24 THE AIMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



of breeding, during which time a large family of 

 prize English setters were developed in Mr. La- 

 verack's kennels. The dogs which interest us of 

 this strain were Pride of the Border and Fairy, 

 which latter came over in whelp to Blue Prince, a 

 son of Pride of the Border. Forty-six of their 

 descendants in this country became well-known 

 dogs and established the Laveracks here. Later 

 more Laveracks came over, Albert's Ranger, Al- 

 bert's Woodcock, the Vandergrift dogs bearing the 

 kennel prefix Queen (such as Queen's Place Pride, 

 Queen's Flora, etc.), and then the Bloomfield Ken- 

 nels, Mallwyd Sirdar, Stylish Sergeant, Dido B., 

 Mepal's Queen B., Pera, etc., from which we can 

 pick up and place many of the kennel names on 

 present-day pedigrees. 



Meanwhile Mr. Llewellin's dogs, starting with 

 Count Wind 'em. Count Noble and Gladstone, made 

 a tremendous drive in America. They were bom 

 field trial dogs, full of speed and sagacity, and 

 their get established the Llewellins over here. 

 This is gone into more thoroughly in our chapter 

 ''Who's Who in Bird Dogs," but for the purposes 

 of this historical chapter it will suffice to point 

 out that a great deal of harm was done to the true 

 setter type by judges giving great field trial win- 

 ners place above those bred true to type. The 



