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strong. When once finished it is not easy to find 

 their superiors. 



At the National Trials in 1892 Colonel Cotes 

 ran a puppy called Dash, which was the result of 

 the first cross between a Gordon Setter of Lord 

 Cawdor's strain and an English setter. It per- 

 formed very well, indeed ; so well, in fact, as to win 

 the stake, and make one believe that a combination 

 of the strains would lead to working animals that 

 would probably have no superior. This one had a 

 fine nose, carried his head well, quartered his ground 

 beautifully, and appeared to be persevering through- 

 out, his natural qualities being good ; and I take it 

 that in the latter most important attributes u Stone- 

 henge " considered the early Laveracks deficient. I 

 do not think those that I have seen run from Mr. 

 Llewellin's kennels of recent years are to be found 

 fault with either as regards their pace or other 

 capabilities. I think it was in 1889 that a nine 

 months' old puppy of Mr. Llewellin's was entered 

 at the National Trials, when he ran over a rough 

 fallow, and by no means a level one either, in such 

 a perfect, natural style, and at such a pace that I 

 with others thought the stake at his mercy. How- 

 ever some trivial fault later on put him out of court. 



Some years before this there was a much lauded 

 setter called Ranger, whose pace and nose were 



