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standards were not accepted by the other side, and 

 the dispute remains where it stood. The con- 

 servative side has been upheld by Messrs. John 

 Davidson of Michigan, William Tallman of Con- 

 necticut, Dr. Hair of the same state, James Mor- 

 timer of New York, and other judges. Usually 

 the Westminster Kennel Club has alternated from 

 year to year in selecting its English setter judges, 

 to give each side a chance to illustrate what it 

 means by type. 



American foxhounds were also developed in 

 the South and West, though in practical hunting 

 they have the field to themselves, with occasional 

 crosses of imported hounds, in all the states. 

 There are only three or four packs of definite 

 English type which an English M. F. H. would 

 regard with approbation. Mr. Mather of Phila- 

 delphia and Major Wadsworth of Geneseo, New 

 York, have the best kennels of direct English 

 importation and style, Mr. Keene now aiming at 

 the same forward position. 



The American sporting dog, therefore, as a 

 separate development, is a prevailing tendency 

 and not a res adjudicata. The changes involve 

 not a few contradictions which confuse a novice 

 listening to controversial assertions. But the 

 separate development is a certainty, and the lines 

 can be marked out with an intelligible approxima- 

 tion to definiteness. 



