CHAPTER II 



WHO'S WHO IN BIRD DOGS 



THE life of a dog is but a short span of years 

 and for that reason the champion of to-day be 

 comes the stud dog of to-morrow and shortly we 

 hear no more of him. Meanwhile his name and 

 fame has crept into books which far outlive his 

 brief existence, and the dog's name graces numer 

 ous pedigrees ; his fame is secure in imperishable 

 type and the world knows that here is, or was, a 

 great dog and a mighty sire. The sportsman 

 owning a fine bitch decides to raise some pups to 

 keep for him her good qualities after she will have 

 passed away, and the question of what dog to send 

 her to at once presents itself. To the regular 

 breeder this is no quandary; he has at his finger 

 tips the names of all the producing sires in the 

 country and just what blood strains they repre 

 sent, and the advertising pages of his favourite 

 kennel magazines bristle with stud-dog cards, so 

 that he can pick and choose at will. But to the 



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