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  2. DUCHESS

    CLOSE on thirty years ago there lived in the vicinity of Crookwell a rough-and-ready man who was known to all and sundry as Bill the Sawyer. Bill was the owner of a black retriever of the female species ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 622 words
  3. A LOYAL ENEMY

    TWO neighbours, Messrs. Leopold and Patterson, of Ararat, Victoria, each owned a fox-terrier; both were large-sized half-breds. They were horn enemies, and morning, noon, and nigh looked for each other's scalp. ...

    Article : 297 words
  4. THE KILLERS

    I WAS at once time located on the banks of the Black Swamp at Port Lincoln, where I witnessed the very clever capture of a wild dog by two of my own—one a kangaroo and the other a sheep dog. It was just ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 504 words
  5. THE CATTLE DUFFER

    ON the Campaspe River, Bendigo district, Victoria, many years ago, the graziers were greatly concerned by the regular disappearance of fat beasts from their paddocks. Keen search failed to discover any ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 567 words
  6. OLD DAINTY

    DAINTY was a foxhound bitch, bred by the Melbourne Hunt Club. As a hunter she was never beaten. For nose, tongue, dash, and drive she outclassed the rest of my little pack, and stood alone as their leader ...

    Article : 519 words
  7. THE SAGACITY OF FOX

    FORTY years ago I was shepherding for my father on open Crown lands in the Carcoar district, N.S.W. I have had many dogs of various breeds during my forty years' experience on the land, but for intelligence ...

    Article : 559 words
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