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these the stakes amount to a very large sum. The 

 Kennel Club Field Trial Derby Stakes, for instance, 

 are worth 70 to the first prize winner, 25 to 

 the second, and 15 to the third, while the Inter- 

 national Gun Dog League also offers as much as 

 50 as the premier award. In addition to this we 

 have the extra inducement of knowing that there is 

 a ready demand for carefully broken dogs, and that 

 drafts from leading kennels frequently sell by public 

 auction for very big sums. This, then, is a hobby 

 which a man living in the country may turn to profit- 

 able account if he is favoured with a reasonable 

 share of good luck. At the same time it is full 

 of interest to the true dog lover. 



