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experienced field shot and a popular field trial 

 judge. Grading the dogs which he has seen, 

 Dr. Rogers places them in this way: for speed, 

 Paul Bo, setter ; range, Daisy Hope, setter ; bird 

 sense. Jingo, pointer; handling, Bohemian Girl, 

 setter; nose, Gath, setter; iron courage, Glad- 

 stone, setter. It seems that Dr. Rogers picks the 

 pointer for natural cleverness in dealing with 

 birds, and the setter for speed, courage, and per- 

 haps acute nose. 



In the matter of color for either pointer or set- 

 ter, I rather prefer orange-and-white, with plenty 

 of white, but it is not the fashion in either breed. 

 The fashionable color for pointers is liver-and- 

 white, and for setters white-black-tan with good- 

 sized black patches. 



Choosing dogs for different kinds of game and 

 different sections of the country brings up again 

 the qualities of the special breeds. Some men 

 use cocker spaniels for ruffed grouse. It has 

 always seemed, though, that they sought grouse 

 in order to work the spaniels. Frank Forester 

 long ago nearly covered the American view, Eng- 

 lish-bred though he was, when he said that on 

 game which makes a very slow dog necessary, a 

 good shot can do better without any dog at all. 

 If a shrewd man were after ruffed grouse on a 

 wager, he would take a well-broken, but fairly 

 speedy setter, or would leave his dogs home and 



