El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
Hunting Dogs OF Various Breeds
And Their Careful Training Table
By
Frederic
I. Haskin
THE GREYHOUND FASTEST OF ALL.

+rfo1s The Dointer is claimed to be
little weak in endurance and gainiiness,
and to be a less steady worker IN the
field than the setter. Yet IL must no.
be presumed that he is without ms
good Qualities Judge MacdOnnel, OF
Manitoba. has a dog known as Ola
Point. which he declares is so wen
posted on the game laws that IN huhl-
ing Monaghan pheaSants he invariably
recognized the difference between the
hen and the cock pheasant, and never
points the former
The training of field trlal uos
REQUIRES many months of patient labor
The dog is at first yard broken; that
is. taught to obey such commands as
"tO-ho." which in the hunting vocao-
ulary means to come to a Standstii-
He is then taught to come In, anu
later trained TO walk at the heels Oh
the handler when commanded AS his
natural desire always is 10 range
around over fields, it is rather pun
ishment TO have to walk at the heeIs OF
his master. To avoid his becoming
gun shy" much patience and good
Judgment are necessary For hunting
work he must be taught to retrieve
although retrieving is no longer a part
Of the field trials After having been
taught these things, his next lessons
are in ranging. dropping TO shot ana
to wing and pointing. When he has
mastered these important lessons he Is
ready for work.
Suffering From entertaining.
The bird dog is like the athlete in
one respect: he often suffers from
entertaining. The dog which learns 10
rely entirely or the order Of his mas
ter never will take first honors in
big field event He must have the
quality of self reliance. and must be
| taught to judge many matters for HIM
| self The professional handler shows
| his best skill when he reaches the hap
| DIV medium of training that will at
once make the dog perfectly respon-
/ sive TO the desires OF his master. and
at the same time fully equip him to
do his work without detailed instruc-
! ton. When a dog reaches tbs point
! he has nearly Appropriated human In
! telligence.
/ More attention is paid to the breed
/ ing of dogs in England than in Amer
/ lea. There they give much attention
/ TO the qualities that make the dog
/ prize winner at a bench show. while in
/ a measure they overlook the qualities
! that make him successful in the field
I Hunting conditions are so different in
/ the mother country from those in
America. that the English dog would
American dog. Not only is this true
with reference to bird dogs. but equally
so with reference to fox hounds. The
! American cares not so much for the
/ looks of his dog as for his staying
| qualities in a race with Sir Reynard-
/ Some Americans have been heard to say
| that they would not trade a single
favOrite dog for full pack of English
hounds. They assert there is no joy
2 full
! deep mouthed music of pack Of
/ hounds in full pursuit of an American
! fox. In some sections each farmer owns
! a dog or two, and when they meet for
common chase there is often consid-
cradle betting as to whose dog will
reach the fox first. AS they listen TO
| the running hounds each man is able
J TO pick out the baying Of mis- own dog,
! and sometimes can tell by the voice
whether he is at the forefront or lag
! ging behind in the chase. In England
/ it has been said that it is harder to
! find a first elias fox hound than it is
| to get a good prime minister.
GreyhOund's Complete Record.
| The greyhound has the most com
! plete record of any breed of sporting
) dog The Waterloo cup stake, now
about a century old. is the classic Of
all dogdom, and "coursing' IS the aris-
tocratic sport of England. In this sport
! a brace of dogs is allowed to chase
! a hare. They are sent off on even
terms, and the one which beats him
, to it, is awarded a score of from one
| TO three points Then there is a care
/ full notation made of all turns"
"'wrenches" and kills" a turn" Oc-
, ours when the hare is forced to turn
! from his course at more than a right
+ angle. "A wrench" occurs when he
I turns from his path at less than right
angle There is perhaps more betting
on this sport than on any other in
which dogs take part, unless il be the
! brutal bouts of the fighting pit.
It is said that the first man who
/ ever saw an American jack rabbit
wished most of all for a good grey
hound. If the greyhound is suited for
chasing the Jack rabbit the beagle is
regarded as the dog par excellence for
the Molly Cottontail, and there are