GUNDOGS: TRAINING AND FIELD TRIALS. By P.R.A. Moxon.

(1952) 1960s reprint. 8vo (137 x 217mm). Pp234. B/w photographs.Gilt gundog motif to green boards, gilt titles to spine.

This "...simple, sensible and straightforward approach to training rightly remains the standard by which every other gundog training manual is judged". A popular and well-thought of manual which has remained in print over many years, running to many editions. David Hudson. Chapters include: Choice and selection of a gundog puppy; Preliminary training I; Preliminary training II; Retrieving from water, jumping gates and fences; Advanced retriever training; Practical shooting work and picking-up; Advanced spaniel training; Pointer and setter training; Field trials; Housing, feeding and general management; Life in a training kennel; The scene today.