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In the columns of your journal, under the head of ‘‘The 
Kennel,” I notice many useful hints in regard to dog 
breaking, and learn valuable recipes for diseases, &e., &c., 
Perhaps it may be acceptable to some of your readers to 
know my experience in reference to the schooling of pup- 
pies. ‘ 
As soon as they have learned to depend upon themselves, 
say at five or six months, I begin ina mild way to teach 
them obedience, attending to their feeding entirely my- 
self, never allowing them to seize their food from my hand, 
and invariably check them by pushing them from me when 
they show greediness, and possibly, if they are stubborn, 
will tap them on the nose with the food they would jump 
at, and accompany the check with ‘‘Toho.” Ina few les- 
sons I will have them quite steady, and can drop the morsel 
before them without their taking it until so ordered; in 
fact, my puppies never dream of eating their meals until 
they have permission. 
At eight or nine months old I use the cord, and practice 
the youngster in dropping to shot by throwing a small 
piece of meat in parts of the room, giving him the word to 
take it, and jerking him down with the cord when he nears 
the meat, at the same time snapping a cap. I then take 
him into a fleld and repeat the first and secondslesson, but 
use the loaded gun with the cord. I find by thus breaking 
my dogs they become more steady when put on game. 
When first taken to the field on birds. for real work, I 
wish the company of a friend, as well as an old dog, thor- 
oughly up to his business, and as a precaution attach to 
the collar of my puppy the same cord. When the old dog 
poifits, and the youngster shows an inclination to be ner- 
yous in his stand, I forego the shot, giving my companion 
the killing to do, and at the report of the gun check the 
puppy down severely. I then keep him down while I am 
loading, and until the bird is gathered, which I would do 
myself, and place it under his nose. If the bird flutters, so 
much the better, for I then have the opportunity of check- 
ing him again if he attempts to be rough with it. 
If you wish to have your dog a retriever it can readily be 
taught with the check cord, before he is taken to the field, 
with a stuffed bird, with the wing so extended that the 
puppy will take it into his mouth in preference to any other 
part of the body. Neverallow your dog,when teaching him 
to retrieve, to think that itis play; on the contrary, have 
him know that it is business. 
The whole plan is so simple I can recommend it to every 
sportsman, “Homo.” 


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GEORGIA FOX HOUNDS. 
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SAVANNAH, GuorGIA, January 19th, 1874. 
Eprror Forest AND STREAM:— 
Fox hounds were introduced into this country by some 
of the young nobles who came out with General Oglethorpe, 
the names of which gentlemen I do not now recollect. 
There are at least five thousand fairly bred fox hounds 
in Georgia, and at least twenty thousand if you include 
Maryland as one of the southern States. I prefer a small, 
orrather medium size, with bushy tail, and color white 
and red. The best dogs we have now is a cross of 
the English fox hound and a native dog of Maryland. 
These Maryland dogs are a cross with the long haired 
Scotch hound and the old English fox dog imported into 
-/Maryland many years since. They combine speed, endur- 
ance, and nese, and are oniy found in Hancock county, 
Georgia. The hounds most in use in the State of Georgia 
are a cross of the English fox hound with a small hound 
called the beagle, which gives nose to the English dog, but 
takes away his speed. Excessive speed is not required; a 
speed of about a mile in two and three quarter minutes, 
capable under a hot scent of being increased for a short 
time to wo minutes and ten seconds, is all that is wanted. 
A fox is killed in an hour at an average speed of three and 
a quarter minutes to the mile. A medium sized dog is 
much the best, is often more fleet, and being of light weight 
his feet do not become sore after arun. I feed greasy mush 
once a day, when I do not expect to run my dogs, and bread 
ouceaday. Twice a week I give them meat stewed with 
corn meal, when I do not run them. If I wish to run them 
in the morning, I give them the night before as much hard 
bread as they will eat, and in the morning, before starting, 
I give each dog a small piece of hard bread to keep him from 
nausea, I train the pups with the old dogs at one year old, 
often practicing with a drag, and find it the only method to 
train and break cross bred fox hounds successfully. Inever 
heard of such a thing as a‘gentleman shooting a fox in the 
south. Wags a R.P.M. 
BREAKING RETRIEVERS. 
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OG breaking (as I understand the term) is, in the case 
of retrievers, often more troublesome than useful. 
The owner should, if possible, be the owner, or the person 
who is to have the management of the dog in the field, Let 
him take the entire charge of the puppy as soon as it can 
leave its mother; 7. e, as soon as it can eat. Let no one 
feed it, or have anything to do with it, unless chastisement 
is necessary. For instance, if the puppy chooses to follow 
any other person than the trainer, or to run wild neglect- 
ing the trainer, it should be huffed or frightened back to 
him by some other person, If it refuses to follow the 
trainer, either from fear of him, or any other object, it 
should not be reproved unless it follows another person, as 
before mentioned. It must never be tied up until it is full 
grown. It should be out of doors nearly all day, but must 
not have access to game except when the trainer is at hand, 

