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How To Train Your
Hunting Dog
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Two-ton
Fading Away
There is danger that
rhinoceros, the huge 440;0
animal which has been ..00104
nature's .two-ton misfit, May be-.
come .geithiei next century mawt.
*A swift steps now .Laing take*.
to protect it prove effective,
044 measure its the ban line
posed by the government, 94.
"Tanganyika on the hunting of
this. • strange creature for the.
next five years. Big ..,game
ters nave been warned.
Only five epecies of rhinoceros
are now in existence and three
are so few in number that tiler.
is, no hope of .saving them from
extinction,
With their small eyes end;
weak sight, rhinos fall easy prey.
to expert marksmen, They are
harmless, timid creatures but
their, shortsightedness makes
them charge blindly at any-
thing arousing suspicion.
There is no substance that cast
equal in tonghaesa the beam ot.
a rhinoceros. It's not a hors
like that of a deer but a collee,,
non . of hairs grown tightly tee
gether. African natives used to,
make cups of this horn, be-
lieving that such cups detect
poison,.
The first rhino seen an Eur-
ope walked in the .processiotte
when 'Pompey the Great march-
ed in triumph through Rome he
61 .13.S The graceful unicorn of
heraldry — a fabulous creature
which scientists now say nevee•
existed in nature — was prob.".
ably based on 'the Indian rhino.
eeros.
Legend says that unicorns had.
en "affection for young maid-
ens who were employed as.
lures to capture these este,.
tures."
Comments a modern 'scientists
"A rhinoceros certainly cannot
be lured by girls to-day, but it
can be induced- to walk peace-
fully alongside a caravan:"
by an ,abiding pity. For
she had .turned more .and, more
to her garden and in it she had
found, at least, -fleeting moments
of hanni,M.ss.
The noise of the typewrster
ceased, She heard the french
window of the study o.peti And
$4W Alistair Prothero come eat
For A moment her heart stood
OW for love at the man he
once had been,
He was, as always,
late in a white tropical suit. He
had retained his 'figure and was,
still. strikingly handsome, with.
thick hair gently greying et the.,
temples. On 1 y the tracery of
veins beneath the skin of his
finely shaped nose and a thick-
eeing of the .fleah. below .1.113
jaws disclosed that he was no
longer fit.
He gi a n no e d appreciatively
around the garden,
"It looks wonaerful, darling,"
he said.
"Until the next storm. comes,"
she replied. "We have a dinner
party tonight, remember? I was.
Wondering what flowers would
be nice for the table,"
Alistair, who knew nothing of
flowers, pointed to the mass of
delicate blue blossom which
smothered the' wire netting of
the garden fence in gay profu-
sion,'
"That's pretty," he said. "It
would look lovely."
"Why, that's morning glory,"
said Angela, "The flowers only
come out in the morning. By
tonight they'll all look faded
and dead,"
Alistair laughed and at that.
hour of the day there was still a
boyish ring in the sound,
'What an extraordinary way.
for flowers to behave," he said.
But Angela did not join in
his laughter, She hid her face
in his shoulder, and her body,
beneath the pale blue jersey,
shook with the intensity of her
tears.
—From "Tit-Bita."
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that a man was sometimes high
when he got home,
But she could not deceive her-
self for long and soon she knew
that Alistair drank heavily, not
because it was a disagreeable
but essential part of his job, but
because he could not help it.
That was fifteen years ago,
Standing on her lawn, still wet
with dew, the passage of the in-
tervening years was a memory
which twisted a knife in An-
gela's heart. Authority had
made the same discovery as
Angela: post had followed post,
but always downward.
For the thousandth time she
searched h e r own conscience.
Was she to blame? Could, she
have done more to save her
husband from his present de-
gradation?
As the partner of a diplomat
she sincerely believed she had
more than played her part. She
had beauty, charm and wit;
their successive homes had been
furnished in impeccable taste,
without losing the essential
touch of home; their table was
beyond reproach,
She had suffered humiliations
beyond count . the inane
guffaw of the drunkard, the
telling of a dubious story at the
wrong time and place . until
mortification had bitten de ep
into her soul.
Many a time she had covered
him by her own charm and per-
sonality, but gradually — bitter-
ly — she had seen him become
a laughing stock in the service,
Poor old Prothero, who could
only work in the early morn-
ing , Prothero, the drunk .. .
And now? Consul (not even.
Consul General) in a second-
rate t own of a second-rate
country in the Balkans, when he
could have been at least head
of chancery in a major embassy,
if not minister.
Today, she k n e w, would be
the same as all other days, Af-
ter breakfast he would leave
for the consulate !full of plans.
He would return for luncheon
with alcohol on his breath. By
evening he would be hopeless,
though, if there was a dinner
party, as there was tonight, he
would contrive to pull himself
together for a space.
Her love for him had died,
to be replaced, not by hate, but
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She sat on her heels, loosen-
ing the caked earth between the
delicate blooms at the front of
the border with a little hand-
fork. She had the swift touch of
a true gardener. These hours be-
tween sunrise and breakfast
were her very own, spent with
the things now closest to her
heart her flowers.
