50 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



representatives of all the setter and pointer fam 

 ilies we have discussed, most of whom entered the 

 big events but were not good enough to win. But 

 in their local fields these dogs are generally able 

 to win over the general field, which in its turn is 

 composed almost entirely of Gladstones, Mohawks, 

 Whitestones, Eugene M.'s, Fishel's Franks, Raps, 

 Hard Cashs, Alford's John dogs, etc., as the pres 

 ent-day setters and pointers might be described in 

 general terms. 



We cannot all afford championship dog fees, 

 but there is no reason at all why a look-over of 

 the winners of any of the dozens of lesser field 

 trials scattered throughout the country should not 

 give us choice of a dog having just the blood lines 

 we want to blend with those of our own dog, and 

 so universal is the distribution of the descendants 

 of the dogs we have been describing that virtually 

 no pointer or setter puppy alleged to be a Llewel- 

 lin which does not show some of the heads of the 

 family in his pedigree is worth bothering with, for 

 pups of the true stock are reasonable in price and 

 the performance of Derby winners of to-day shows 

 the blood to be still potent and the best there is in 

 the country. At the same time plenty of Laverack 

 outcross is not to be feared, particularly in a dog 



