falcon might have the better opportunity to fly at her quarry. When the small pellets 

 of lead were invented and the shortgun first used then the setters of the netters and 

 falconers became gun dogs, and as such we will find pointers, setters, retrievers and 

 spaniels of English origin in every country where the sportsman may be found. Gun 

 and coursing dogs are not only imported into America as workers but as show dogs, 

 and in the great majority of cases these dogs are thoroughly broken or trained as well 

 as being good to look upon. Then these gun dogs may compete at the various field 

 trials now run off all over Europe, the United States and Canada, or even South Africa, 

 or at the coursing meetings in every country of the world. The coursing dog is found 



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most useful in Canada, especially in the prairie provinces, where coyotes are destructive 

 and a curse to the sheepman and even the horse breeder, for a pack of prairie wolves 

 will attack and kill a foal. As a part and parcel of the farm, the ranch, the station and 

 estancia the gun dog and the coursing dogs are invaluable. Pointers, setters, spaniels 

 and retrievers are useful under all circumstances, and they perform the same work in 

 all climates and under the various and dissimilar conditions. In some countries pointers 

 are preferred to setters ; but, on inquiry, it will generally be found that the alleged 

 fitness of one variety of dog over the other, is merely a matter of taste or "fancy." A 

 man who owns setters prefers setters; the individual who possesses pointers has a 



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