264 SPORTING FOR MEN OF MODERATE MEANS 



bitches ; and the produce of these setters will not 

 only pay your keeper, but your rent as well. 

 You must advertise your puppies to be sold, and 

 keep yourself before the public by constant adver- 

 tisements. Your keeper will break at least four 

 brace of setters for you to sell each year ; and these 

 dogs, according to their goodness and beauty, will 

 be worth from fifty to a hundred guineas a brace, 

 and even more. So you will not only be able to 

 pay your man, but a good part of your rent and 

 expenses as well : but you must go systematically 

 to work, and make it a business combined with 

 pleasure. You must understand that good and 

 trustworthy keepers are like angels' visits, few and 

 far between — but still they are to be had ; and 

 when you have one, regard him as the very apple of 

 your eye, and never let a few pounds stand in the 

 way. If you have a large extent of ground, a man 

 who understands his business well will break more 

 than four brace of dogs a year — aye, double the 

 quantity, but it is better to have fewer done — and 

 done well ; get a good name for having the correct 

 article, and you will always be able to dispose of 

 more dogs than you can breed or break. Destroy 

 all the crooked and weakly pups, keeping only those 

 that will make braces, or any others that are really 

 handsome. You can also break a couple of brace 



