Dog Breaking / The Most Expeditious, Certain, and Easy Method, Whether Great Excellence or Only Mediocrity Be Required, With Odds and Ends for Those Who Love the Dog and Gun

by W. N. Hutchinson

INDEX.

• A.
• [Accomplishments] or Refinements:—
• Distinguishing dog-whistle, [501].
• Dog to back the gun, [509].
• — to head running birds, [525].
• — to hunt without gun, [522].
• — to retreat and resume point, [512].
• Regular retrievers to beat, [550].
• Setter to retrieve, [536].
• Water-retriever to fetch cripples, [553].
• Affection an incentive, &c., [167], [259], [497], [559].
• — gained by first attentions, [167].
• Age for education, [15], [62], [132].
• Age of game, [7] n. [236] n. [338] n.
• Albania, cock-shooting in, [84].
• Anecdotes. See [Instances].
• Antelope—sagacity of fawn, [509] n.
• Antelopes and cheeta, [284].
• Ants’ nests, Guinea-chicks, [471] n.
• Arnica, lotion for bruises, [566].
• Assistant with wild dog, [282].
• Australia, kangaroo-hunting, [469].
• Author’s writing, cause of, [589].
• Axioms, [274], [359].
• B.
• Back turned brings dog away, [223].
• “Backing” how taught, [350], [353].
• — initiatory lesson in, [50].
• — the gun, [509].
• “Bar,” for wild dog, [299].
• Bark of Oak—tonic for pheasants—end of note to [407].
• Barbuda—Creole and cur, [471].
• Beagles shot over, [80].
• Bear at perfumer’s, [461].
• Bears killed in India, [444].
• “[Beat],” a, range taught, [132], [133], [171], [175–179].
• — bad, hard to cure, [283].
• — good, difficult, but invaluable, [189].
• — Herbert’s opinion, [232].
• — without gun, [522].
• — of five or six dogs, [245–248].
• — of four dogs, [244].
• — of three, [242], [243].
• — of two, [238–240].
• — taught following old dog, [191].
• Beaters in India, [446].
• Beckford, Education of buckhound, [558], [559].
• — Gentlemen hunting hounds, [413].
• “Beckon,” why useful signal, [37].
• — and “Heel,” differ, [44].
• Beef, heating in hot climates, [569].
• Begging, how taught, [149].
• Bell rang by dog, [417].
• Bells, to rope of beaters in India, [446].
• — put on dogs, [63], [74], [401].
• Beltings of wood, spaniels, [65].
• “Ben,” a capital retriever, [121].
• Bermuda, militia, [200] n.
• Best dogs err, concise hints, [383].
• Bird dead, loss of discourages dog, [312].
• — dead, seized and torn by dog, [321].
• — shot on ground, steadies dog, [340].
• — shot, search for, [266], [307], [309], [317]. [322], [544].
• — shot, signal heel, [269].
• — [winged], shoot on ground, [308].
• Birds, lie well, dog winding them, [186].
• — lie, induced to, [401].
• — old, cunning of, [229], [232], [236].
• — [wounded], scent differs, [545].
• — wild, intercepted, [384], [400], [525], [533].
• — wounded, first retrieved, [553].
• — wounded, make off towards covey, [544].
• — wounded, found evening, [316].
• — wounded, the search for, [266].
• — wounded, observed by dog, [113].
• Bit for bloodsucker, [117].
• Blackcock pointed three times, [289].
• — dog drawing on his first, [297].
• Black too conspicuous a colour, [93].
• Blacksmith shoeing kicker, [60].
• Blind man, and Tweed-side spaniel, [385].
• Blinking dead bird, [257].
• — from punishment, [165], [344].
• Blinking, initiatory lessons prevent, [17].
• B——k, Sir George, [481].
• Bloodhounds, training of; poachers, [537] n. App.
• Boar, wild; encounter with, [468].
• Brace of dogs, sufficient if good, [137].
• Break in dogs yourself, [3], [408], [409].
• Breaker, qualifications required, [6].
• — one, better than two, [14].
• Breakers in fault, not dogs, [493].
• — regular, displeased, [588] .
