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enumerated heretofore is said to have class 

 or to be a class dog. This means that he is 

 a wide, rapid ranger, high-headed, with plenty 

 of animation and tail action, working his 

 ground with good judgment, always keeping 

 out at work, never coming in to his handler 

 until ordered to do so, searching out all the 

 likely places, hunting for and locating birds 

 b}- body scent, never pottering over old scent, 

 but going straight up to his birds and pointing 

 stylishly. 



Mutt : A dog which possesses none of the 

 valuable attributes of a class dog, or one which 

 is lacking in aggressive, independent hunting 

 instincts, even if he is successful in finding 

 birds, is referred to as a mutt. This word is 

 probably a corruption of mutton or mutton- 

 head, and is the most contemptuous term in 

 field trial nomenclature. 



