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Thoroughly broken dogs are not to be had for less 

 thun $100. Setter and pointer puppies of excellent 

 pedigree may be purchased for $20 and up. Good 

 trainers usually receive $100 or more for training a 

 dog for the shooting-field or for a field trial. Sports- 

 men who keep a large kennel, of course employ a 

 handler by the year. A field-trial winner is often 

 sold for several thousand dollars, and his services at 

 the stud are $25 or $50, more often the last-named 

 amount if he has won first place in an important 

 event. 



The reader who desires to train his own dogs will 

 find several good books on the subject. " Training vs. 

 Breaking" by Hammond is one of them. 