• — hunt too many, [191], [362].
• — idle, dislike bold dogs, [198].
• Breakers’ accomplishments, [555].
• “Breaking fence” prevented, [222].
• Breeding and breaking, fetch money, [376].
• — in and in, bad, [279].
• — superior nose sought, [370].
• Brougham’s story of fox, of dog, [431] n.
• Buck-hound, Beckford’s story of, [559].
• Bull, strike horns, [283] n. App.
• Bull-dogs, keepers, [546] n. App.
• — cross with, [137].
• Bull-terrier, keeper’s, [283] n. App.
• Buying dogs. See [Purchasers].
• C.
• Calling constantly, injudicious, [148].
• Cantelo on rearing birds, [407] n. App.
• “Captain,” Lord M——f’s dog, [491].
• Cards selected by “Munito,” [414], [436].
• “Care,” signal for, [39].
• Carrots, for horses, [10], [11], [33].
• “Carrying” and “fetching,” differ, [153].
• — how taught, [96], [109].
• Cats and dogs returning home, [221].
• “Caution,” taught to fast dogs, [197].
• — in excess, [287];
• — cure for, [293].
• Cautious and wild dog contrasted, [194].
• — dog, rarely too fast, [194].
• Chain better than rope, [563].
• Checkcord, [53], [54], [262], [282].
• — spike to, [25], [281], [335].
• Cheeta and antelopes, [284].
• — how trained, [284] n.
• Child lost, fed by dog, [432].
• China Pheasant, cross with, end of note to [407], page [343].
• Circle wide when heading dog, [265].
• Cirque National de Paris, [11].
• Claws of dogs pared, [566] n.
• Clothes, dog sleeping on, [167] n.
• Clumber spaniels, [75].
• Cock-shooting, [37], [84], [397].
• Cocking, young man’s pursuit, [72].
• Cockroaches eaten by fowls, [407] n. App.
• Collar, a light one on dog, [259].
• Collie dogs, [415], [516].
• Colours for concealment, [93] n.
• Commands given in a low tone, [20].
• — understood before seeing game, [16].
• Companion, dog to be yours, [18], [383], [384].
• — initiatory lessons with, [49], [51].
• Condition attended to, [566].
• Consistency necessary, [6], [165], [278].
• Coolness recommended, [278].
• Couple to older dog, [29].
• Couples, accustomed to, [48].
• Courage created, [135], [347].
• Cover, pointers in, [88].
• Covers for game, [65] n. App.
• Cricket, dogs made fag at, [150].
• Cripples first retrieved, [553].
• Cunning of old birds, [229].
• D.
• “Dash,” a spaniel, described, [234].
• Dead bird, blinking of, [267].
• — lifted by you, error of, [98].
• — loss of, discourages dog, [312].
• — rushing into, [321], [374].
• — search for, [266], [307], [309].
• — search for, with two dogs, [544].
• — the first killed, [265].
• — to be pointed, [267];
• but not by retrieving setter or pointer, [548].
• — torn by dog, [322].
• Dead, initiatory lesson in, [19], [34].
• Diet considered, [567].
• Distance, whence birds are winded, [182], [183].
• — between parallels, [181].
• — dog’s knowledge of, [285].
• Distemper, pups inoculated for, [572].
• — salt for, [579].
• — vaccination for, [573], &c.
• Diving, how taught, [105].
• Dogs, good, cheapest in the end, [137].
• — shape, &c. of, [137], [187], [364], [537].
• — shepherds’, in France, [415].
• — slow, beating more than faster, [327].
• — unknown, fetch small sums, [380].
• — wildest, most energetic, [53], [137], [198].
• Dominos played at by dogs, [433], [441].
• “Down” see “[Drop].”
• “Down charge,” dog pointing, not to, [359].
• — initiatory lesson in, [27].
• — ingenious argument against, [316] n.
• — why retrievers should, [119].
• Draughts, the first to move wins, [158].
• “[Drop],” a better word than “Down,” [146].
• — dog to, another dropping, [49].
• — dog to, game rising, [328].
• — initiatory lessons in, [23], [25], [26].
• — unnatural, “Toho” natural, [24].