Presently she rose and sur-
veyed her work , with a satis-
faction that was born of some-
thing more than mere accom-
plishment. Only deep devotion
could have wrought the marvel
of her garden in this unpromis-
ing land, where, in a sub-tropi-
cal climate, long periods of
thirsting drought were inter-
spersed with rain so fierce that
rivulets coursed through the
topsoil and even the stoutest
blooms bowed their heads in
surrender,
Yet the grass on which she
stood was miraculously smooth
and green, and the cannas,
oleanders and bougainvillea
made a triumphant show of
colour. She took off her garden-
ing gloves and pushed back a
tendril of hair that had strayed
on to her forehead,
At that moment she was part
of her garden — a human plant,
slender, strong and beautiful,
She was one of the few who
could wear tight slacks with
grace, and even rope-soled shoes
could not conceal the fact that
her feet were tiny and delicate.
A thin cotton jersey of the pal-
est blue paid tribute to her still
youthful figure; and her oval
face was framed in hair which
glowed as richly as the sheen of
a chestnut.
Her joy in the garden was
short-lived, for soon the sound
of a typewriter came to her
.from the pleasant study at the
back of the white bungalow.
Alistair Prothero, her husband
and Her Britannic Majesty's
Consul in Krajevic, situated in
Lower Besthania, was working
on his files.
A wave of sadness swept over
her and suddenly her eyes were
suffused with tears. The clatter
of the keys was fast, and she
knew that the work he was
doing in the freshness of the
early morning was confident
and efficient, an echo of the
days when young Prothero had.
been tipped by his seniors as
an up and coming man In the
British Foreign Service.
If only his work throughout
the day could sustain its morn-
ing promise . . . 'but she knew
that it was too late to hope
for that.
As a young man he had nem-
pied successively the sort of
posts that pointed to a career
of brilliance; Resident Clerk at
the Foreign Office; personal as-
sistant to an ambassador who
was the brightest star in the'
diplomatid firmament; second
secretary In Washington.
It was there that Angela, the
daughter of an admiral in the
Services Mission, had met him,
Soon they were engaged and
later they were married from
the Embassy, It was the most
brilliant'affair of the Washing-
tonseason arid those who at-
tended the reception in the leafy
gardens (:)f the lovely leityens
residency saw nothing but a
road et triumph stretching ahead
for the promising young &pi&
mat and this beautiful girl,
They were So in lame, so con-
fident hi the future they faded
together . until Angela had
first diseoveted her husbaild'a
failing. She Wee So deeply in
/ove that to- begin with she had
refused to recognize In
in
used,
the life of a
diplomat 'was killing the long,
daily_ slog; In the office, fol-
lowed by'_ an interminable round
of ceektella 'and dinner 'Patties. A lot of liritoeflible in
the kflte,• a** be conducted
eeite ettobtetba. Stein Wonder
restrain or restrict natural de-
velopment afield or destroy his
confidence in working game,
writes Pete Czura in the Police
Gazette,
If your pup takes to field Mira
slowly, it might he wise to hunt
him with an Older and more
seasoned campaigner to speed,
up his development, Some of
Ids beat lessons will be gained
from the experience he gets
with seaaotied performers, How-
ever, don't use the older dog
until you see that the pup is
developing too slowly. Give him
ample time to learn for himself
and to gain the confidence
titled later.
Before you spend too much
time training your p u p, why
don't yoe try the cap-pistol me-
thod to learn if the dog is gun
shy. But don't do it so close to
his ears the noise could nip•
ture his delicate eardrums, A
good way to do this is to shoot
the cap pistol about 15 feet
away from the dog while he is
busy eating. If he flinches and
runs away in a cringing man-
ner, you're in for big trouble,
Your best bet is to shuck the
training program and get an-
other dog.
Van Bloom's technique might
help some reader to start his
dog on the right path of not
being gun-shy.
"In less than 20 minutes," he
told me, "Tammy completely ig-
nored the firing weapon. How'd
I do it? I took her afield and
allowed her to play and romp.
When she was about 50 yards
away, I fired several shots from
a .22 rifle. She paid no attention.
I moved in closer and sho t
again, first at 25 yards, then at
10. Still she didn't flinch. Then
I changed to a 16 gauge shot-
gun and fired about 25 yards
from her. It didn't phase her. I
narrowed the gap until I was
almost on top of her still shoot-
ing the 16. Today she is rock-
steady when guns boom all
around her." *
Never stretch your yard-train-
ing lessons beyond the 15-min-
ute mark. A young dog Will
soon tire, lose interest, and be-
come bored if you drive him too
long. Stop while he's still keyed
up,
If I had to pick one word
which would best explain the
purpose of giving any dog man-
ners, it would be "control," This
is a very important item to re-
member. Proper control of your
dog can be gained by teaching
the same lessons time after
time.
