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HOUNDS AT WORK 



With a sport-loving nation such as ours it 

 is not surprising to find dogs used extensively 

 in all branches of field sport, although since 

 driving, with a desire for heavy bags, became 

 general, we find much less shooting over 

 dogs than was general twenty or thirty years 

 ago. It is only natural, I suppose, that there 

 should be a certain amount of antagonism 

 between the showman and the sportsman, 

 in spite of the fact that many of the former 

 are to be found in the ranks of the latter. 

 In some varieties, no doubt, the tendency of 

 shows has been to bring about an exaggera- 

 tion of certain points that is not desirable or 

 needed in the working dog, and discussions 



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