• Dropper, pointing grouse or snipe, [497].
• — by Russian setter, [498].
• Duck emits a goodish scent, [94].
• Duck. Wood-duck of America, [511].
• Duck-shooting in wild rice, [95].
• Ducks, wounded, first retrieved, [553].
• Duke of Gordon’s dogs, [237].
• E.
• Ears not pulled violently, [327].
• Education, age when commence, [15].
• — best conducted by one, [14].
• — Beckford’s opinion of, [558].
• — commenced from A, B, C, [588].
• — expeditious, economical, [13].
• Elephant, critical encounter with, [450].
• — skulls of, [462].
• — tricks exhibited, [160].
• Energy, wildest dogs have most, [53], [137], [198].
• Esquimaux dogs, and women, [169].
• — crossed with wolf, [137] .
• Example advantageous, [351];
• especially to spaniels, [62];
• yours has influence, [264], [374].
• Exercise on the road, [566].
• F.
• Falcon with Greyhound, [470].
• Fastest dogs not beating most, [257].
• — walkers not beating most, [256].
• Fasting, initiatory lessons given, [12].
• Fat, enemy to endurance, [567].
• Fatigued, dog not hunted when, [224].
• Faults, punishment expected for, [348].
• Fawn, sagacity of, [509] n.
• Feeding-time, lessons at, [30].
• — pistol fired, [28].
• — the evening, [568].
• Feet, [187];
• attended to, [566].
• — and loins compared, [137].
• — of setter better than pointer’s, [187].
• — Partridge’s, given to dog, [345].
• Fence not to be broken, [222].
• “Fence,” or “Ware fence,” initiatory lesson in, [46].
• “Fetching” and “carrying” differ, [153].
• — evil of not, [235].
• — lessons in, [96], [109].
• Fields, largest beat, [173].
• “Find,” initiatory lesson, [34], [35].
• “Finder” not to advance, [357].
• — retrieves, [541].
• Fire, dog to bask before, [225].
• First day on game, good conduct of dog, [139];
• of two dogs, [280].
• First good point, [264];
• first bird killed, [265].
• Flapper shooting, [226].
• Fleas. Saffron. Gum of sloe, [165] n.
• Flesh detrimental to pace, [567].
• Flogging, how administered, [323].
• — reprobated, [9], [344].
• “Flown,” initiatory lesson, [45];
• real, [330].
• Food given cool, [568].
• “Footing” a scent, [43], [112], [285].
• “Forward,” initiatory lesson, [36].
• Fowls, killing of—the cure, [392].
• — require animal food, [407] n.
• Fox brought back by dog, [478].
• — his sagacity, [431] n.
• — graceful when hunting, [537].
• Fox-hound, cross gives vigour, [137].
• Franconi’s Cirque National de Paris, [11].
• G.
• Game, age, &c. [7] n. [236] n. [338] n.
• — bag, birds looped on, [540].
• — lies close in hot weather, [446].
• — lies too close in turnips, [193].
• — not shown dog soon, [16], [171].
• — plentiful. Bad rangers, [255].
• — sprung towards gun, [64], [89], [284].
• “Gone,” initiatory lesson, [45];
• real, [330].
• Gordon, the Duke of, his dogs, [237].
• Gorse, spaniels to be habituated to, [61].
• Greyhounds, conditioning of, [566].
• — with Falcon, [470].
• Griffin, hints to, [65] n., [400]–[403].
• Grouse and snipe alternately set, [497].
• — best to break dog on, [331] n.
• — cunning of old, [229].
• — dog for, rated on snipe, [497].
• — shot from stooks, [7] n.
• — shot with aid of cart, [384].
• — spread while feeding, [265].
• “Grouse’s” portrait, [210].
• Guinea-birds’ eggs. Chicks, [471] n.
• Guinea-birds headed, [528].
• Gun, dog to “back” the, [509].
• — first over fence, not dog, [222].
• — game flushed towards, [64], [89], [284].
• — how carried, [65] n.
• H.
• Hand, bird delivered into, [98].
• — rewards taken from, [27].
• Hare, chase of, checked, [334], [335].
