Show A remarkable CAT avast A vast maj majority arity of men who gomat ins ing have trained dogs to accompany them to point wherever the game lies and when the bird is shot to retrieve there is one hunter in the world however says the mexican herald who has no use for a dog of this kind because he is the proud possessor of a cat that does the work quite as satisfactorily as any dog could do it unlike most cats which prefer to do their hunting indoors to prey upon rats and mice and an occasional canary bird when the cage has been left carelessly open this tabby is a thorough lover ot of outdoor sport she accompanies her master whenever he goes abroad abroad with his gun and is said to show in in all cases the most remarkable intelligence li gence she is fat and sleek as a but ter led baby providing two viding most of her meals by setting and pointing spar rows when she is not engaged in her duty as a sportsmans sports mans assistant although ner her master is so fond and proud of her that he sees to it that in the absence of a meal of sparrows she has all that the most luxurious cat could want tor for her daily meals nothing disturbs the cat when once she has fec feted out the whereabouts of a bird noises of all sorts fail to attract her attention at such a moment rigid and crouching lit i n s she he awaits the crack of the au gun n before before bouncing Doun cing upon her prey and but for a slight nervous twitching of her tail so ao one would guess that she was a living animal the singular part of it all is that she has never been trained for this occupation it seems to have been born in her just as poetry is born in poets she can tell in an instant whether or not her masters shot has been true and has never been known to chase after a bird that was not wounded and brought to the ground |