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and leaped on his back and rode him 
off to the tune of flapping wings and a 
most efficiently jabbing beak that 
sought out the more tender portions of 
a dog’s anatomy with truly mephisto- 
phelian accuracy. The puppy fled but 
he fled in vain, and from that day to 
this he has given all domestic birds a 
very wide berth. 
HEN the first snow came I de- 
cided to begin on the real task 
which a beagle was made to perform, 
the hunting of the hare. I procured 
the services of a half-breed cocker 
spaniel who had evinced a certain dis- 
position to pursue rabbits and haled 
him forth in company with the puppy. 
The spaniel lost no time in running out 
a rabbit, in a harum-scarum way that 
boasted no real knowledge of the art. 
The puppy could not be persuaded to 
join the pursuit. Instead, he sat down 
in the trail and followed every bark of 
the other dog with the greatest inter- 
est and puzzlement, nor would he move 
until the rabbit was circled and shot. 
Then he exhibited intensest interest in 
the “corpse.” I permitted him to sniff 
at it and nose it as much as he pleased 
and then went on with the hunt. But 
he refused to take up the rabbits. I 
was pretty well disgusted with him, es- 
pecially as the man I was with had shot 
the rabbit and I had fruitlessly fired 
both barrels. We worked with the 
other dog for three days and then sent 
him home. Each time, the moment the 
chase began, the puppy followed the 
same behaviour, sitting in the trail with 
his ears forward and his brow wrinkled 
in puzzlement. 
WEEK later I went out with him 
alone. He worked well on the 
partridges and although it was past the 
season I lost some of my disappoint- 
ment. But then he suddenly picked up 
a scent with a dash quite different from 
his customary slow advance against a 
bird. I knew that at last he had struck 
a hare and ran to a nearby crossing. 
It was a short run and the hare gave 
me an excellent shot. It was a young 
one and but a short way ahead of the 
dog, who came up a few seconds later. 
From that moment he hunted them at 
every opportunity. 
E went farther and farther afield. 
The hunts lasted us through long 
afternoons and at night we would re- 
turn literally dog-tired, but in utter 
content if we had but one rabbit in my 
game-pocket, for, though plentiful, the 
hares were hard to come by and ran like 
foxes. I have known one to keep the 
dog on one circle for well over twenty 
minutes, crossing two ravines in his 
course. There is no exhilaration in the 
world, in my opinion, like the return 
over the snow at dusk when the sun 
has burnished the crust with bronze 
and the northwester promise fresh 
snow at night with the thermometer 
dropping in the minus tens and your 
breath freezing on your coat front. The 
welcome lights from the farmhouse win- 
dows gleam like lamps from paradise. 
AN D to feel the rabbits in your back- 
pocket bump-bumping on your hips, 
while the little dog plods faithfully at 
your heels, tired out, ears hanging down 
limply, but with his tail stiff and gaily 
upright, it intoxicates you as nothing 
else can. And many a time while Di 
was still small enough, when he seemed 
unusually exhausted, have I picked him 
up and poked him in on top of the 
hares, where he would go peacfully 
asleep, bumping with the game he had 
earned so well, and only the black tip 
of his nose, and maybe one paw, show- 
ing until he came in sight of the barns. 
Then he would scramble out. What a 
delight to stamp off the snow on the 
porch and blow in with a gust of cold 
air, while the dog proves that he is 
still in the ring by stealing the cat’s 
supper until he is chased away, though 
not seriously, for it is the right of 
every hard-working dog, surely, to take 
something from the pampered creature 
of the house: it is the next best thing to 
chasing rabbits! Those nights! How 
I miss them now and look back at my- 
self sprawled out in a big chair, smok- 
ing a good old meerschaum, while Di 
slept, pressed close to my feet on the 
floor and dreamed perfect epics of run- 
ning big buck-rabbits and acted the 
chase with tiny yelps and a great scurry 
of feet. 
H& grew into a dog quickly after this. 
I shall never forget the celebrated 
event that marked this great culmina- 
It will identify you. 
