1 8 The Sporting Dog 



by the fancy writers, was utterly submerged in the 

 field trial kennels. 



Many of the logicians and microscopists, who 

 do the theorizing for sporting papers, will cite 

 opinions and detached facts to the contrary, but 

 it remains that the American field trial type of 

 setter is essentially Gladstonian. For scientific 

 purposes, it would be accurate to call this type the 

 Gladstone setter rather than the Llewellin setter. 

 This Gladstone type is a leader among American 

 setters. It is wiry, compact, fast, and decisive, 

 with remarkable courage and ability to carry high 

 speed. Nevertheless, there are, as I have said, 

 any number of Llewellin types which should suit 

 all tastes. We see Llewellins having every attri- 

 bute of value except good heads and good tails. 

 Excellence at these two points is rather hard to 

 find if all the old standards in regard to muzzle, 

 skull, and stern are to be retained. There has 

 been a frequent complaint in the East that the 

 Llewellins represented a degeneration from true 

 English setter type. The gentlemen who present 

 this dogma have usually learned all they know 

 from studying bench shows, where the beauty of 

 the Laveracks has largely given them the prefer- 

 ence. To tell the truth once more, there are 

 vastly more Llewellins true to the old and ap- 

 proved English setter type than Laveracks; by 

 that I mean having good bodies and running gear. 



