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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Many
of
the
older
field
trial
men
hold
tenaciously
to
the
opinion
that
the
modern
exhibition
Setter
is
useless
for
high-class
work,
and
contend
that
if
field-trial
winners
are
to
be
produced
they
must
be
bred
from
noted
working
strains.
Doubtless
this
prejudice
in
favour
of
working
dogs
has
been
engendered
by
the
circumstance
that
many
owners
of
celebrated
bench
winners
care
nothing
about
their
dogs
being
trained,
in
some
cases
generation
after
generation
having
been
bred
simply
for
show
purposes.
Under
such
conditions
it
is
not
to
be
wondered
at
that
the
capacity
for
fine
scenting
properties
and
the
natural
aptitude
for
quickly
picking
up
a
knowledge
of
their
proper
duties
in
the
field
is
impaired.
But
there
is
no
reason
why
a
good
show
dog
should
not
also
be
a
good
worker,
and
the
recent
edict
of
the
Kennel
Club
which
rules
that
no
gun
dog
shall
be
entitled
to
championship
honours
until
it
has
gained
a
certificate
of
merit
in
field
trials
will
doubtless
tend
towards
a
general
improvement
in
the
working
qualities
of
the
breeds
whose
providence
is
in
the
finding
and
retrieving
of
game.
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