618 
FOREST AND STREAM 
LABRADOR RETRIEVVERS AND THEIR 
INFLUENCE ON RETRIEVER TRAILS. 
Peter of Faskally, handled to perfection by 
his owner, Mr. A. Butter, came on the field trial 
ground late, and won freely, and his puppies 
soon winning too, the Labrador breed became 
popular with shooters, from the fact that they 
were never tired, always willing to go on look¬ 
ing, even if they had hunted the ground well; 
quick to go out and quick to come back, but little 
affected by heat or cold—as a rule, compactly 
built but not overlarge, and took up less room 
in a motor or trap or grouse-butt. On a moor 
they were so much quicker that they saved valu¬ 
able time after drives. 
When the breed became popular, shows began 
to cater for them, and this may yet prove their 
undoing and downfall, as many are attracted by 
shows more than field trials; probably because 
shows are more within their reach than the 
work needed for field trials. Showing is good 
if only to help in fixing the type as long as type 
is not subservient to working qualities, but here 
lies the danger. There is no guarantee that a 
show bench winner is soft-mouthed or a good 
worker or even broken, and yet many—and par¬ 
ticularly gamekeepers—are proud to say, “My 
dog is by-.” 
One of the very best looking Labradors the 
writer has ever seen yet was shot by its owner 
because it had no nose to speak of, and was hard 
in the mouth, and he refused 40 pounds for it 
at two years of age for show purposes. 
In France for years no dog could be a cham¬ 
pion on the showbench unless it had won at field 
trials, and if we had had this rule extant years 
ago it would have made a vast difference to the 
breed of Retrievers—Flat or Labrador or Curly. 
Labradors have been used very considerably 
for crossing : ' J - U Flat-coats, and the result is 
good. Some most excellent dogs of first cross 
have come c* .he writer’s notice. In appear¬ 
ance, part of a litter favor the Labrador in coat 
and build, as a rule, but care should be taken 
not to breed off second crosses; it is not satis¬ 
factory. The first cross can be bred out in four 
generations as regards type, but in succeeding 
generations it will be found that at times one 
puppy is throwing back to the first cross. 
The short, hard coat, without any wave or 
break in it, is the truest mark of a pure Labrador, 
if there is any doubt in the matter. At the 
present time Labradors have won most of the 
prizes at retriever trials, and appear likely to do 
so as long as owners take care not to look to 
pace first and nose second. The two combined 
are a most desirable and excellent combination, 
but once they fail to be in relative proportion the 
advantage ceases, and only trouble can arise from 
pace before nose. 
The Flat-coated Retrievers entered in the In¬ 
ternational G. D. Trials in 1906 were 14 and 
Labradors 2; in 1913 the Flat-coated were 3 
and Labradors 17; and much the same proportion 
at the Kennel Club Trials. The present popu¬ 
larity of the Labrador is probably partly due 
also to the number of owners who now work 
their own dogs at the many trials which are held, 
as a Labrador is essentially a one-man dog, and, 
as a rule, pays attention to no one else, and is, 
therefore, easier to break and work.—Sporting 
Times, London. 
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fluence on Field Trials. 618 
Wood Hollow Days.619 
Shooting a Bandit With a Camera. 621 
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A Valuable Aid to Game Commis¬ 
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Live Notes from the Field. 624 
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