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MANAGEMENT AT MEETINGS AND AFTER RUNNING. 



With regard to the time when dogs should be sent to the 

 quarters prepared for them at a meeting, much difference of opinion 

 exists. Some trainers like to get their dogs accustomed to their 

 new quarters for a week before they are brought out, while others 

 think that it is the better plan to keep them at home to the last. 

 Much depends upon the distance they have to travel, and upon 

 other circumstances, such as the nature of their new quarters, &c. 

 Timid dogs are much upset by travelling, while hardy bold animals 

 take pleasure in it. Again, there are many which cannot be re- 

 conciled to a new kennel for a night or two, and will be so 

 restless for that time as to deprive themselves and their com- 

 panions of their accustomed rest. For these reasons it is always 

 better, if good training ground can be found in the neighbourhood, 

 to move the dogs to their quarters a week prior to the meeting, or 

 perhaps even a few days earlier. They then become perfectly 

 acclimatised in every way, and if they do go amiss they have time to 

 recover from it, or if they are really rendered unfit to run they are 

 not allowed to do so, and are not consequently disgraced. Many of 

 the northern trainers, when they have only one or two dogs with 

 them, keep them in their own bedrooms at night, and as this 

 always makes them contented, there is the less reason for moving 

 them from home earlier than necessary. 



On the morning of the day of running, walk the dogs out in their 

 clothing, which should now only be removed when they are put in 

 slips, except for frictioning. This exercise should last about an 



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