• — heavy, tempts dog to drop, [116].
• — killed in form, steadies dog, [339].
• — scent of, strong, [333].
• — shooting of, condemned, [331].
• — white, the mountain, [338].
• — wounded, dog may pursue, [341].
• Harriers, pointer hunted with, [495].
• Hat-brush brought by dog, [156].
• Hawker, Colonel, [577].
• Haunt, dog brought on, [306];
• not soon, [330].
• Heading birds, [284], [400], [525].
• Heading dog making too stanch, [287];
• circle wide, [265].
• Health promoted by shooting, [409].
• Heat beneficial to dogs, [571].
• Hedge, furthest side hunted, [54].
• Hedge-rows not hunted, [175].
• “Heel,” signal to, on killing, [269], [276].
• — the signal to, [37], [44].
• Hen-harrier’s nest found, [283] n.
• Herbert’s Field Sports in United States, [241], [568].
• Hereditary instincts, [128], [137], [279].
• Hog-hunting with native dogs, [445].
• Hog, wild, first encounter with, [468].
• Hooded crow, [283] n.
• Horned owl, a decoy, [283] n.
• Horse, memory of, [221], n.
• Hoof ointment, [364] n.
• Horse, recipe for conditioning, [364] n.
• Horse’s and dog’s points similar, [364].
• — biting cured, [283] n.
• — leg strapped, [60].
• — rushing at his leaps cured, [33].
• Horses, how taught by Astley, [10].
• — fed on firing, [28].
• Hounds, obedience of, [31].
• — tuition of, [30], [505].
• Hunting, dog’s chief enjoyment, [562].
• — dog long taking to, [132].
• Huntsman for pack bad rangers, [248].
• — a gentleman, [413].
• I.
• Imitative, dogs are, [34], [264].
• In-and-in breeding injudicious, [279] .
• Independence imparted, [375].
• India, [444], [446], &c.
• Indian-corn meal, [568].
• Initiatory lessons, important, [12], [17], [52], [134], [141].
• Inoculation for distemper, [572] n.
• [Instance] of breaking highly, [251], [395], [499];
• —coolness and courage, [449–468];
• —cunning in grouse, [229];
• in pheasant, [232], [236];
• in monkeys, [431] n.;
• —dog’s barking at point, [521];
• —dog’s behaving well first day, [139], [280];
• —dog’s forcing game to gun, [89];
• —dog’s pointing after the shot, [275];
• —dog’s intercepting, [206], [527], [530];
• —dog’s manner showing birds on the run, [295], [530];
• dog’s pointing on his back, [199];
• —dog’s pointing on fence, [200];
• —dog’s detaining with paw, [319];
• —dog’s retreating from and resuming point, [286], [517], [519], [520];
• dog’s retrieving snipe he would not point, [318];
• dog’s retrieving duck, though detesting water, [320];
• —dog’s running riot from jealousy, [343];
• dog’s running riot only out of sight, [386];
• —dog’s running to heel, but not blinking, [195];
• —dog’s slipping off and replacing collar, [431] n.;
• —dog’s stanchness—high price it commanded, [382];
• —dog’s stanchness to excess, point made three times, [289];
• —dog, though never retrieving, bringing lost bird, [97];
• dog’s walking to mallard from a distance, [93] n.;
• —dog’s walking from a distance to object he seeks, [216];
• —dogs alternately retrieving as ordered, [542];
• —dropper’s alternately pointing grouse and snipe, [497];
• example being useful, [352];
• —good snipe-shot who always used a dog, [395];
• —good snipe-shot who never used a dog, [394];
• —longevity and vigour, [226];
• —old dog proving of great value, 228
• —Newfoundlands finding their vessels amidst many, [218], [219];
• pointer’s hunting with hounds or standing snipe, [495];
• —pointer’s superior nose, [366];
• —pointer standing at partridge while carrying hare, [546];
• —pot-hunting ruining dog, [373];
• —prices dogs fetch, [137], [237], [254], [379], [382], [500];
• retriever bolting partridge because interfered with, [540];
• —retriever losing birds from not delivering into hand, [98];
• —retriever killing one bird to carry two, [100];
• —retriever never disturbing fresh ground, [552];
• —retriever ranging spontaneously, [551];
• —retriever tracking wounded through other game, [547];
• retriever running direct to hidden object, [216];
• —“roading” well performed by young dog, [290];
• —setter facing about, on birds running, [295], [530];
• —setter’s superior nose, [369];
• —setter’s standing fresh birds while carrying dead one, [546];
• —spaniels pointing, [68], [551];
• —young dogs behaving well first day shown game, [139], [280].
