Hunting Dogs
Describes in a Practical Manner
the Training, Handling,
Treatment, Breeds, Etc.,
Best Adapted for Night
Hunting as Well as
Gun Dogs for
Daylight
Sport
BY
OLIVER HARTLEY
Published by
A. R. HARDING PUBLISHING CO.
Columbus, Ohio
Copyright 1909
By A. R. Harding Pub. Co.
CONTENTS.
PART I — HUNTING DOGS.
[II. The Night Hunting Dog — His Ancestry]
[III. Training the Hunting Dog]
[V. Training for Skunk, Opossum and Mink]
[VII. Training for Squirrels and Rabbits]
[VIII. Training the Deer Hound]
[IX. Training — Specific Things to Teach]
[X. Training — Random Suggestions from Many Sources]
PART II — BREEDING AND CARE OF DOGS.
[XV. Peculiarities of Dogs and Practical Hints]
PART III — DOG LORE.
[XVII. Still Trailers vs. Tonguers — Music]
[XVIII. The Dog on the Trap Line]
[XIX. Sledge Dogs of the North]
PART IV — THE HUNTING DOG FAMILY.
[XXI. The Beagle, Dachshund and Basset Hounds]
[XXII. Pointers and Setters. Spaniels]
[XXIV. Scotch Collies. House and Watch Dogs]
[XXV. A Farmer Hunter — His Views]
[XXVI. Table of Technical Terms]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
[The Court Jester of the Nocturnal Tribe]
[A Pure and a Cross-bred Coon Dog]
[Descendants from Jamestown Imported Hounds]
["The Fox Hound is a Composite Animal"]
[Fox Hounds — Graduates From the Training School]
[Good Catch in Which the Shepherd Dog Figured Prominently]
[Opossums are Easily Caught Alive for Training Purposes]
[Termination of a Successful Chase]
[The Fair Sex are More and More Becoming Practical Nimrods]
[The Deer Seeks Refuge in Deep Water]
[Co-operation Between the Man and His Dogs Brings Results]
[A Versatile Ontario, Canada, Dog Family]
[One-half English Bloodhound Pups]
[A Group of Typical Sledge Dogs]
[Sledge Dog — Photo from Life]
[Worthy of the Name, Foxhounds]
["As Pretty As a Picture" (Beagles)]
[Royal Sports — Pointers in Action]
[The Fox Terrier — Useful in Many Ways]