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he talked to me of working them ten, twelve, and 

 fourteen hours a day for a fortnight. That they were 

 good dogs goes without saying ; but " Stonehenge " 

 did not care about their work in the early days of 

 Field Trials, for he said they had not good noses, 

 carried their heads low, and were lacking that fine 

 tail action that he so much valued either in pointer 

 or setter. 



As a show dog, Mr. Laverack's Dash II., better 

 known, perhaps, as old Blue Dash, was a typical 

 specimen; and, about 1869 to 1872, was about the 

 best setter appearing on the bench. He had size, 

 bone, coat, and general symmetry to commend him, 

 though his shoulders were rather upright and his neck 

 not quite of the best, and his appearance would 

 certainly have been smarter had he been cleaner 

 cut under the throat. He was good enough to 

 win at Birmingham, the Crystal Palace, and 

 elsewhere, and in looks was far the best dog 

 that I ever saw in his owner's possession. Another 

 beautiful setter of Laverack's early strain was 

 Mr. Dickon's Belle, and, it was said, both excellent 

 in the field as well as in the show ring. So far 

 as field trial dogs are concerned, Mr. Laverack 

 mentions Mr. Garth's Daisy and Mr. Purcell 

 Llewellin's Countess as the best ; but, although 

 both were fast, very fast, the one had but a mode- 



