Shooting Breeds 13 



lin blood which have neither Gladstone nor Count 

 Noble lines. 



The American Kennel Club registration is pat- 

 ronized by owners in all parts of the country, and 

 is the only studbook which the bench show men, 

 considered as a class, use at all. The preponder- 

 ance of Llewellin setters, and the remarkable 

 command which the Gladstone and Count Noble 

 families have of the situation, are conclusive as to 

 the popularity of that variety of English setters. 

 No other registration is recognized at bench shows 

 except that of the American Kennel Club. The 

 tide of preference for Llewellin setters and for the 

 Gladstone and Count Noble blood is, therefore, 

 conclusively shown by the setter figures of this 

 studbook ; because the leading bench show special- 

 ists prefer the Laverack, and are often inexorable 

 in condemning the Llewellin. If the studbook 

 used by them presents such a proportion of 

 Llewellins, there seems to be nothing left of 

 doubt as to the English setter strains preferred 

 in American sport. 



The Field Dog Studbook, conducted in Chi- 

 cago by the American Field, contains for 1902 

 about twelve hundred English setter registrations 

 and practically all of them have either Gladstone 

 or Count Noble blood, or both, though the Laver- 

 ack lines of Monk of Furness, Count Howard, 

 and others appear frequently. This volume 



