British Dogs at Work 



over. One great thing to be said in favour 

 of this sport is that no exception can be 

 taken to it on humanitarian grounds. 



One of the most satisfactory, pieces of 

 work that I can recall was performed by- 

 Mr. Edwin Brough's bitch Kickshaw at 

 some trials near Winslow promoted by the 

 Association of Bloodhound Breeders, with 

 Lord Lonsdale as judge. At one point 

 was a lane which had been traversed by 

 a herd of cattle as well as a number 

 of farm hands. The bitch carried the line 

 slowly along this diflficult piece of country 

 until she came to a field where the scent of 

 the runner was no longer foiled. Evidently 

 she was not quite satisfied by this time that 

 she was on the correct course, so she returned 

 to the beginning of the lane, verified her 

 line, and once more took it up at the end 

 of the lane, without taking any notice of 

 the intervening portion. This seems as near 

 reasoning as one is likely to get in a dumb 



animal, and it was a performance to delight 



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