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think I had solved the problem of breeding a win- 

 ner, for I believe I characterized such proceed- 

 ings as ludicrous. What the handlers themselves 

 thought, 'G. M. W.' can possibly judge better than 

 I, for most of the pulling, etc., was worked on the 

 English-type dogs. 



"As to loosening the dogs in the ring, I think the 

 suggestion a good one, provided, of course, the 

 class is not too large, in which event I would sug- 

 gest loosening the last four remaining. I am sorry 

 that 'G. M. W.' thought it necessary to wax sar- 

 castic in his reply to me and must apologize for 

 doing likewise. As I have said, my only desire is 

 to find out where we are at, for it seems to me that 

 the craze for English dogs is leading to mistakes 

 that will only have to be corrected later and may 

 prove harder than at present imagined." 



