THE AMATEUR TRAINER. 
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perseverance. Without these qualifications all 
hope of success will end in sad disappointment. 
To possess a well-trained field dog is the height 
of ambition of every sportsman, but to purchase 
such a dog or to have one trained by some profes¬ 
sional trainer is not always within reach of the 
sportsman; therefore he must rely upon his own 
skill in perfecting his dog. 
As an illustration of the cost to have a dog 
trained by a professional trainer, the following 
editorial clipped from the American Field, date of 
April 29, 1893, will give a very good idea : 
“Almost daily we are asked to give the name of 
a good trainer. Some want their dogs broken for 
field trials, and others for field shooting only. In a 
majority of cases the latter will write us complain^ 
ing that the charges of those whose names we ha<} 
given was too high, being seventy-five or one 
hundred dollars; and wanting the name of a first- 
class man, but whose charges are moderate. We 
are sorry that it cannot be done, but it is a fact that 
a first-class article cannot be bought for a second 
class price; we are therefore not $Jble to comply 
with the request. The man who charges one 
hundred dollars to train a dog, and does it properly, 
earns every cent, and we really ,cannot see how it 
can be done for less.” 
This sounds rather discouraging for the im¬ 
pecunious sportsman. Well aware of the fact that 
a large majority of sportsmen cannot afford to ex¬ 
pend such a sum of money to procure a dog fit to bo 
proud of these pages were written. By study, ex- 
