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unwillingness to back a point made by his op- 

 ponent. Fred, who had alw r ays been a delicate 

 dog, died during the summer of 1892. 



Most of the best bench setters of modern times 

 have come from the Ravensbarrow kennels of Mr. 

 Cockerton, who has had them for some forty years, 

 though he did not commence showing, excepting at 

 a local gathering, until about 1881, since which time 

 he has taken pretty much all before him, especially 

 in the bitch classes at Birmingham. His best dogs 

 have been Sir Simon, Madame Rachel, Cash in 

 Hand, Belle of Furness, Monk of Furness, and there 

 are more whose names do not occur to me. Mr. 

 John Shorthose, of Newcastle, has winning dogs of 

 much the same strain ; so have Mr. G.^ Cartmel, 

 Kendal; Mr. G. E. Pridmore, Coleshill ; Mr. T. 

 Steadman, Merionethshire ; Mr. G. Potter, Carlisle, 

 Mr. Robertshaw, Lancashire, and others. 



Mr. W> Hartley, Kendal, has had good dogs of 

 this blood, Mr. W. H. B. Cockerton's Lune Belle 

 and the writer's Richmond being the best of his, and 

 he who breeds such a brace in a lifetime cannot be 

 considered at all unlucky. At Birmingham, in 1892, 

 after wiming in their respective classes, they were 

 placed first and third in competition for special 

 prizes awarded to the best setters of all varieties. 



The best colours for these "improved Laveracks" 



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