Description and condition:

Brown cloth hardback, dustcover, 8vo, 136pp, index, b/w illustrations.

Very good with nice clean pages throughout. In good dustcover with moderate edgewear.

Contents:

Based on H.W. Carlton's classic Spaniels: Their Breaking for Sport and Field Trials. Psychology: psychology before training; spaniels for sport; the perfect spaniel; basic requirements. Handtraining. Subsequent training: 'a natural retriever is a gem beyond price'; hunting; hunting with the gun. Mixed bag the trained spaniel at work: retrieving from water; wildfowling and flighting with spaniels; lending a hand; jumping; spaniels as beaters.