42 The Sporting Dog 



assertion and belief are that white, black and tan 

 is the correct and typical Llewellin color. Mr. 

 Llewellin himself, and his relative and associate, 

 Mr. Teasdale-Buckeli, have strenuously objected 

 to the drawing of a color line. In an urgent pro- 

 test a few years ago Mr. Llewellin pointed out 

 that a decided majority of his best setters were 

 either blue belton or lemon belton. It might be 

 said here in passing that he also remarked the 

 presence of black noses and dark eyes in all his 

 lemon and blue beltons. Among the blue beltons 

 he mentioned Count Wind'em, the best dog he 

 ever bred ; and among the lemon-and-whites 

 Countess Bear, perhaps the handsomest bitch. 

 Old Rhoebe was heavily marked white-black-tan ; 

 and Brewis's Dash II, which he bought at a 

 high price and introduced into his kennel as an 

 outcross, was a blue belton with tan shadings. 

 But Mr. Llewellin says that he regarded the tan 

 markings as a second-rate color when judged by 

 a preponderance of the best dogs in his own 

 kennel. 



On this side of the water, though all the advan- 

 tages have operated in favor of the white-black- 

 tan through strong and almost universal prejudice, 

 it is somewhat remarkable that the orange- 

 and-whites and lemon-and-whites have played an 

 important part even among the " straight-bred " 

 Llewellins. The first championship trial of 



