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however, attended with the disadvantage that in heather or clover 

 a " dropped " dog cannot be seen nearly so far as if he was stand- 

 ing, and on one occasion, at the famous Eala trials, the celebrated 

 Ranger was lost for many minutes, having " dropped " on game in 

 a slight hollow, surrounded by heather. As a rule, therefore, the 

 standing position is the better one, but in such fast dogs as Ranger 

 and Drake, " dropping" may be excused. At the above meeting, 

 however, after a long and evenly b-ilanced trial between Mr. Mac- 

 dona's Ranger and Mr. R. J. LI. Price's Belle, the latter only won 

 by her superior attitude on the point, and Ranger again suffered 

 the penalty for dropping at Ipswich. 



