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20 BEST DOGS FOR SHOOTERS.
hand lifted up. If the dog make the slightest motion, he suut
be sharply spoken to, and the order peremtorily enforced. He
must then be taught to " Back," that is, to come behind his master when called. When he appears to understand all this, he is
called by his master in a kindly tone, and patted and caressed,
Best Dogs for Shooters.
SETTEE,
The highest place amcng shooting-dogs is by many sportsmen
awarded to the setter. Says Craven: "In style and dash of
ranging, in courage and capacity of covering ground, in beauty
and grace of attitude, in variety of color and elegance of clothing, no animal of his species will at all bear comparison with
him." This is high praise, and a little hard, in our opinion, on
the pointer. The pointer is an excellent dog, but he is more
delicate than the setter; still, as a set-off, he never lets his enthusiasm in sport get the better of his discretion, an indiscretion
into which setters will sometimes be betrayed.
The setter has one marked advantage over the pointer, the
hairy protection of its feet enabling it to go through an amount
of work, without injury, that would dead beat the poister. It is
equalled by none in points of docility and personal attachment.
The setter is a capital dog for all sorts of ordinary sporting.
" I have tried all sorts," says a large breeder of sporting dogs,
" and at last fixed upon a well-bred setter as the most useful.
For cover or snipe-shooting, the setter is far superior—facing
the thorns in the cover and the water in the swamps without
coming to heel, shivering like a pig in the ague. I have also
found that setters, when well broken, are finer tempered, and not
so easily cowed as pointers. I also find that after a good rough
day the setter will out-tire the pointer, though, perhaps, not start
quite so fresh in the morning."
POINTEE,
The pointer, said by some to be of Spanish origin, is more
nearly allied to the race of hounds than any other shooting-dog.
They will, almost without education, or, in technical phraseology,
with very little breaking, exhibit a strong tendency to the pecuLi-
| Title | The boys' own book of outdoor sports |
| Creator | John, Uncle |
| Publisher | Hurst & company |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | [1887?] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000021 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 20 BEST DOGS FOR SHOOTERS. hand lifted up. If the dog make the slightest motion, he suut be sharply spoken to, and the order peremtorily enforced. He must then be taught to " Back," that is, to come behind his master when called. When he appears to understand all this, he is called by his master in a kindly tone, and patted and caressed, Best Dogs for Shooters. SETTEE, The highest place amcng shooting-dogs is by many sportsmen awarded to the setter. Says Craven: "In style and dash of ranging, in courage and capacity of covering ground, in beauty and grace of attitude, in variety of color and elegance of clothing, no animal of his species will at all bear comparison with him." This is high praise, and a little hard, in our opinion, on the pointer. The pointer is an excellent dog, but he is more delicate than the setter; still, as a set-off, he never lets his enthusiasm in sport get the better of his discretion, an indiscretion into which setters will sometimes be betrayed. The setter has one marked advantage over the pointer, the hairy protection of its feet enabling it to go through an amount of work, without injury, that would dead beat the poister. It is equalled by none in points of docility and personal attachment. The setter is a capital dog for all sorts of ordinary sporting. " I have tried all sorts," says a large breeder of sporting dogs, " and at last fixed upon a well-bred setter as the most useful. For cover or snipe-shooting, the setter is far superior—facing the thorns in the cover and the water in the swamps without coming to heel, shivering like a pig in the ague. I have also found that setters, when well broken, are finer tempered, and not so easily cowed as pointers. I also find that after a good rough day the setter will out-tire the pointer, though, perhaps, not start quite so fresh in the morning." POINTEE, The pointer, said by some to be of Spanish origin, is more nearly allied to the race of hounds than any other shooting-dog. They will, almost without education, or, in technical phraseology, with very little breaking, exhibit a strong tendency to the pecuLi- |
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