. The American sportsman: . V DashII.—(Sf^sg). Blue Prince, , R. LLP. Llewellin, Kiigland. CHAPTER V. THE SCIENCE OF N no one respect is the change in popularfeeling upon what relates to field sportsmore marked than in the opinion nowentertained of those who breed dogs. Afew years since field sports themselveswere hardly tolerated, but a man whobred dogs was regarded as a low character,not to be recognized by gentlemen exceptas the supplier of their wants. The highrank which sportsmanship has since taken has, as a natural sequence,raised breeding proportionally. Gentlemen
. The American sportsman: . V DashII.—(Sf^sg). Blue Prince, , R. LLP. Llewellin, Kiigland. CHAPTER V. THE SCIENCE OF N no one respect is the change in popularfeeling upon what relates to field sportsmore marked than in the opinion nowentertained of those who breed dogs. Afew years since field sports themselveswere hardly tolerated, but a man whobred dogs was regarded as a low character,not to be recognized by gentlemen exceptas the supplier of their wants. The highrank which sportsmanship has since taken has, as a natural sequence,raised breeding proportionally. Gentlemen wish to deal with gen-tlemen. Canine breeding has been recognized as a science, and anAmerican gentleman takes as much pleasure in breeding a crackfield-trial winner as an English lord takes in breeding a winner ofthe Derby. Even sportsmen who do not breed extensively like tobreed occasional litters, and it is therefore fitting that somethingshould be said of the science, since only by knowledge and obser-vance of its laws can success be reasonably THE SCIENCE OF BREEDING. 61 Experience is of as much value in this matte
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