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merely drifting about from place to place, running 

 squarely against boundary lines which cannot be 

 crossed, or creeks, or dense thickets, or farmyards, 

 or places which are nowhere in particular, and no 

 good at all, with the result that the dogs must be 

 repeatedly called in, the whole party doubling back on 

 itself and on its trail, imposing a general readjust- 

 ment to make a new start, with a walk of a few hun- 

 dred yards or a mile before new grounds can be 

 reached. 



The judge whose memory is bad as to locality is 

 generally governed by his vision from point to point, 

 so that, instead of a consecutive course planned out, 

 the heat is a succession of disorganized readjust- 

 ments, which either mar or destroy the competition. 

 The dogs are hardly well started on one course be- 

 fore the handlers are directed to send them on an- 

 other. The handlers become separated in searching 

 for their respective dogs, or, one dog being well in 

 hand when the new course is given, his handler hur- 

 ries him ahead on it, while the other handler tarries 

 far behind in an effort to turn or find his dog. When 

 the heat ends, this kind of judge does not know 

 where the wagons are which contain the dogs to be 



