The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-14
A REMARKABLE BIRD DOG.

stalking about bird dogs" said the man
with the shifty eye. in the rear seat OF tns
trolley car-and nobody had said woro
about bird dogs or any other kind OF dogs
Il had the most remarkable bird dog thai
ever happened. guess. when l was living
out In Santa Barbara, Cal. in '95. I don't
s'pose there ever will be the likes OF that
dog on this earth again. I raised him from
q pup. He was a pointer from away back
1t was just as natural for that dog to mop
on to his launches and point at a bird as
1t Is for US humans to eat things that don
agree with us.
HE began to point before he had shed
his milk teeth. / took him out for q walk
one day when he was about two months
old. and 1t took us about four hours to get
over two miles Of ground, for that dog
would sit down and point at bird about
every 10 feet Of our progress. It didn't
make any difference what kind Of a bird
1t was that he pointed at. He'd point at any
old kind Of a bird. II little bunch Of Eng
lish sparrows would settle down in the mid
die OF the street he'd just sit down and
point at them, and 1t was all could do TO
set him to come along with me.
He'd point at a robin sitting on top OF
cottonwood tree, and he'd point at a
brahma rooster clawing up a flower bed
in front yard. Any old thing that had
feathers on 1t that dog Of mine would point
at. Had him out one afternoon when a
bald-headed eagle began to soar around
above Santa Barbara, about three miles up
in the air. and blamed II that dog di6n
catch sight of the noble bird and squat
| down and point at it until had to bat
| him with club to induce him to come
| along with me.
Zone day I had an aching tooth. ana,
| decided to go to dentist and have the
| miserable molar yanked opt. I felt 20 bad
| that took that pointer pup along with me
| for company on my way to the dentists
| office. and when he got to the door he
slipped into the office with me. Next thing
knew that pointer pup Of mine was sitting
back on his quarters. q pointing at pic
| ture of some ruffled grouse that the dentist
! had on the wall OF his reception ROOM
I'm the course OF time pointing got to 81
| q regular mania of that dogs. and
couldn't take him out for exercise very otter
on account Of his habit Of tagging behine
to point at feathered things Took hin
out one afternoon when he was about {
year old. and a furniture van with q lot o.
pillows piled on top Of some beds cam'
| along. One of the pillows was broken a
the side and a lot Of feathers escaped. Tha
dog of mine saw the flying feathers. AM
blame me il he didn't sit down and point a
that furniture van. Fact.
But that wasn't the cutest thing he eve
did. The cutest thing he ever did was on
I
Santa Barbara beach for q walk ON tn
sand. ! hadn't any sooner got him dow
to the beach than he sat down and besa-
to point out to sea. I couldn't for the nf
of me make out what he was pointing al
There wasn't airy bird. not even q seagul
in sight But he kept right on squattin
there at the verge of the sea and pointin
out over the water, and II ever q man wa
puzzled. then I was.
"At first / calculated that he might b
mistaking the crests Of the waves 70
I feathers. but no. a little reflection cor
| WINGED me that he wasn't any such foo
dog as to do thing like that. Then
noticed that he was pointing directly at
white ship that lay out In the harbor.
pulled out my field glasses and took a leo
! at the ship, and then the mystery was mad
| clear. The ship he was pointing at was I'll
U. S. man-owar Petrol and then the ma
with the shifty eye executed sudden lea
and escaped from the car before his wrath
full listeners could hop on him and macerat
| him.-Washington Star.