Chapter IX: 565

FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. "POINT" NOT RELINQUISHED
FOR "DOWN CHARGE."

174. Affection makes Dog anxious to please--when he rushes in
to be dragged back.

175. Rule pressed.

176. Reasons for Rule--Experience anticipated.

177. To "stand" far off.

178. Patience enjoined--Not to part as enemies.

179. The first good point--Remain yourself stationary.

180. "Heading" Dog--Your circle to be wide. The first Bird
killed.

181. Finding dead Bird, it being to leeward.

182. Pointing it--Blinking it. The cause.

183. Bird killed, the Dog to go to "heel."

184. Supposed objection.

184. Answered.

185. Temptation to run after fallen Bird greater than to run
to "heel."

186. Dog pointing one Bird, and after "down charge,"
springing the others. The cause.

187. The preventive. Dog never to discontinue his point in
order to "down charge." How taught.

188. Its advantages exemplified.

189. Decide whether Dog goes direct to Bird, or first to you.

190. Dog which performed well--Snipe shooting on banks of
Richelieu.

191. Coolness recommended--Inconsistency deprecated.

CHAPTER X.--579.

FIRST LESSON IN AUTUMN CONTINUED. ASSISTANT

192. Some Dogs will not point readily. Breeding in and in,
error of.

193. Dogs more inclined to point at first than afterwards.

194. Checkcord employed--spike attached to it.

195. With wild Dog assistant useful--Signals to.

196. How particularly useful with a badly-broken Dog.

197. "Heading" Dog at his point--not practised too often--Dog
to acquire a knowledge of his distance from Game.

198. Constantly "Heading" Dog may make him too immovable.

199. A fault often caused by over-punishment.

200. False points caused by over-punishment--Self-confidence
and experience only cures for over-caution.

201. Dog's manner shows position of Birds.