• Instinct and reason contrasted, [432].
• Instincts hereditary, [128], [137], [279].
• Ireland. Snipe, Woodcock, [397], [565].
• Isle-aux-Noix, good conduct of dog, [395].
• J.
• Jesse’s opinion of dogs, [431].
• K.
• Kangaroos, Greyhounds, [469].
• Keeper, advice in choosing, [586] n.
• Keeper, feeding several dogs, [30].
• — to teach accomplishments, [555].
• Keeper’s dogs for vermin and poachers, [283] n. App. [537] n. [588] n.
• Keepers dislike this book, [588].
• — blameable for bad dogs, [4].
• — idle, dislike dogs of energy, [193].
• — rival, bet respecting, [499].
• Kennel, dog in, when not with you, [563].
• Kennels in India and England, [570].
• Keys, retrievers taught with, [106].
• — “Médor’s,” bringing, [418].
• Killed outright—evil of thinking, [311].
• Killing fowls—the remedy, [392].
• — sheep-cure attempted, [387], &c.
• Kitchen, dog not allowed run of, [563].
• Knox on rearing Pheasants, [407] n. App.
• L.
• Ladies, breaking for gun, [166].
• — no control over dogs, [147].
• Ladies’ Pets pampered, [163].
• Learned dog in Paris, [435];
• St. John’s, [561].
• Leeward, beat from, [201].
• — dog’s beat from without gun, [522].
• Left hand signals, “Down charge,” [24].
• —  — less than right, [142].
• Left side of dog, keep on, [285].
• “Left,” signal for dog to go to, [36].
• Lending dog injudicious, [584].
• Lesson left off when well repeated, [96].
• Lessons, initiatory, reasonable, [12], [17], [52], [134].
• — — walking in fields, [131].
• “Lifting” a dog, [309], [533], [546].
• Lion bearded in his den, [465].
• Liver, hard boiled, [116].
• Loins and feet compared, [137].
• Longevity and vigour in a setter, [226].
• Lord M——’s setter facing about on birds running, [295], [530].
• M.
• Major B——d’s well broken dogs, [250].
• Mange—mutton instead of beef, [569].
• Mare making colts swim, [352] n.
• Markers used with spaniels, [81].
• Meat recommended for dogs, [569].
• Medicine, how easily given, [580].
• Memory in horse, [221] n.
• Militia regiment treeing, [200] n.
• Monkeys—their fun, [431] n.
• Moors, advantage of, [137].
• “Munito” selecting cards, [414].
• Muscle wanted, not flesh, [567].
• Muscovy drake, the cross, [471] n.
• Musk bull found by “Muta,” [487].
• Mute spaniels, old sportsmen prefer, [83].
• Mutton less heating than beef, [569].
• Muzzle dogs that worry sheep, [391].
• N.
• Names ending in “o”—dissimilar, [145].
• Netting partridges, [537] n. App.
• Newfoundland carrying off parasol, [151].
• —  swimming to ship, [218], [219].
• —  that fished, [474], [475].
• —  the true breed, [126].
• “Niger’s” crossing hedge to drive birds, [533] n.
• Night-dogs, [283] n. and [537] n. App.
• “No” better word than “Ware,” [47].
• Noise spoils sport, [7], [20], [172], [473].
• Nose carried high, [42], [186].
• — condition of, important, [570].
• — direction of, shows birds, [284].
• — of pointers and setters differ, [174] n.
• — of timid dogs often good, [135].
• — tenderness of, how judged, [365].
• “Nosing” allowed, [314].
• O.
• Oatmeal and Indian-corn, [568].
• Old birds, cunning of, [229], &c.
• —  first killed, [404], [405].
