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near him so that he will not have the trouble of walk- 

 ing back to the judges, nor disturb the range of his 

 dog in turning and working him back on the true 

 course. 



Nor should the judges gallop out after the dogs 

 which disappear for a few moments in ranging ; for 

 when the dogs so see the judges they will cast out 

 further and further, working to the horses as they 

 would do to their handlers, so that the judge who 

 rides ahead of the handlers at all is seriously and di- 

 rectly interfering with the competition. 



If the dog is trained properly for the competition, 

 he will range to his handler; hence the spectacular 

 galloping to the front is unnecessary aside from the 

 display of brave horsemanship. If the dog will not 

 range to his handler, it is a matter with which the 

 judge has no concern as an assistant in the hand- 

 ling. Moreover, galloping about, right and left, here 

 and there, is undignified and unnecessary. The hand- 

 lers are entirely responsible for the handling of their 

 dogs ; the judges are responsible only for judging the 

 dogs as the handlers display their merits. 



When a dog is really lost, as a good dog will be at 

 limes when on a point in a thicket, etc., it is a, mat- 



