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Teaching Staunchness to the Bird 
Dog 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
EING a faithful reader of ForEsT 
AND STREAM I am offering a few 
suggestions which may be of benefit 
to those interested. 
Ruffed grouse hunting is my favor- 
ite pastime in season. Indeed, to my 
mind, there is no exercise more en- 
ticing than to follow the elusive par- 
tridge all day. 
A good dog plays an important part 
in the joy of the day and every bird 
hunter should own one. 
A great many dogs are too wild 
and flush the birds far ahead, such 
dogs do not help the game pocket or 
the temper of the shooter. 
I stopped deficiency in my dog by 
compelling him to stay at heel while 
I flushed and shot at game. To dogs 
full of hunt this is a great punish- 
ment. 
When lucky enough to drop a bird, 
I made the dog stand at the shooting 
point and fetched the bird to him. 
Perhaps that gave him the idea that 
he did not have to catch the bird. 
My dog is now staunch as a rock 
and I am not ashamed to work him 
in any company. 
After practising this stunt five or 
six times the dog will sneak on a bird 
like a cat and point it many feet away. 
Perhaps this is an old stunt in dog 
breaking, I don’t know. If not I hope 
TIT have contributed something worth 
while. EUGENE McCALL, 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
An Experience with an Elephant 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
I GOT a whale of a big tiger a few 
days ago and thought it was some 
sporting event until this morning 
when I hit an elephant a little too 
high on the forehead and had to take 
a charge in heavy jungle where I 
couldn’t get away. At the time I 
Tt will identify you. 
Photograph from F. N. Manross 
had a 405 Win. with a coolie be- 
hind me bearing the .600 Jeffry. When 
I reached for the .600 the coolie had 
beat it and was running up a tree 
like a monkey. By this time the 
elephant was about 30 yards away 
coming in my direction like a run- 
away Mogul on a down grade, so it 
behooved me to do something quickly, 
as from the roaring and snorting it 
made I gathered it was rather angry. 
No chance for a cool shot so I pumped 
one into the head again and she sank 
out in a beautiful ski jump towards 
me. I was about to give the death 
whoop of my Celtic ancestors when 
I saw that the beast had gotten to 
its feet again with its massive stern 
towards me. I could see it was reel- 
ing around but never presenting any- 
thing worth shooting at. As it turned 
its head for a moment I tried for its 
ear and it went down again, trumpet- 
ing shrilly, in some very heavy tangled 
undergrowth. I took this opportun- 
ity of making a short strategic re- 
treat — about 20 yards—and then 
from behind a small tree—about 3 
feet in diameter, I reconnoitered the 
danger zone. There was quite a bit of 
thrashing around and breaking of 
branches but I could see nothing. The 
guide who was nearby called to me to 
come away as we could not go in then 
but had _ better return tomorrow. 
When the coolie came down his tree 
I proceeded to give him a good lesson 
in “le boxe,” and tomorrow he goes 
out with a rawhide collar snapped to 
my waist. 
The guide explained the charge of 
the elephant as probably due to ex- 
treme fright, but that didn’t mean 
much to me as I, at no time, ever felt 
the slightest inclination to charge. 
We go back in the morning follow- 
ing the same herd—50 to 100—to see 
if the one I knocked down is dead and 
if not to look for another. I got a 
peach of a gaur or slodaug, a type of 
big bison, weighing about 2,400 lbs. 
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