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SPORTING DOGS


[Illustration: _Photo by T. Fall, Baker St._]      [_Frontispiece._
HEAD OF BLOODHOUND CHAMPION SULTAN.]


SPORTING DOGS

Their Points: and Management; in Health, and Disease

by

FRANK TOWNEND BARTON
M.R.C.V.S.

Veterinary Surgeon to the Gamekeepers' Kennel Association
Veterinary Adviser to the "Gamekeepers' Gazette"

Author of
"Non-Sporting Dogs," "Toy Dogs,"
"Everyday Ailments and Accidents to the Dog,"
"Sound and Unsound Horses," "Our Friend the Horse,"
"Breaking and Training Horses,"
"How to Choose a Horse," "The Horse Owner's Companion,"
"The Veterinary Manual," "The Age of the Horse,"
"Diseases and Accidents of Cattle,"