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Do not allow the dog to have raw meat, or game, or food. 
He may be fed two or three times a day for the first 
year; then only once a day, in the evening. The first les- 
son should be to make the dog lie down whilst you walk 
a few yards away; then take a bit of bread from your 
pocket, call the dog to you, and feed it. This lesson should 
be taught as soon as you have taken the puppy from its 
mother, and should be practiced before every meal for sey- 
eral weeks, until you can .make the puppy lie down in- 
stantly by merely raising your hand, or giving an order 
with the voice if the puppy cannot see you at the time. 
During the first day or two the lesson should be given in 
private, lest the dog’s attention be diverted. Encourage 
the dog to use his nose as much as possible in a field, and 
freqnently make him lie down for a minute, especially 
when he is at a distance from you. Let this lesson be per- 
fectly learned before you show the dog any game. The 
instant the game is started, down with the dog till the 
game is out of sight; then walk up to the dog and praise 
him. When the dog is perfect at this lesson, teach him to 
retrieve a glove or a soft ball thus: show him the glove, 
and in the act of throwing the glove away make him lie 
down; after a few seconds waive your hand towards the 
glove, and ask him to bring it. The instant he ‘has seized 
the glove call him, and encourage him to come quickly and 
give up the glove instantly. Carry a gun, if you please, 
but do not fire it before the dog is accustomed. to the sight 
of it. Having gained the affection of the dog (by al- 
ways feeding it yourself and treating it kindly), and the 
command over it, you should ask some one else to feed 
it now and then, and satisfy yourself that it will take food 
from another person if necessary. These two lessons of 
obedience are, I think, almost the only ones that need be 
taught; the rest should come by practice. If the puppy 
has the advantage of hereditary experience so much the 
better.—Cor. London Field. 
Sir W. W. Wynn’s Hounps.—We notice in Land and 
Water an account of the meet of this gentleman’s hounds, 
which is given as follows :— 
“These hounds met on the 22d instant at Wynnstay. 
Drew Pentrecloud Gorse, when after ringing about the cov- 
ert for half an hour a fox broke, as if he was going for 
Marchwell, then beat to the right, through Yorke’s Din- 
gles to Randle’s Gorse, where he just saved his brush by 
going to ground in a rabbit spout, in view of the whole 
field. We then trotted on to Sutton Green, calling at the 
Hopyard in vain on our way; almost immediately a fox 
broke, and took a beautiful line over the Holt Meadows at 
a great pace, turning up for Isacoyd Church and back 
again, past Sutton Green Covert into the meadows again. 
Here we crossed the Dee, and they made the best of their 
way to Broughton; we eventually lost him, evidently going 
for the Wyches, which Payne very properly would not al- 
low his hounds to enter so late in the evening. This only 
wanted a kill to make it one of the best runs these hounds 
have had this season, If any one looks at the map he will 
see a wide space between the place where the hounds met 
and where they left off.” 
It will be in the neighborhood of Wynnstay that the 
grand international pointer and setter match will take 
place, Sir W. W. Wynn having kindly offered his grounds 
and game for that purpose. 


HUNTING IN SIERRA LEONE. 

HE negro hunter, naked with the exception of a strip 
of cloth round his loins, with his tremendous old 
flint gun, loaded with half an ounce of powder (fortunately 
for him, of the most execrable description) and half a dozen 
slugs cut from strips of lead, attended perhaps by a couple 
of mute and trusty native curs, will often succeed in 
bringing to bag an antelope or wild hog,—nay, even the 
lordly leopard occasionally will fall a victim to his wiles; 
but Quacoe is a cunning fellow and a patient, and will lie 
for hours, and even for days and nights, in the track of the 
game he has been carefully watching for. As soon as his 
prey comes within a dozen yards (he will rarely fire at long 
distances) a tremendous explosion, which as often as not 
knocks Quacoe heels over head, announces that he has his 
long coveted opportunity. In most cases he is successful; 
where he only wounds the game, his trusty mongrels, silent 
as the grave until put upon the track, immediately follow 
the scent of the wounded animal, and rarely fail of recoy- 
ering it for their master, who hastens after them, guided 
by their short, sharp yelps. In the country about Sierra 
Leone I have not unfrequently observed these little curs 
painted bright red or yellow, with an admixture of white; 
and the idea is a good one, as it frequently aids the hunter 
in detecting his dogs as they crawl through the dense 
thicket. 
Leopards are very numerous in forest lands, and very 
daring. They will enter the confines of the towns and 
carry off poultry, sheep, and occasionally children. I have 
myself shot at one within the limits of the town of Cape 
Coast. They appear to be of two varieties; one very large, 
pale in color, with less perfect spots than his forest brother 
—for the former appears to frequent more open places. 
The smaller is very dark skinned, with beautiful rose spots, 
of a jetty black lined with chestnut, thickly disposed over 
his long snake-like body, the color being darkest on the 
back, and the belly of snowy whiteness; he is apparently 
more nimble than the first named brute, and can climb 
trees with comparative ease. I have twice met them face 
to face and never been molested; in fact, they will not as a 
rule attack unless wounded, when they are terrible adver- 
saries to cope with, on account of their lightning springs 
and terrible claws. Ihave had two leopards in captivity, and 
I believe them capable of great docility and love for their 
masters; but they are rarely entirely to be trusted. My first 
captive I reared from avery small puppy to the age of 
about twenty months. He was then a very beautiful ani- 
mal, evidently one of the larger kind. He would not touch 
raw meat while I had him, and was fed entirely upon boiled 
fowls, of which he consumed three per diem. He hada 
great predilection for ladies, and I had to warn them not to 
approach his cage, as his attentions, although well meant, 
were very destructive to linen or muslin. Never did I 
meet a more docile creature, however; he would allow my 
servant or myself to take his food from him, absolutely 
while eating it. On leaving the Gold Coast I gave him to 
a friend, who subsequently presented him to the Dublin 
Gardens, where the poor fellow died. I heard that he had 
since my departure become very fierce and intractable; he 
had probably been teased on board ship,—Cor, Mield, 
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three years 
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