I don't thinkthe french know a thing about bird dogs much less about competition. Seems like the only thing they ever knew about was cooking.Some of the places we run on in SK are bigger than the whole country of france.
I don't thinkthat USA invented field trials, but they sure did organize them. l like to think that at some point in time a filed trial was organized by a Plantation owner or Domain owner in other countries stating.
" I own the best bird dog in the land ."
"Who will put up a bet on their dog too say whoisthe best."
I can imagine that the trials started this way and breeding rights was soon to follow.