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speed and dash of the imported stock. The Llewellin Set- 

 ter a cross of the Duke-Rhsebe blood on the Laverack a 

 strain of English Setters bred by Mr. Llewellin (England), 

 found greater favor with sportsmen in this country than 

 any other strain; and the fine -bred English Setter in this 

 country at the present time has more of this blood than 

 any other, although it has largely lost its claim to the name 

 of Llewellin; that is, a cross of the Duke-Rhsebe blood on 

 the Laverack. 



With field trials there came a demand for a higher 

 grade of skillful training; and as the occupation became 

 fairly remunerative, as well as congenial to men who were 

 passionately fond of shooting, it rapidly was monopolized 

 by them, and soon reduced to a fine art at least, in so far 

 as the complex composition of a dog's nature would permit. 



The special characteristics of the English Setter are his 

 beauty of form; his rich, silky, glossy coat; his intelligence; 

 his merry, dashing manner of hunting in the field; his keen 

 scent; and his remarkable judgment in the application of 

 his efforts, and adaptability to the character of the grounds 

 and the habits of the game birds which he is hunting. 

 Combined with these are great pow r ers of physical endur- 

 ance, which he usually retains until the encroachments of 

 age impair them. In motion and on point, the English 

 Setter is the embodiment of beauty, spirit and grace. The 

 high-class English Setter finds and locates his birds with 

 great rapidity, when he once catches the scent of them; in 

 fact, any habitual hesitancy or pottering are elements of 

 certain defeat, in a competition. 



As shown by the records of public competitors, the char- 

 acter and extent of ownership, and the preference and 

 opinions of the most expert sportsmen, the English Setter 

 is the superior of all other breeds for work on game birds.* 



* Among those who are prominent as breeders or owners of good English 

 Setters may be mentioned J. Shelley Hudson, Covington, Ky. ; the Memphis 

 and Avent Kennels, Memphis, Tenn. ; C. Fred Crawford, Pawtucket, R. I. ; 

 A. M. Tucker, Charlestown, Mass. ; Dr. S. Fleet Speir, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 

 Theodore Morford, Newton, N. J.; A. H. Moore, Philadelphia, Penn.; E. W. 



