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may be directed, but having already a mind to 

 go to the place to which directed, he takes the 

 order kindly. Generally speaking, however, the 

 well-broken dog hunts out all the likely places 

 on either side of the handler, keeping always on 

 the course the handler has selected. 



Field trials have changed the natural and most 

 killing range by the excessive demand for speed. 

 Handlers in recent years have broken their dogs 

 to get as far away as possible and to keep out 

 at their work. A dog working in the distance 

 appears faster than he really is. If he is a 

 wide ranger, galloping away freely when cast 

 off, it matters little if he does some loafing 

 when two or three hundred yards away. He 

 will be sure to get credit for more speed than a 

 faster dog which has a narrower but more 

 killing range. 



While dogs at field trials do not quarter and 

 would get no additional credit for their work 

 if they did, it is nevertheless a good plan to 

 teach them to quarter. It will give them a 

 more systematic range. They will soon forget 

 or refuse to cut up a field in precise lines after 

 they have been given their head, but they will 

 retain enough of their education in this respect 

 to make them keep well on the course, hunting 

 on either side of the handler. Then, too, when 

 it comes to single bird work, the dog which has 

 been taught to quarter works out a small piece 



