The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-17
DOGS THAT REASON LIKE MEN.
ONE RETRIEVER WITH AN
ABILITY TO COUNT.
uhree Was TO Limit win snipe--werk'
inss OF Her lntciiEenco-su'cade OF
q Retriever After Being Disngured
"A Black Norfolk and . NATURALIST

d -. -x - . NnFAIut.
BLACK Ner'o'A y"
KSowLros. Canada, NOV, % MAJ
ninceht retriever met niS uee' S..,or
S"n une ~ - ss,oh stood on
nred at a large blue heron' "men -.
ohe ps anu 'he eeuse. -. h,rds
PAuVe mooo omhhon ,,nsd
ns the pHu Seomeu 80 ~. hi.
t"e Joy wae ~ .-ad
saoer' oezins !. oy onr "'ns. ha ~, a.
~ uiasi y ahnoo' 'I' ~. ,n.o,n,v
90 70 get a hrtne, hoiu UP" nNsAS ~
carcass, tne onu suoau' dns
suuch 's 'ons on NV s~ 20 fsrce
WIN eucn uenenoou. ~" ,S. h..d
=. snAAp P"ih' y a.. nI.~
"nen Inc oos ih"'0oi -,
the heron was apparently qu' 49, =.
% IN ms rage az .ne ose newarr,,
.,oheo az 'he 49,. nasty
Oil mace sno.ne' H ~" -, ..a,nr
wouno NJ me- reg hiousn ~Sn..Mna ,ts
coo''' .hetter.d
wings for fight when a snap shoe s,A .'Iso
It's cunning head and laid 1t Q BESIDE
The dog.
1ho ios. IN .,,ch . msnner of a vell-trained
,..L.v., a. o.l-
enu uheieiofo .-..,
oulated 70 Arouse me ITO Oh eVou Nno Nv.
DlHClu tpOItbIn6a' ~ AA&
the dogs makes I'D fully half the sport Of
49, shoosno season And the intelligence
&c ..s.,a.. .hn .d,,iroton of THAR
of retr1eVers JuS'ine' u
Swners.
nrixa winner at many a show, had been
Sa.s..,,- aa,aloned an the admirable QUAIL
pe'ieo'' -. &C.,
lily OF not rusnihs IN upon - -,
tho fling OF the gun. unui inc woi" u
command bad been given. One DAY ner
owner shot at a running partridge In the
S"n-L.~na to,no,tins that tho cartridge
prush"oou' u..od hI.nL
u that barrei was d heaVny ouAikeu ''
used for signaling purposes oniy'
No sooner did the loud report betray
A,s mistake than. contrary to all custom,
l'--,.a L.-.alt int ,h. wooda aeizod
nhipe hurieu .A. 4. ~..awarad ,rom
the uhh. ~ a, IN
harmed TO the sportsman. And then she
..rsis,ad IN refusing TO Law Il at his feet
p '' - .he rinirs,v oaya II into
rs usual, tnoush OIL" ""' s
his bar
One day this cog iaiieo, aiVeL !ohsS -
Ing, 20 retrieve a pdruiogo whiSh Ell hio
q tangle OF dead uee tops, anu PIooapiy
had sense and vitality enough ieit 10 creep
Into some place OF concealment. AZ tho
friends she had accompanied Were eetuhS
out that same evening aiter oucks, ShiPe
was iorDiuoeh 70 iono, Ia 49,
Ing the enecl upon neu y .n ~ &C.,
Une OF the party S~eL y -" ~
faiien doS returneo - ni .,, e,d
y are no USE oio "u'''ou NNu
Tie biros. -. n ~
Inc IeA, d,,oss Srire
welcoming me hconihg duons. oniv
crept up 10 where, oehihu ns 70 tn "a, "a
the young ieIow VINO nsu eaInT : nsI ~
night before. a dead partridge Ia her mou.h'
and iS'o .he oMa hoI n nn
She had hunfo an h.sht aI M,.,n sn u am
FLIED nine nhes 70 Prose y !. nc Auew'
who said thst she couio not reuleNea piiu.
Who can say mat she hau lo. oeeh oolns
o little thinking, ahd mao sitlsou dtthe.oh.
clusion that she mao peeh p1I' pthiiu 'nas
night because OF her iault IN Missing tne
partridge, and argued mat wheh neI Iapse
had been atoned ior she might fecelve u.e
benefit OF aosoiutioh ana JON he'Sen W
the partyf
How exceient a reesohihg .scuity aof
may develop was shown 10y Vno iact .ns.
when, as sometimes happenea. hawK was
shot, and the usual sisha Doao pno Was
given Snipe ihVarlaoiy utte,eo al aporo-
getic little whine anu oiuhtiy u~nneu "
leave her position az heei 70 reuigve'
or ever 20 cast q giuIce .. inc carII =
Probably she mao at some .une iounu -
her cost how nerce,y a wounoed haNk
can use beak ana Claws sho wiser tIsh
some bipeds han mons an In.aLyn!s