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by the gastric juices to any great degree, and so they 

 pass unchanged through the stomach into the begin- 

 ning of the intestines, where the pancreas or salivary 

 glands of the abdomen have to do all the work. 



"Feeding on meat does not ruin the scent of sport- 

 ing dogs as ignorance so frequently asserts. If it 

 did, the whole wild canine race wolves, jackals, etc. 

 would long ago have died of starvation. Feeding 

 meat does not make dogs ugly, but confinement and 

 neglect do. Finally, common sense and the study of 

 the subject in all its details are better guides than the 

 accumulated ignorance of the world on any sub- 

 ject." 



The experience of all the eminent trainers and 

 most advanced sportsmen fully bears out the forego- 

 ing. A dog will do more and better work on a meat 

 diet than on any other, and he will also have better 

 health and a longer life if so fed. 



Many owners are prejudiced in favor of vegetable 

 food as a matter of economy. There is no doubt 

 of its relative cheapness, but that is quite another 

 matter from its fitness, 



Whether the dog is working or idling, one meal a 

 day, at evening, is quite enough. The sympathy of 



