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■ ■ THE am AtmmE and abroax> . 
of tlie latte.; ^ accommodadoa. of thoroiigli,-' 
breds t.rabae4 -.hm sis regards- Mr 'baarbey he camiot 
HO>v l"c roMTt-t^^d ^ s west-couJitry shows.- ]^r A.K. 
Fioh to Si?i 4 »ro- tfjfV'ft «*s|tt4' his straia of Pea worthai^, b , 
close in carl, -very wedge- 
.a few flat-coats are so dtH^i> In 
,> .K- ihi^se seiit to the chief shows. from 
i.^s; ^ 1 c&s aodung about their^ ability ia 
txkh tieiit'j, hvJ '^'•k-*'- “'',v>- -■^■^'’SM'^- lor the bulk of the entries 
the '/■ week ht' February assured me that all 
few showed the slightest trace of b-eii^ 
b^x'd a!n.tK-'« some cue show a little . enterprise, by 
-•0^4 og i!uti:f*r.o»fed tetiffever iirokea ^ad prepared for 
Thi‘ Md-trhd :,:aiC,p;?J,gn / His lowiy -otig-.n is against him, I will admit, 
■ hi»^ ■■>* ^*tmill^-LAorl&Sr^ or Irish water*spanl^ cross had such- a 
h:i!," -,::oatod relution possessed in Mr S. £. Shirley, he would ' 
have tong ‘-go received the recognition w^htch is -his due. la. 
n^isp-t^ur^xacc lie is a workman from stefn to stem-, he can stand a day’s w'ork 
well as any dog; waUe his fomlness for water makes him invaluable* on 
?iome ahootmgs. The coa t of a really good one is so closely curled as to 
?je practically Impervious to water, and that, of course, is a material 
advantage. As ;;rgundog this vaiiety is certainly worth better recognluoa- 
than iC ye'* obtained. . ■ - 
A'elhov/ or golden -coious-ed retrievers, made popislar by the Hon,; 
■ .H-^ircoiirt,. wdio uses no others, on his Nunehani shooting .near Oxferdj ^ 
Mrs W. Ivf. Charles worth,, A?r W, A. Sturdy, and Macdonald the lagcfitc^ 
“ark gamekeeper; have attained a. jH>&ition In the list of gxiudogf^trijby 
tii.« p-ro^-Hle.n of fit »Oim- of the leading showa, and Mra. 
'wc-rjh. k;V^-w-d hf a .team' broken' with, a vie«r,1 
"Viafebt:- Horsnai^ Sandy ran well at the Kesa^'-'.; 
r-.u-;'re'=v^ -was iiwur^ a. • iRifyit, quite a .triumph '' 
V 'flu” s"-« of the competi?x#jE3% 
i,. v-v svk^r-‘4i4-'- '^Itiatlve, . proved 
■b,v4 to face rough es 
Ac btfe ^ -"•’ -rhcn ^?^&npared with the handy 
acbiCtabH- kjr the jaages not giving , hte-' 
prize, 'but hy :-r««vcJ himci-j': -v "’^•^ry capable .retriever, and inW[ ^ 
impoii-ant stake lie tdlghl the fondest hopes cf Ms ©^f| 
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