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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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THE
LABRADOR
Within
recent
years
the
original
smooth-coated
Labrador
dog
has
taken
its
place
as
a
recognised
variety
of
the
Retriever
and
become
prominent
both
at
exhibitions
and
as
a
worker.
It
is
not
probable
that
any
have
been
imported
into
England
for
the
past
quarter
of
a
century,
but
without
the
assistance
of
shows
or
imported
blood
they
have
survived
marvellously.
Thanks
especially
to
the
kennels
of
such
breeders
as
the
Dukes
of
Buccleuch
and
Hamilton,
the
Earl
of
Verulam,
Lords
Wimborne,
Horne,
and
Malmesbury,
the
Hon.
A.
Holland
Hibbert,
Sir
Savile
Crossley,
Mr.
F.
P.
Barnett,
Mr.
C.
Liddell,
Mr.
O.
L.
Mansel,
and
others
equally
enthusiastic.
To
the
Duke
of
Buccleuch's
kennel
we
are
probably
more
indebted
in
the
last
twenty
years
than
to
any
other.
Its
foundation
was
laid
in
two
bitches
by
a
dog
of
the
Duke
of
Hamilton's
from
a
bitch
of
Lord
Malmesbury's.
At
Drumlanrig,
as
well
as
on
the
Duke's
other
estates,
they
have
been
most
particular
in
preserving
the
purity
and
working
qualities
of
their
strain.
And
the
same
may
be
said
of
the
Hon.
A.
Holland
Hibbert,
whose
principal
dogs
are
not
only
typical
in
appearance,
but
broken
to
perfection.
The
Duchess
of
Hamilton's
kennels
have
been
responsible
for
some
of
the
best
field
trial
winners
of
the
present
day.
As
far
as
looks
are
concerned,
one
cannot
say
that
the
Labrador
compares
favourably
with
either
the
flat
or
the
curly
coated
Retriever,
but
that
is
immaterial
so
long
as
he
continues
to
work
as
he
is
doing
at
present.
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