• Old crippled Scotch sportsman, [411].
• Old dog allowed liberties, [564].
• — range taught with, [191].
• — when good, value of, [227].
• “On” initiatory lesson in, [19], [21].
• Owl used to decoy vermin, [283] n. App.
• P.
• Parallels, distance between, [181], [184].
• Parasol carried off for bun, [151].
• Partridges, benefit farmers, [407] n. App.
• — how to choose, [7] n.
• — netted, [537] n. App.
• — old killed first, [404].
• — red-legged, [535] n.
• — wild, intercepted, [284], [400].
• Patience enjoined, [263].
• Paw kept on wounded bird by dog, [319].
• Pea-fowl wants sagacity, [509] n.
• Peg, or spike on checkcord, [281], [335].
• Perseverance and range attained, [565].
• — cures bad habits, [165].
• — in seeking, taught, [313].
• Pheasants, benefit farmer, [407] n. App.
• — cover for, [65] n. App.
• — cunning of old, [231], [236].
• — old hens killed off, [404].
• — rearing of, [471] n. App.
• Physic, how easily given, [580].
• Pigeons shot to retriever, [114].
• Pike, voracity of, [231] n.
• Pincushion, retrievers fetch, [106].
• Pistol, horses fed at discharge, [28].
• Poachers, dogs for attacking, [283] n. and [537] n. App.
• — killing birds, [7] n. [93] n.
• — tracked by bloodhounds, [537] n.
• Poultry and game reared, Cantelo, [407] n. App.
• — killing birds, [7] n. [93] n.
• — tracked by bloodhounds, [537] n.
• Poultry and game reared, Cantelo, [407] n. App.
• “Point dead,” to, [266].
• Point left and resumed, [512].
• — 150 yards from grouse, [183].
• — 100 yards from partridge, [182].
• — not quitted for “down charge,” [274], [359].
• — the first good one, [264].
• — inclination to, general, [471].
• — same, taken three times, [289].
• Pointer cross with Indian dog, [448].
• Pointer’s points, [137], [187], [364], [537].
• Pointing, dog not soon, [132], [281], [306].
• — dog when, not to down, [359].
• — origin of, [24].
• Polygar dogs, to hunt hog, [445].
• Pony for shooting, how broken in, [32].
• Porcupine, dogs for hunting the, [448].
• Porteous’s whistles, [507], &c.
• Pot-hunting sportsmen ruin dogs, [373].
• Potato-fields, avoid, [192].
• Preparatory lessons important, [12], [17], [52], [134], [141].
• Price of dogs, [138], [237], [254], [379], [382], [500].
• Punishment avoided by lessons, [17].
• — causes blinking, [344], &c.
• — decreases, whip carried, [342].
• — not shunned by dogs, [348], &c.
• — how administered, [323].
• — making dog too stanch, [287].
• — not inflicted on suspicion, [326].
• — reprobated, [9], [344].
• Pups born in India, [448].
• — — in winter, [571].
• — inoculated for distemper, [572].
• — vaccinated for distemper, [573], &c.
• [Purchasers] of dogs, hints to, [146], [365], [372].
• Puzzle-peg, saved by word “up,” [41].
• “Puzzling” with nose to ground, [185].
• Q.
• Quail pointed, dog on fence, [200].
• — large in Canada, [277].
• Qualities expected in good dog, [8].
• Quartering-ground. See [Beat].
• R.
• Rabbit-shooting, reprobated, [331].
• —  with beagles, [80].
• Rabbit-warren, visit, hares scarce, [337].
• Rabbits, choice and age of, [338] n.
• .
• Railway whistles, [507].
• “Range.” See “[Beat].”
• “Rating” dogs, how best done, [188].
• Rats, dogs for gun not to kill, [130].
• Red-legged partridges, headed, [527].
• —  —  destroyed, [535] n.
• Red setters, Irish, [565].
• Refinements. See [Accomplishments].
• Relays desirable—not a pack, [248].
• Requisites in a dog, [8];
• in a breaker, [6].
• Retreat from point, &c. [512].
• Retriever, bit for one that mouths, [117].
• — evil of assisting, [115].
