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Outing . o be decisively beaten byMeadow View May Belle. In the South there has been a tend-ency to overdo the departure from th(English type, with the result that a lotof spike - headed, curly - tailed lightweights, without substance, have beenbenched. This, however, is but a pass-ing phase, and at that is merely happy medium is coming to thefore, a classic beauty, fine as a race horse,pleasing to the eye, but efficient and glut-tonous when work comes along. The setter is to be congratulated inthat he runs no risk of the fate whichhas overtaken the cocker spaniel in thiscountry. Ori
Outing . o be decisively beaten byMeadow View May Belle. In the South there has been a tend-ency to overdo the departure from th(English type, with the result that a lotof spike - headed, curly - tailed lightweights, without substance, have beenbenched. This, however, is but a pass-ing phase, and at that is merely happy medium is coming to thefore, a classic beauty, fine as a race horse,pleasing to the eye, but efficient and glut-tonous when work comes along. The setter is to be congratulated inthat he runs no risk of the fate whichhas overtaken the cocker spaniel in thiscountry. Originally a gun dog, and assuch one of the best, he is to-day thefield mans best joke. In fairness to thecocker it must be admitted that Americahas hardly given him a square conditions differ from those onthe other side and the cocker has hadmighty little chance to show what hiscapabilities are in the duties for whichNature and the English breeder intendedhim. American breeders recognized this.
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