"The English Springer Spaniel In America" 1932 FERGUSON, Henry Lee

FERGUSON, Henry Lee [106] pp. The Derrydale Press 1932 Eight-hundred and fifty copies have been printed by Eugene V. Connett 9 1/2" x 6 1/4" Scroll Down for (11) Additional Scans: A large number of people believe that bench shows in the case of sporting dogs are of little or no benefit to the breeds. To be a winner at a bench show, a dog must be sound and of good type and must be able to show himself on the end of a leash. A perfect specimen he may be, but few of these dogs are ever good in the field. They are bred to conform to a certain standard and from this breeding they do not inherit what a sporting Dog should have, the blood of generations of trained shooting dogs running in their veins. A winning show dog is bred to a winning show bitch, and the resulting puppies to the get of other well known show dogs. Seldom does a field trial dog, or even a good shooting dog, go high in the show-ring; a few do, but they are the exceptions. Those who show dogs often get away from the true re