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FOR NEARLY ALL MY adult life, the Game Fair has been an important part of my year. The first entry in a new diary would always be the dates of next summer’s Game Fair.

Over the years I’ve reported on the show, run a stand and delivered the commentary on gundogs in the sporting-dog arena. This was quite an undertaking, as it involved individual commentaries during the day on the spaniels, retrievers, pointers and setters, and HPRs, concluding with a grand parade of all the breeds at the

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