Western field (1905) (14764610002)

Identifier: westernfield719051906olym (find matches)

Title: Western field

Year: 1902 (1900s)

Authors: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protective Associations

Subjects: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protectice Associations Sports

Publisher: San Francisco

Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library

Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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e staki, asthe londitions seemed all that could be de-sired. Other good dogs failed as well, butI.iiiahly when cast off in the same field.•■.Juilge Hunter and Harry H failed tomake good, but when Cuba Zep, a dogof unquestioned good nose, met his Water-loo, it set his wise handler, Mr. Dodge, tothinking, and ever since, the mere mentionnf the pig field will make the shivers runilown the spines of Pacific Coast handlers.Scent is much more troublesome in Cali- There i>eing practically no scent theyounger dogs have no inducement to pointand as they must be stopped time after timefor flushing, with never any encouragementby way of point work, the trainer is luckyif none of his string become discouraged andacquire the habit of blinkiiig, or at leastgo stale on birds. I have seen puppies that(or months had refused to point, suddenlydo beautiful point work the day after thefirst rain. The trainer is then enabled to en-courage his dog tor well-doing, and advance-ment goes ahead rapidly.

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fornia than it is anywheie in the Katt. asin the latter part of the country the groundis generally damp from frequent rains, andthis dampness serves to dampen the atmos-phere which then is a good carrier of sent.Ibis is one of the great drawbacks of truin-crs on the Coast, but more especially in thatgreat valley between the Sierras and theCoast Range, where, without rain, scentingI onditions are almost impossible. The ef-fect of this dryness upon the dogs in train-ing is likely to be injurious unless greatcare is exercised. Right here is where the trials of the publictrainer of shooting-dogs are likely to begin.The dogs are sent to him, perhaps in Au-gust, with the request that they be ready forwork by the beginning of the open ssason.The rain does not come and the dog makeslittle headway. The trainer does his bestbut there is no scent, and consequently nopoints, and the owner blames the handlerfor what is entirely the fault of the weather. There is another curious feature of theprobl

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