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bodies a theory which runs counter to his prejudg- 

 ments and prejudices. He generally attempts the 

 reductio ad absurdum that "natural qualities" indi- 

 cate an unbroken dog turned loose to run wild. As 

 a matter of fact, the field trial dog needs to be broken 

 to a certain useful degree, and while he competes 

 after the manner of actual field work he is freed 

 from its deadening burdens. The trotting horse is 

 broken to harness and to obedience to voice and rein, 

 yet he, in a race, is given the freest opportunity to 

 display his natural qualities to their utmost. Why 

 not insist that he should race to a farm cart so that 

 his natural qualities would thereby be displayed "as 

 in actual field work"? 



The manner in which the horse races is not the 

 manner in which he is driven on the road ; the man- 

 ner in which he is trained on the track is not the 

 manner in which he is trained for road work ; yet the 

 natural qualities, the speed, stamina, intelligence, 

 gameness, disposition, etc., which the horse displays 

 in races are the qualities which are of service in 

 actual road work, and when he is used in the latter 

 service the manner of handling him is modifie4 

 accordingly. 



