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so she was selected to run against the wi ning 

 pointer puppy for the championship, which, as indi- 

 cated above, she won. When Clinker won in 1883 

 something of the 'same happened, as he, with his 

 kennel companion Duke Phoenix, had beaten all the 

 other puppies, and Clinker was given the honour of 

 running against the best pointer puppy, which he 

 beat, and so won the great prize. 



11 Mr. Llewellin has not been a competitor at the 

 Kennel Club Trials since 1883, he not approving of 

 the action of that body in certain matters appertain- 

 ing to sporting dogs. 



" It should be noted that several leading American 

 sportsmen imported some of his dogs several years 

 ago, and that their workmanlike qualities and suit- 

 ability to the peculiarities of American field sport 

 brought them rapidly into favour, both in the States 

 and Canada. The place they hold both at bench 

 show r s and field trials in that country is quite as 

 prominent as it has been in the one of their origin, 

 It is a question, however, whether the breed as it 

 is now 7 preserved in America is in all respects up to 

 its original standard. 



" It is interesting to state that Mr. Llewellin has 

 never departed from the lines of blood with w^hich he 

 began to form his breed nearly twenty years ago. 

 No outside cross of any sort or kind has been 



