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man who held a plow all his life very well might not 

 be able to judge in a horse race very well. Indeed, 

 there are many good shooters who can reap the best 

 results from the work of a setter or pointer, yet who 

 cannot explain in detail the essentials of good field 

 work, nor wherein one manner of it is better or 

 worse than another. 



The field trial judge should have a perfect theo- 

 retical knowledge of the different degrees of the 

 qualities which are recognized as being competitive, 

 each as it concerns itself and as it relates to the 

 others. This knowledge should be broadly supple- 

 mented with practical experience, so that he will be 

 able to discern the real from the sham work dis- 

 played in actual competition, as, for instance, when 

 two dogs are ranging alike in respect to speed and 

 area of ground covered, yet one is running merely 

 from high spirits, without using his nose industri- 

 ously, while the other is working after the best man- 

 ner, etc. Again, some dogs will hunt well with a 

 dog which will take the initiative and lead them out. 

 They like company and rivalry ; they go as wide as 

 their leader. Alone, such dogs might not take an 

 independent cast of a hundred yards, 



