” seemed to step 
more gingerly as he advanced. By that action 
the master suggested: “He is now very close to 
the birds.” Sure enough the dog stiffened into 
a very handsome point. I do not recall ever 
having seen a dog do the pointing act more grace¬ 
fully than “Brick” did. A large covey of some 
eighteen or twenty birds flushed and three fell 
to our guns. The birds were retrieved very nice¬ 
ly, and then “Brick” hastened on to follow up 
the covey. 
Another valuable trait of this accomplished 
dog, was in correctly marking the flight and 
alighting place of the covey flushed. It did not 
seem necessary for him to spend much time nos¬ 
ing around for the scent; he simply walked right 
into that pleasant aroma. 
It has been thought that almost any quietly 
disposed pointer, one that is staunch and pos¬ 
sessed of a good accurate nose, can be trained to 
report. The first and most important lesson 
would be in teaching the dog that he must not 
flush the birds. There is about as much differ¬ 
ence in dogs, relative to the flushing, as there 
is among the guns that do the shooting. Some 
dogs seem to have an innate dread against flush¬ 
ing, while there are others that seem to be more 
or less jealous less the master will flush the 
covey before the dog is given a fair show. It 
is, therefore, quite reasonable to conclude that a 
dog with the former disposition may be readily 
trained to report. When the point is first made 
and the gun is quietly approaching from the rear 
of the dog (provided, of course, the dog has 
been trained to obey readily) by some signal to 
attract the dog’s attention and then quietly 
beckon him off from the point. Then allow him 
to return. Such practice with an intelligent dog, 
it is reasonable to suppose, would soon result in 
a first rate reporter. The conclusion is arrived 
at by recalling just how “Brick’s” withdrawals 
were made. It was doubtless reasoned out in 
his own way, “I have found the birds down in 
this hollow; the hunters cannot see me. I had 
best draw away quietly and tell them where the 
next shooting is to be.” 
I was very much interested in the “American 
Observer’s” article. From what I know of the 
superior intelligence of American bird dogs I 
firmly believe that, with proper care in handling 
and training, the reporting stunt can be acquired. 
