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are common. These adverse conditions are more fully de- 

 lineated in the chapter on Breeding. 



However, the more eminent and skillful breeders produce 

 dogs of rare excellence, dogs which have no superiors. By 

 the reputation of a few breeders, the reputation of the 

 breed, as a whole, is maintained at a high standard, the 

 worthless strains, unfortunately, profiting by it; for if the 

 owners of the worthless strains can trace any relationship, 

 near or remote, to eminent individuals, they never fail to 

 claim the merit of reflected luster. 



Taking the better bred families now into consideration, 

 they undoubtedly are marvels of combined beauty of form 

 and working capability. Dashing, agile, fast and enduring, 

 quick and accurate in execution, they are the racers of the 

 hunting field. 



By referring to the portraits, the exquisite symmetry and 

 characteristics of the breed will be noted. The artist has 

 caught the expression and individual peculiarities with ad- 

 mirable fidelity, and the portraiture is truthful. 



Marchioness Peg, whose portrait is given in the frontis- 

 piece, was bred and is owned by Dr. N. Rowe of the American 

 Field, Chicago. She is handsomely marked black, white, 

 and tan, and is by Druid (Prince Dora) out of Peg (Leices- 

 terDart). She is very symmetrical and handsome, rating 

 with the high class bitches of America. In the trials of the 

 National American Kennel Club, run at Patoka, 1879, she 

 divided second and third with Countess May. Pegjim, 

 whose portrait is also given, is a son of Marchioness Peg 

 by Cambridge, he by Gladstone out of Clip. He is magnifi- 

 cently proportioned, having a clean cut, typical head, lean 

 neck, well shaped body, nicely shaped legs and feet, and 

 fine general symmetry. He is a high class dog in the field. 

 This breeding has produced some remarkably superior 

 dogs, notably Jean Val Jean, winner of the champion stakes 