As an illustration, take the
Labrador retriever. To control
a retriever you must be firm,
But this doesn't mean you must
be brutal in rebuking him for
his mistakes, Retrievers are
sensitive, and firmness spiced
with gentleness and a bit of af-
fection will often bring excel-
lent results. That old saying,
"You can lead a horse to water
but you can't make him drink,"
can be applied to a dog's Will-
ingness to obey you because of
love for you, whereas force and
brutality would cause him to be
obstinate,
Training your own retriever
can be very rewarding and ex-
citing as you see the dog de-
velop into a highly trained ani-
mal that responds to your com-
mands with excitement and
willingness. Every day will offer
new and interesting challenges,
and overcoming each obstacle
brings a warm glow of inner
satisfaction to the trainer.
It's exciting to watch how a
young dog absorbs the elemen-
tary stages of "heel," "sit,"
Each, year rinds many people
bitten by the bug to own a
sporting dog. And many follow
through and buy the dog, How-
ever, once a dog Is acquired, tint
new o w n,e r is suddenly One
fronted with the frightening
task of training the dog for his
speeific needs, And what's more,
the owner hasn't the foggiest
notion of how to go about train-
ing the dog or how to gauge
the dog's Ability to learn.
The most important command
you must teach a dog is the
negative comand, When you say
"no" to a dog who is misbehav-
ing, say it with authority. Don't
plead or mumble meekly. Bark
out your command. And don't
ever reverse yoor commands.
This only confuses the dog and
leads to uncertainty of what you
mean or want him to do,
The use of one-syllable words
works well in teaching obedi-
ence to a dog. Some people have
successfully adopted the use of
"ah-ah" in place of the word
"no."
John Van Bloom of Lincoln,
Nebraska, admits being a neo-
phyte in the retrieving game.
ilowever, the sparkling work of
els tar-black Labrador, Tammy,
shows his methods are paying
sff with some sensational trial
wins. At the recent Nebraska
retriever trials in Lincoln, Van
Bloom remarked that "the nic-
est command and one that is
eetually soft and gentle is
ah-ahe To prove his point, he
iuggested that I say it.
That I did, And while saying
'ah-ah," I unconsciously raised
ny hand to lend emphasis to the
Command.
"Did you notice What you just
lid? grinned Van Bloom. "You
raised your hand. By using that
type of command and shaking
rour hand at the same time, you
ran improve a dog's behaviour
n a few lessons."
Wait until the dog is six-
nonths old before you begin
the yard training. This phase of
Ids education might be referred
to as "boot training," and should
encompass these essential com-
mends and instant obedience to
"heel," "come," "sit," "stay," and, knee l
After a dog has passed his
preliminary lessons in manners,
rte enters into what could be
classified as his college course.
in retriever work, use a whistle
along with the command, "sit!"
Later, as you use the whistle
exclusively, one short blast will
atop him in his tracks, and if
he's absorbed the lessons well,
he will stop, facing you, to ob-
serve your directional hand sig-
nal,
My own experience in teach-
ing manners indicates that yard
lessons serve as a solid founda-
tion to future lessons afield, An
uncontrollable dog is worse than
having no dog at all. It simply
indicates the owner has been
very lax in applying some hard
and fast rules in teaching man-
ners to such a dog.
Don't attempt any serious
field work untie your pointer or
setter is one year old, Prioanto
this, he should be given com-
plete freedom afield until he
learns to range with confidence
and fire. This way he has an
opportunity to discover the
thrill of bird scents and the
pleasure of hunting,
During this youth indoctrina-
tion period,: work him in field's'
elitillar to those he will eventu-
ally hunt. Don't do anything to
s.
"stay," and to note how he
learns to mark the fall of a
thrown object and retrieve it
upon a given signal. And it is an
absolute thrill to see him make
a letter-perfect delivery to the
hand, as he carries the object
tenderly. The ultimate in his
training is realized w h e n. he
makes the "blind" and "double"
retrieves in an impeccable style
while you are commanding him
with whistle and hand signals.
In the end you will have a
well-mannered dog to be proud
of. And if he indicates during
his training sessions that he has
field-trial potential, then by all
means take a gamble and enter
him in . the derby stakes of a
local field or retriever erial, He
could surprise you pleasantly by
placing, or even winning.
"There's no sweeter reward,
except in winning," Van Bloom
said, "than in hearing a specta-
tor comment about the way
your dog handles. It could be
your dog they are talking about,
And it makes you want to puff
yout chest out in pride.- You
see, a dog's ability is a product
Of hard work — and tOaht
The two go together like heni
And oggs."0
•
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Multiply Fasti
It seems that there are slight-
ly fewer birds (in some spe-
cies) but more birdwatehers.
These two statistics are not
necessarily, connected.
Every Christmas season, the
National Audubon Society spon-
sors a Christmas Bird Count, in
the United States and Canada,
First census was in 1900, with
27 bird-watchers reporting
from 25 areas, At the last cen-
Sim 7,477 citizens cheeked the
skies over 572 areas. The sport
is most popular in areas. Which
hare large cities — gives the
bird-watcher an excuse to got
out of town,
Rugged weather recently and
the hiereaaihg Use of insecti-
tides are given as the, reasons
for the decline hi population of
certain Sotig birds,
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