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FOREST AND STREAM. 581 

on quite an extended conversation with them, 
I giving the signs, vocal or otherwise, and they . 
interpreting by obeying me. Constant intercourse 
of this nature with one who is kind to his pupil, 
who encourages prompt obedience and chides de- 
lay or carelessness, will change a cur to a hu- 
manized companion, a dolt to a being of intelli- 
gence. 
To raise a fine dog, then—feed him often and 
abundantly.. Never put him on the chain, but 
allow him to romp at will. Teach him early and 
often, and make a Jesuit of him to the extent 
that he may know that his first duty under all 
circumstances is obedience. The result will be 
beauty, courage, intelligence, affection and a per- 
fect dog. 
I am aware that very few have the time or 
inclination to raise their dogs in this way, and 
the result is long pedigrees, and a disappoint- 
ment for every degree the dog has departed from 
the routine I have described. 
Three years ago I took a mangy looking pup— 
a blue-blooded but insignificant looking scion of 
Bolus’ Belton—with me into the country to train 
_for a friend. He had been reared on a chain and 
fed by servants, until he was a coward in spirit 
and appearance. I kept him with me for two 
months, permitting him to run wild until he had 
acquired some courage, and then commenced his 
education. When he was ten months old his 
master hunted over him and pronounced him a 
wonder; and he was. He outran four old dogs, 
and the third day out was the only dog out of 
the six we had on the first day that would hunt 
at all. He worked like a major but was slow, 
because foot-sore. The year following he was 
as worthless a dog as ever hustled about among 
a covey of birds, and on several occasions his 
outraged owner was tempted to bestow upon him 
the epitaph, “No earthly good.” He had hung 
upon a chain since his experience of the year be- 
fore. He had forgotten the lesson of all good 
dogs, obedience, and he was out for a frolic. 
Last fall I again took him into the country as 
an experiment. I wanted to explode the idea, if 
I eould, that a dog once spoiled was afterward 
forever worthless. I knew I had good material 
to work on. I took my pupil -back to first prin- 
ciples, and taught him to charge when I gave the 
word under any and all circumstances. I then 
took him into the field and made him drop when 
any bird rose so near that I judged he saw it 
rise. When he dropped to wing nicely I started 
him in on birds, keeping him close. When he 
showed he had the faintest trace of birds I made 
him stop, and held him there for a few minutes 
to impress upon him that he was hunting for 
me, and then [ would walk up with him until the 
birds were flushed, dropping him invariably to 
wing. Two weeks of this work without the gun 
and he was as steady as a clock. When I turned 
him over to his owner he was as hard as a nut 
and as staunch as an oak. He would instantly 
turn to the whistle an eighth of a mile away; in 
fact, he was a good dog again, and like good 
Indians, good dogs are very infrequent. 
To the sportsman who loves a good dog but 
only has the time to use one a few days in the 
year, I say secure a pointer; they are slower and 
steadier than setters and will stand the chain, and 
yet do fair hunting. To such a man setters are 
of no earthly account. They may be perfect 
when purchased, but one year upon the chain will 
ruin them, When taken into the field for the first 
few hours they will chase the wind and such 
birds as they may flush in their mad race artd. 
then become exhausted, and their hunting fever 
gone. A setter needs lots of work and constant 
experience in the field to keep them steady. When 
hard worked and handled by an _ experienced 
sportsman, they are far superior to pointers in 
endurance, style and speed, and it is the very 
qualities which makes them so valuable when 
properly handled that makes them worthless 
when out of form. Hunt. 
Pato Arto, Cal.—Permit me to extend con- 
gratulations upon the handsome journal you have 
evolved from the old Forest AND STREAM. From 
both a utilitarian and an esthetic point of view it 
is a decided improvement upon the latter. 
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