Sport: Master Dogs

Even greenhorn traveling salesmen knew enough to keep away from Albany, Ga. last week. They knew its two hotels would be crammed to the cashier's cot, its storekeepers loath to talk about anything but dogs. For Albany (pronounced All-Benny), a thriving little city of 19,000, is the hub of some of the best quail-hunting grounds in the world. There last week was held a bird-dog trial as sacred to Albany as the Derby is to Louisville.

Quail trials are old stuff to Albany. But last week's event was something new—different from any field trial ever held in the U. S. Brainchild of...

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