Show FAITHFUL HUNTING DOG Rslrlever Thai Went After Wounded Goose Would Have Drowned I < Before Letting It Go There I is no doubt that many a good I retrieving dog will drown himself in the I pursuit in the water of winged wild fowls unless forced out In some way Some sportsmen think this is foolishness foolish-ness on the dogs part and others think that it Is a mixture of gameness and loyalty A W Uisrlcson of San Patricio county coun-ty t Tex owns n small pointer gyp that came near to drowning recently The pointer is not naturally D water retriever re-triever bin sOle of the breed reach near to perfection Burlcson had been standing upon the bank of a wide tank the evening before shooting wild geese flying over to roost on a salt bay One of the birds far up was wingtipped and came down on along a-long slant falling into the tank a quarter quar-ter of a mile out The dog did not notice no-tice it Next morning Burlcson war walking over the prnlrle I and found this goose It had come out of the tank during the night and had ole into a small pond lot nol than f quarter of an acre in extent but deep and was quietly quiet-ly swimminG there When It saw time man It went to the other side I of the pond but did not attempt at-tempt to climb oh the bank I was In I perfect condition except for its slight I wound a large l gander and very powerful power-ful The log recognized instantly that it was a hurt bird and bulged In without i word of command swimming lustily The goose kept out of her way easily for a little while but was penned In a corner of the pond Then it dived went under Lime dog and came up five yards away Tho dog turned and resumed the chase 1 his unequal contest was kept up for n quarter of an hour The dog essayed diving several times i but of course could not catch hem active I adversary Soon she was swimming with her nostrils barely out of water and once or twice they went under It was deaf to all commands Her final drowning was only a matter af minutes min-utes Burleson had no gun As a last recourse re-course he gathered a little pile of stones vith uhirti the edge of the pond wns thickly strewn and began hurling them at the joose Finally entirely by 1 chance he struck tho big bird on the back near the t base of the neck and stunned It for a moment mo-ment IP thut moment the dog closed and grasped It She was so tired that she could do nothing with it but her hole at least kept her head out of water l while the goose thrashed her with its win GTS The battling pair the distressful snortlngK of the doir mingled with the honrKc calls of the 1 goose fought t their way to within ten feet of the bank and Burleson jumped in The water came to hit armpits when he waded to t them but he grabbed hold of the goose and wrung Its neck with gusto Then he took the dog In one hand and the bird in the other and lugged them to the bank The pointer too exhausted ex-hausted to stand Hopped down on the pebbles and lay panting Burleson says that no man need tell him that his pointer acted in this way frock lack of sense she has he declares le clares more sense than he hjis According Ac-cording to him she was swayed by tho I mixed feelings of loyalty to hor calling and anger at the goose New York Sun I |