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well, were to come forward, not under a nom 

 de plume, but by their own proper names, then 

 the public would be interested, and some good 

 would be the result ; but as things are at pre- 

 sent managed, why it must remain in static quo, 

 which I for one am very sorry for, as I am, and 

 have been for the last five-and-twenty years, a 

 large breeder of all sorts of sporting dogs. 



We have our rules for racing, yachting, 

 cricket, coursing, pigeon-shooting, &c., &c. Why 

 not have new and revised rules for dog-shows ? 



It only wants to be taken firmly in hand and 

 put forward, as I have before observed, by a com- 

 mittee of influential gentlemen, and then I 

 imagine there would be ho great difficulty ; but 

 men are so diffident now-a-days, that I am almost 

 inclined to give it up in disgust and breed no 

 more ; still I hope that there " is a good time 

 coming," and that good and true men will put 

 their "shoulder to the wheel" and alter the 

 present state of things. 



If anyone will only give me a hint, I shall 

 only be too glad to bring the matter forward, 

 and work it as far as I am able. 



Very many fondly imagine they can get a 



