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the same time, the retrievers doing their work in 

 conjunction with the other dogs. Birds were scarce, 

 and " Stonehenge," in his Field report, said the 

 only dog that did really good work was Mr. Parr's 

 Cato, who took the chief prize on the second 

 occasion. Two stakes, one for aged dogs, the 

 other for puppies, were arranged at each meeting, 

 and amongst those who made entries were Lord 

 Downe, Mr. Purcell Llewellin, Mr. Lloyd Price, 

 and others. 



Whatever report may be as a rule in a matter of 

 truthfulness, on this occasion it could not be far 

 wrong when retriever trials by its rumour were pro- 

 nounced a failure ; for, although Mr. Price subse- 

 quently offered to find ground at Rhiwlas for a 

 continuation of them, the kindly offer was not 

 accepted, nor has anything of the kind been 

 promoted since, though over twenty years have 

 gone by since " Retriever Trials " were run. As 

 a fact, the best work of such dogs would not be 

 seen under surroundings so public, for the real 

 excellence in a retriever lies in its intelligence in 

 finding dead or wounded game under circumstances 

 so exceptional as to preclude any possibility of 

 opportunity being afforded them so to do, as 

 occasion required. 