• — “footing” scent, lesson in, [112].
• — for water, qualities in, [93].
• — made whipper-in, [57].
• — observes struck bird, [113].
• — (regular), useful with beaters, [550].
• — (regular), to “down charge” or not? [119].
• Retrievers, shape, &c. of, [125].
• — to beat, [550].
• — to fetch, taught, [108], &c.
• — to pursue faster, [118].
• — water, to fetch cripples first, [553].
• — how bred, [126].
• Retrieving not taught first season, [538].
• — setters or pointers not to “point dead,” [548].
• — setters, not pointers, [536].
• Rewards always given, [27], [40].
• Rheumatism prevented by care, [571].
• Rice, wild lakes, duck-shooting in, [95].
• “Richelieu,” snipe-shooting, [277].
• Rifle, rest for, [509] n.
• Right, the signal to go towards, [36].
• Right-eyed, [65] n. App.
• Right hand, for “Toho” and “Drop,” [24].
• — signals more than left, [142].
• Road, exercise on, good for dogs, [566].
• “Roading,” instance of fine, [290–292].
• — by 6 dogs alternately, [251].
• — by “Finder,” [354].
• Rope to tie dog, bad, [563].
• Running bird, firing at, [308].
• Rushing in to “dead” cured, [374].
• Russian setter, dropper from, [498].
• S.
• Saffron removing fleas, [165] n.
• Salt for distemper, [579].
• Scent, bad in calm or gale, [174].
• — differently recognised by pointers and setters, [174] n.
• — of birds, not left for hare, [333].
• — “footing” a, initiatory lesson in, [43].
• Scent of wounded and unwounded birds differs, [545].
• Search “dead,” [266];
• with 2 dogs, [544].
• — for wounded bird, when to leeward, [309];
• when to windward, [307].
• Seeking dead, how taught, [313].
• “Self-hunting,” prevent, [564].
• September, dog taken out in, [171].
• — day’s lesson continued, [259].
• Servant useful in field, [282].
• Seton proved useful, [123].
• Setter, stanch—sum paid for, [382].
• — to retrieve, [536];
• argument against applies to retriever, [549].
• Setters crouch more than pointers, [23].
• — Duke of Gordon’s breed, [237].
• — for cover shooting, [87].
• Setters, points in, [137], [187], [364], [537].
• — red—the Irish breed, [565].
• Setters’ feet better than pointers’, [187].
• Severity reprobated, [9], [344].
• Sheep, killing of—cure, [387–390].
• Sheep-stealing. Bloodhounds, [537] n.
• Shepherds’ dogs, [143], [163], [415].
• — “forward” signal, for water retrievers, [91].
• Shooting, excellence in, not necessary in breaker, [5], [253].
• — hints to tyros, [65] n. App.
• Shot-belt, nozzle lengthened, [65] n. App.
• — on spaniels and setters, [60], [329].
• Shot over, dog to be, before bought, [372].
• Showman’s dogs in Paris, [434], &c.
• Shy birds intercepted, [284], [400], [525], [533].
• Sight, dog not to be out of, [386].
• Silence enjoined, [7], [172], [473].
• Sinews of legs drawn, [345] n.
• Single-handed, shot to, [375].
• Sloe, gum of, [165] n.
• Slow dog, associate for young one, [350].
• — dogs hunting more than faster, [257].
• Snipe, condition of, [236] n.
• — grouse-dog rated noticing, [497].
• — killed off, [396].
• Snipes, three, lifted in succession, [546].
• Snipe-shooting on Richelieu, [277].
• Snipe-shot who never used dog, [394];
• who used one constantly, [395].
• Spaniel puppies, keep close, [59].
• Spaniels, age when shown game, [62].
• — babbling occasionally best, [84].
• — hunted in gorse, [61].
• — mute, preferred, [83].
• — numbers for a team, [74], [77].
• — requisites in, [70].
• — shot-belt on wildest, [60].
• — Sussex, [236].
• — that pointed, [68].
• — water, how broken in, [90].
• Spike-collar, [300], &c.
• Spike fastened to checkcord, [281], [335].
• Sportsmen to break dogs, [3], [408], [409].
