DOGS FOR THE MOORS. 17 



When the sportsman rears his own puppies, he 

 should be most particular, not only about the acknow- 

 ledged excellence of the sire and dam, but also that their 

 breeding is unexceptionable and well-known especially 

 that there is no cross of the rough, however remote, when 

 breeding pointers, and no smooth blood when setters 

 are the object. It sometimes happens that a dog, though 

 not well bred, may turn out first-rate ; but the progeny 

 of such dog or bitch hardly ever do. This double cau- 

 tion is therefore most necessary, as otherwise much time 

 and trouble might be spent upon a dog that never would 

 be worth it, from a mistaken idea, that as his parents 

 were excellent, he must in the end turn out well too. 



The essentials of dog-breaking may be found in a 

 pamphlet, published in London a few years ago, by 

 the gamekeeper of Sir John Sebright. Although not 

 agreeing with it in every particular, I certainly think it 

 the best that has been written on the subject. 



