Show SPORTS sport AFIELD AFIE U by br ted 11 ll east wind whid blows dog tasca nose of 0 course it may be just another old wives tole talc but ilea ry 11 davis sporting Sport inq dogs editor of sports afield magazine apparently believe that it la Is lie he calls it tho the mystery of tho east cast wind tho the fact is theres something about on an east cost wind that can make even an expert gurt gun dog lose his nose according to davis it was move than 00 50 years ngo ago that this mystery of the east wind came to hla his attention on that particular day he was about to go coon hunting when his fathers kennel man informed him that such ouch a hunt would prove fruitless 11 T aint a bit of use boy man lie he said hits a aas J blowin and the houns co bouldin carry a trail atall the man was right and sub sequent ex experience prience was borne him out reports davis this curious quirk of the east wind lg Is familiar to a good many experienced perien ced night hunters and upland gunners also practically everyone who has hunted to r considerable onside rable extent hs has boon been the victim of its vagaries whether they knew it or not yet it seems theres never been a group discussion on the subject perhaps the reason is that no one has any bo solution lution to offer yet there must be some valid and perhaps simple explanation not having any logical reason for the phenomenon to back their arg arguments people have besita ted to advance it a fact for fear of being challenged A report from the weather department does not help matters while an east wind often carries more moisture than other winds this could not causa the trouble yet the fact remains that davis can site instance after in stance in the field under actual hunting conditions or in trials under test conditions that bear out what he first heard so many years ago when the east cast wind blows the hounds can t carry a trail at all |