• Spring, dogs broken in, [170].
• Springing the other birds after pointing one, [373].
• Stanch—made too, by heading, [287].
• St. John’s old woman’s dog, [559] n.
• Stoat, range of, [283] and n. App.
• Stone, error of retrieving, [103].
• Summary imparted by lessons, [141].
• Sussex spaniel, [236].
• “Suwarrow,” heading running birds, [530].
• T.
• “Taffy,” anecdotes of, [421]–[430].
• .
• Tattersall’s, thirteen pointers at, [379].
• Temper in breaker necessary, [6];
• improved by successfully teaching, [409].
• Temper hereditary, [128].
• Terrier pointing in varied attitudes, [298].
• Terriers for covers, [24] n.
• Tigress’ claws running into feet, [566] n.
• Time given determines education, [2].
• — saved by initiatory lessons, [52].
• Timidity cured, [135], [345], [347].
• “Toho,” first good one in field, [264].
• — initiatory lesson in, [19], [21], [24].
• Traps beat guns for vermin, [283], App.
• — visited by terrier, [283] n.
• Tricks easily taught after first, [136].
• — exhibited with effect, [154], [437].
• — taught by ladies, [150].
• Trout, tame, [164].
• — trolling for, [231] n. [588] n.
• Turning back, brings dog away, [223].
• Turnip-field ridden round, [401].
• Turnips avoided, [192].
• — lessons in, [329].
• Tweed spaniel, and blind man, [385].
• Two dogs, beat of, [238]–[240].
• — steady, first day, [280].
• U.
• “Up,” signal for—initiatory lesson, [41].
• V.
• Vaccination for distemper, [573], &c.
• Vermin, dogs for, [283] n. [588] n.
• — traps. Decoy owl, [283] n. App.
• Vigour and longevity in setter, [226].
• Vineyards protected by dogs, [415].
• W.
• Walkers, fastest, not beating most, [256].
• “Ware,” not so good word as “No,” [47].
• Warmth necessary for dogs, [571].
• Warren, visit, hares scarce, [337] n.
• Water, dog taught to plunge into, [104].
• Water-proof, recipe for leather, [567] n.
• — — for cloth, [567] n.
• Water-retriever, how broken, [90].
• — observes struck bird, [113].
• — qualities required in, [93].
• Whales, Bermuda, [165] n.
• Whip carried saves punishment, [342].
• — to crack loudly, [188].
• Whistle low, [20], [507].
• — dissimilar notes on one, [505].
• — distinguishing, for each dog, [501].
• — inattentive to, how punish, [188].
• — initiatory lesson in, [19].
• Whistles, boatswain’s, [506];
• railway, [507].
• Whistling to animate, injudicious, [172];
• spoils sport, [7].
• White dogs, arguments for and against, [187].
• White feet, objectionable, [187].
• White, too conspicuous a colour, [93].
• Wild birds, intercepted, [284], [400], [525], [533].
• Wild dog contrasted with cautious, [194].
• Wild dogs turning out best, [198].
• Wildfowl, wounded, retrieved first, [553].
• — reconnoitred with glass, [92].
• Winged bird. See [Bird winged].
• Winter pups, [571].
• Wolf, cross with Esquimaux dog, [137].
• Woodcock-shooting in Albania, [84];
• in America, [37];
• in Ireland, [397];
• in Kent, [82].
• Woodcocks attached to covers, [397].
• — reflushed, [82].
• — small, in Canada, [277].
• Wood-duck of North America, [511].
• Wounded bird. See [Bird wounded].
• Y.
• Yeomen of Kent, [236].
• Yorkshire keeper’s advice, [406].
• Young dogs steady first day on game, [139], [280].
• Youth, game followed in, liked, [69].
• — occupation followed in, liked, [563].

THE END.

R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL.

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Albemarle Street, London,
January, 1865.

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ALBERT (Prince). THE SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES on Public Occasions of H.R.H. THE PRINCE CONSORT; with an Introduction giving some Outlines of his Character. Portrait. 8vo. 10s. 6d.; or Popular Edition, fcap. 8vo, 1s.