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water from the streams. After October 1st, I run them 

 from fourteen to twenty miles every other day. This puts 

 them in fine condition to shoot over. Never have them too 

 fat, nor so thin that you can see through them, but in that 

 happy medium state, so that they look and feel like they 

 could go for months, and with a will and vim of their own. 

 I will now take you back to their puppyhood, and give 

 you some advice, which, if you will follow, and provided 

 you have the kind of dogs that I have described, you will 



CHAMPION LITTLE BOY.* 

 Owned by Dr. Charles G. Dixon, 2015 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Penn. 



have a dog as handsome as a picture to look upon, a devoted 

 companion, and a dog that can do your work afield as long 

 as you care to hunt him, or that will follow your wagon, in 

 giving him exercise, as long as you care to drive. 



* Little Boy is by Pilot, out of Fly, and carries in his veins some of the best 

 Gordon blood in America. He was whelped November 24, 1882. His winnings 

 are as follows: 



First, New York, 1884; second, Philadelphia, 1885; second, Philadelphia, 

 1888; first, Boston, 1888; first, Cincinnati, 1888; first, Toledo, 1888; first, Buf- 

 falo, 1888; first, Syracuse, 1888; first, Richmond, 1888; first, Pittsburgh, 1889; 



