Sonic American Sporting Dogs. 



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RETRIEVING. 



qualifications for begetting good offspring, and much disappointment 

 is the result. " Imported" is the magic word which covers a multi- 

 tude of imperfections. Fortunately, very many dogs of well-known 

 excellence have come to this country, and now that the matter has 

 been fully discussed and a proper impetus given, our breeds are 

 rapidly improving, and I believe it is an admitted fact that we have 

 field dogs whose superiors are not to be found. As a specimen of 

 the high-bred dog from imported stock, I have chosen "Guy Man- 

 ncring," bred by Charles H. Raymond, Esq., of Morris Plains, N. J. 

 This dog is the produce of " Pride of the Border" and " Fairy," — a 

 pair of celebrated Laveracks, imported by Mr. Raymond from the 

 kennels of the gentleman whose name is given to the strain, and who 

 has bred them in purity for more than fifty years. 



The s< tters known as the native English (a misnomer, as native 



American would be more proper) are generally, in color, orange and 



white, lemon and white, black, and white, red and white, liver-colored 



and white, or all black ; although they are to be found of a liver and 



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