The sun., 1903-03-22

n n much decreased. The dust gets into
the nos. rils and causes sneezing and the
mucus deadens the nerves. Sportsmen
saw then that the scent will not lie.
On a muggy day. when vegetation Is
damn. the scent holds for surprising
time and pointer or setter has no trouble
in following. Dogs are often puzzled by
its strength and will follow trail that Is
too old to produce anything.
On such DAYS dogs with highly sensi-
tive nostrils have been known TO WORK
cautiously along such a trail believing the
beyy TO be within few yards and finally
come TO a rigid stand though the birds
had passed that way an hour before and
were then a mile away. This was proved
by the dogs sticking steadily to the scent
and finally routing them out.
Mary, a white and black setter gyp
owned in Lafayette county. Ark, gave an
exhibition Of following power not long
ago that il thought TO be unique She was
out with d. " Lewis, a sporting planter,
who owns her, beating the edge Of field
that had green spring grass mingled with
the old and furnished good deal OF cover.
There had been slight rain about day
light and everything was soggy She
came hard down in buttonhook point
her nose within a foot OF a clump OF grass
as big az a bushel basket Lewis went
forward and kicked the clump and single
cock quail flushed
He waited on tho bird until 1t was thirty
wards away, missed it with the right barrel
and knocked 1t down with the LETT Inc
Quail fell on a long weaving slant showing
that it was only winged. and Mary was
sent forward to get il. The birds course
had been parallel with the edge OF the held
and fifty yards away,
She did not find it where il fell and turned
toward the woods. She followed to the
in briars, and went down 1t. working her
way through the briars for quite hundred
wards. Then she struck on into the woods.
Lewis climbed the fence and went after
dead leaves which had lasted through the
winter. Two hundred yards in, small
branch or creek was struck. The dog
went down one bank little way and lost
Crossing she ran UP and down the other
bank and struck the trail again, taking IL
up twenty feet from the water. She was
much excited by this time and was going
fast The man went with her, much more
interested in her work than in getting the
bird.
The trail ran out into the woods, curved.
came back to the creek, crossed II again
and then went to the field, entering il a
quarter Of a mile from its point OF exit.
nun0TeU lTOIl Tie ltHct
stopped with her nose within an inch OF
the ground.
Going forward Lewis found her TO be
pointing hole in the ground bigger around
than his arm. made originally by mouse
and widened by rains. He did not care
to stick his hand in il. since for all he knew
it might harbor a snake, yet he did not
wish the dog TO 60 unrewarded
Finally he pulled on a glove and thrust
in his arm to the shoulder. He took hold
of the quail and dragged it out Then he
examined it, The bird had been wing
tipped only, which is 10 say that the extreme
point Of its right wing had been broken by
a single pellet.
Lewis did a queer thing for a shotgun
man. He showed the bird TO Mar rub
hing it back and forth across so that she
might get the scent, which was TO her
sweeter than altar of roses. Then he
broke a toothpick in two and with some
thread bound i TO the broken bone, joining
the ends neatly and wrapping i round
and round, bringing the thread down be-
tween the feathers.
He made a nea, joh of it and threw the
quail in air. II buzzcd away as il nothing
was the matter. If the toothpick held
for few days, and doubtless 1t did, the
bird got well.