1 6 The Sporting Dog 



Noble setters have almost crowded out other 

 Llewellins and that King of Kent and Jingo 

 pointers are rapidly assuming the same position 

 of undisputed supremacy in their breed. 



Not only on account of their numbers, but on 

 account of the sharp discussions about individuals 

 and types, the Llewellin setters must always oc- 

 cupy the largest space in any discussion of shoot- 

 ing dogs. In reference to these discussions and 

 to differences over the relative value of different 

 breeds of setters and different families of pointers, 

 the reader should understand that partisans never 

 do justice to the dogs on the other side. It is not 

 well to believe the Llewellin breeders who call 

 the modern Laveracks parlor dogs and diseased 

 picture dogs. As a matter of fact, I can testify 

 that these Laveracks make very useful shooting 

 dogs which generally come to hand without much 

 trouble. It would be a still greater mistake if one 

 believed in the various denunciations of Llew- 

 ellins. You will hear it said that the Llewellins 

 are suffering from inbreeding ; that they get 

 small and puny ; that they are all heels and no 

 brains. You can hear these assertions and many 

 others, not one of which is even approximately 

 true. 



A great many of the fashionable field trial 

 winners have been rather light and small, and 

 many of their descendants are not easy to train on 



