Hunting Dogs

Describes in a Practical Manner
the Training, Handling,
Treatment, Breeds, Etc.,
Best Adapted for Night
Hunting as Well as
Gun Dogs for
Daylight
Sport

BY
OLIVER HARTLEY

Published by
A. R. HARDING PUBLISHING CO.
Columbus, Ohio

Copyright 1909
By A. R. Harding Pub. Co.

CONTENTS.

PART I — HUNTING DOGS.

I. Night Hunting
II. The Night Hunting Dog — His Ancestry
III. Training the Hunting Dog
IV. Training the Coon Dog
V. Training for Skunk, Opossum and Mink
VI. Wolf and Coyote Hunting
VII. Training for Squirrels and Rabbits
VIII. Training the Deer Hound
IX. Training — Specific Things to Teach
X. Training — Random Suggestions from Many Sources

PART II — BREEDING AND CARE OF DOGS.

XI. Selecting the Dog
XII. Care and Breeding
XIII. Breeding (Continued)
XIV. Breeding (Continued)
XV. Peculiarities of Dogs and Practical Hints
XVI. Ailments of the Dog

PART III — DOG LORE.

XVII. Still Trailers vs. Tonguers — Music
XVIII. The Dog on the Trap Line
XIX. Sledge Dogs of the North

PART IV — THE HUNTING DOG FAMILY.

XX. American Fox Hounds
XXI. The Beagle, Dachshund and Basset Hounds
XXII. Pointers and Setters. Spaniels
XXIII. Terriers — Airedales
XXIV. Scotch Collies. House and Watch Dogs
XXV. A Farmer Hunter — His Views
XXVI. Table of Technical Terms

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Fruits of Night Hunting
The Court Jester of the Nocturnal Tribe
A Pure and a Cross-bred Coon Dog
Veteran Coon Detectives
Descendants from Jamestown Imported Hounds
A Lover of Good Dogs
"The Fox Hound is a Composite Animal"
Fox Hounds — Graduates From the Training School
Typical Coon Hounds
Capable Cross-bred Cooners
Good Catch in Which the Shepherd Dog Figured Prominently
Opossums are Easily Caught Alive for Training Purposes
North Dakota Wolf Hounds
Typical