The earth here remembers Kishensky

of Competition were carried out in the Kuvshinovsky region of the Tver region, in those places where lived, hunted, conducted breed of hounds, Nikolay Pavlovich Kishensky wrote books and articles. Then seltso Hunting, or as it was called by Kishensky, the farm "Hunter" of the Novotorzhsky district of the Tverskaya of the province, all Russia knew. There came eminent hunters who to listen to rutting of pack of well-known "residents of Kostroma" of Kishensky who to buy a shchenochka and who it is simple to communicate to the known dog breeder and the writer.

to me already happened to visit Thirty years ago the farm of Tishensk as, having modified, it is called by locals. The word "farm" more seems to me there corresponds to this place, than the word "seltso". In present representation seltso — this small village, and in a century before last so called manour house with extensions. Most often nearby the village or the farm with peasants settled down. In this case round a selets Hunting the woods and bogs stretched for some kilometers. It riverheads Big Kosha, inflow of Volga. My opinion is confirmed by the remained pictures taken by Kishensky or his sons (them we were provided kindly by great-grandsons of the writer). Being absolutely young, Nikolay left Velemozhye's parental estate to conduct a breed of dog and to hunt. For care of dogs it, of course, employed peasants from Ramenye's neighboring village, but also itself was the great worker. Having retired to the manor, Nikolay Pavlovich vividly was interested in scientific achievements in the field of zoology, Darvinism and genetics arising then. His literary creativity testifies to it. Except books and articles concerning maintaining hounds, Kishensky wrote some works of art, having published them in the magazine "The nature and hunting. He went in also for archeology and study of local lore.

we Will notice p that in the same magazine "The nature and hunting his uncle — Dmitry Dmitriyevich Kishensky, the psovy hunter, the writer, the playwright, the editor and the literary critic, znakomets and F.M. Dostoyevsky's opponent was printed. One of Nikolay Pavlovich's brothers, Dmitry Pavlovich, was professor of Novorossiysk university in Odessa, known in Russia and abroad the pathologist. Other his brother, Alexander Pavlovich, the mining engineer, is known as the researcher of the Russian Far East and Korea.

Sometimes the Kuvshinovsky area call Kishensky's homeland. But it not so. Nikolay Pavlovich Kishensky was born in the village Big Arya of the Lukoyanovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod Region on November 1/13, 1850; with three-year age lived in the Tverskaya province; died on December 28, 1927 in the same place.

N. P. Kishensky's Value for dog breeding is not limited to its literary works. During tens years he judged hounds and layek at exhibitions of hunting dogs (now we call it examination) in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and in 1881 created obligatory for refereeing on rings of the Moscow society of hunting the description of breed of east hounds which used till 1925 and even later. As Ruslan Ivanovich Shiyan proved, it was cornerstone of "The description of the Russian hound" P. N. Belousov (1895) and the standard of 1925, so, and the present standard on this breed. Let's not forget that in modern hounds blood of dogs of Kishensky flows. I will provide R. I. Shiyan's statement about value of the last, stated in its book "Russian Hound": "Everything changed only with an exit of classical works of N. P. Kishensky ("Notes of the hunter of the Tverskaya province about gun hunting with hounds", "A choice of hounds", "Experience of genealogy of dogs") — the big expert on hunting, the theorist and the passionate defender of a domestic hound … It is necessary to pay it tribute, he the first so thoroughly and persistently raised a voice in protection of the Russian hound, and as a matter of fact was the initiator of formation of this breed. Activity it had no precedents neither in domestic literature, nor in foreign and therefore for us it and until now the classic, the founding father" …

Competitions were carried out by the Tverskaya regional society of hunters and fishers with support of the Ministry of natural resources and ecology of the Tver region. The practical organization of competitions assumed Kuvshinovsky regional society of hunters (chairman of the board A.P. Nilov) and administration of the Kuvshinovsky area (head of administration M. S. Avayev). From regional society on competitions there was a cynologist of society T.G. Khrustalyova.

the Experts serving competitions, lived in the Kamenka hotel located in Kuvshinov. Sites for tests were in limits of 5-10 kilometers from the city. The commissions were provided with portable radio stations. Chairmen of commissions of experts No. 1 and No. 2 N. S. Korneev and V. V. Lychagin used the radio collars specifying finding of a dog the districts. It is necessary to tell, in use of radio collars there are pluses and the minuses. On the one hand, it is good that on the navigator the owner can trace a way of the hound, but, as a rule, it ceases to operate its course, and the dog gets used not to pay attention to the owner — it after all all the same will find it. On competitions the owner follows a dog, and he is followed by the commission. And after all has to be on the contrary: the commission knows grounds and approximate finding of the places richest with an animal as some days work at one place. It can advise the owner to pass there and there, and the owner has no opportunity to guide a dog. Here typical case: the pipe about the termination of time of a blousing sounds, the owner on the navigator goes to catch a dog as she does not hurry to come for its call. Without having waited for the owner with a dog, the commission moves to other place for further work with the following number. Soon the owner phones that the dog lifted an animal after a pipe, from rutting not to withdraw it — it viscous. In two such cases next day leaders refused to expose dogs. The reason — a hound worked all night long, was tired. "So "caused a stir" Poteshka vl. N. E. Himkova (The Pskov area) and Polkan 4301/14 vl. B. R. Zaytsev (Kuvshinovo) which remained without diplomas though we believe that is working dogs.

three commissions of experts At the same time worked. The first Nikolay Sergeyevich Korneev (Moscow) headed, the second — Valery Vladimirovich Lychagin (Sortavala, Karelia), a third — Alexander Semenovich Prokhorov (Moscow region). As members of the commissions the Tver experts worked.

On competitions of 9 dogs from 26 gained diplomas that made 35%. It would seem, quite good result for hounds but as dogs were tested on a two-day formula, the valid productivity of competitions made only 18%. Somehow in conversation the expert in layka spoke results of tests of hounds: "Why the breed which efficiency makes only 12% is necessary? " Yes, in some breeds of hunting dogs on competitions on a podsadny animal diplomas are gained by 90%, and even all 100% of examinees. But after all an ultimate goal of competitions not obtaining diplomas, and selection of working dogs for breeding cultivation, and in this plan our tests successfully carry out an objective.

Slightly more than a half of dogs did not lift an animal. Any dog did not induce an animal in the second work. And to that there are two reasons: the first — this inability (unpreparedness) of a dog to work searching, the second — the low density of a small animal in grounds. Ability of the leader to operate a dog was maintained within centuries by culture at first psovy, and then gun hunting with hounds. For management of a hound and its natravlivaniye on an animal there is a special term — porskat. Let's remember Nekrasov's poem "Psovaya hunting":
And the leader of team dog,
In the island disappeared the shouter-doyezzhachy. the Throat enviable God gave br to it: That will begin to trumpet br deafeningly in a horn,
That will cry: "Reach, doggies!
Yes do not give it, the thief, potachka! "
That will shout: "Guo - go-go! that! - that! ! - that! ! ! "
Here also found — were filled in on a trace.