480 AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING 
In “Stonehenge on the Dog” special attention is 
devoted to this setter. By way of illustration, a pic- 
ture of ‘a Russian setter slightly crossed with English 
blood” is presented. In many points it resembles the 
griffon. Stonehenge remarks: “They are now very 
scarce in this country, of pure blood, and even the cross 
with the English setter is seldom seen.” Many years 
ago Mr. R. L. Purcell Llewellin, who was sceptical 
concerning the existence of this breed, offered a prize 
for any Russian setter shown at the Birmingham dog 
show. None was shown in response to the induce- 
ment. The breed, if it ever existed as a breed, was 
thought to be extinct many years ago. More likely it 
was merely a cross-bred strain. The probabilities are 
that it never was known in Russia. 
The product of a cross between the setter and pointer 
is called a dropper. It is considered a mongrel cross, 
and therefore is not recognized as a breed. However, 
this cross has produced useful working dogs, though 
even at that far inferior to the best straight-bred point- 
ers and setters in respect to high-class performance. 
In certain quarters, which are without any recognized 
authority in matters pertaining to breeding, there is 
a belief that the dropper averages well and pleasingly 
with the setter and pointer as a worker. Well in- 
formed, practical sportsmen know that while there 
may be a passably good dropper now and then, their 
average as workers afield is not above the mediocre. 
There is an abundance of data concerning field work 
and field-trial competition which establishes the fact 
