Transcriber's Notes: Italic text is marked thus; bold text is shown =thus=. Small capitals have been changed to ALL CAPITALS.
*+* represents inverted asterism. Apparent typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected and hyphenation standardised except where the meaning would be affected. Original accentuation has been retained with one exception, (see further transcriber's notes). Original spelling has been retained with some exceptions which are explained in the further transcriber's note at the end of the main text. Footnotes moved to the end of the book (prior to further transcriber's notes).
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DOG BREAKING.
THE MOST EXPEDITIOUS, CERTAIN, AND EASY METHOD, WHETHER GREAT EXCELLENCE OR ONLY MEDIOCRITY BE REQUIRED, WITH ODDS AND ENDS FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE DOG AND GUN.
BY MAJOR-GENERAL W. N. HUTCHINSON,
LATE COLONEL GRENADIER GUARDS.
FOURTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1865.
LONDON
R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,
BREAD STREET HILL.
PREFACE TO FOURTH EDITION.
A FOURTH preface, Mr. Murray!!!
There are not sufficient materials, although there is some fresh matter, and undeniably, many excellent sketches, thanks to the clever artist F. W. KEYL, and the talented amateur John M----n, who, contrary to the advice of many friends, has determined that the sword shall be his profession rather than the pencil.
Well!--another party shall speak for me, and much surprised will he be to find the duty his words are performing; but they advocate so good a cause that I feel sure of his forgiveness. He writes in the third person, for we are perfect strangers to each other.
"Captain T----r has all his life been a most enthusiastic sportsman, but never broke a dog, until a year ago, when he happened to come across the Major-General's work on 'Dog-breaking.' Since then he has trained two entirely on the system laid down in the book. People say they have never before seen dogs so well broken--certainly the owner never has."
"Always an ardent disciple of St. Hubert, Captain T----r is now still more so from the increased gratification he derives from the performance of animals trained entirely by himself."
Reader, why not give yourself a similar gratification?
W. N. H.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, DEVONPORT,
December, 1864.