. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . ive. J. J. holgates CH. YOUNG PATSEY BOYLE BY CH. PATSEY BOYLE IRISH DOLLY. Photograph by Chancellor, Dublin able to the highest degree of perfection intraining. His detractors often accuse himof being hard-mouthed, but, so far as myopinion goes, I do not consider this charge 2/4 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. well founded. Many a dog which is usedto hunt or find game as well as to retrieveit, will often kill a wounded
. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . ive. J. J. holgates CH. YOUNG PATSEY BOYLE BY CH. PATSEY BOYLE IRISH DOLLY. Photograph by Chancellor, Dublin able to the highest degree of perfection intraining. His detractors often accuse himof being hard-mouthed, but, so far as myopinion goes, I do not consider this charge 2/4 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. well founded. Many a dog which is usedto hunt or find game as well as to retrieveit, will often kill a wounded bird or rabbitrather than allow it to escape. This maynot be the perfection or ne phis ultra of re-trieving pure and simple, and would cer-tainly be out of place in a high-class covertshoot ; but, although many of my readersmay think me a rank heretic, I have often. WATER The Sportsn Cabinet (1803), By P. Reinaglc, on a rough shoot where game is scarce andtakes a lot of work to find, considered suchconduct a proof of common-sense andsagacity in my dog, and felt thankful thatI had a companion who could use his brainsas well as his mouth. I believe that thischarge of hard-mouthedness is not a justone, and I have seen many Irish WaterSpaniels who, under normal circumstances,were just as tender-mouthed as the mustfashionable of black Retrievers, and I haveseen not a few of the latter dogs with ashard mouths as could be found his virtues in the field, the IrishWater Spaniel has the reputationâI be-lieve a very well-founded oneâof being thebest of pals. Most of my readers are, I presume, wellacquainted with the personal appearance ofthis quaint-looking dog ; but, as all may not be so familiar with the points regardedas essential in a show dog, I will brieflygo through those which are of most im-portance : i. Colour.â
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