English Setter Qiiestions 45 



and-white and lemon-and-white Llewellins in the 

 field trials. That Countess Meteor, dam of the 

 star Derby performer of 1 901 -1902, Mohawk, is 

 lemon-and-white, and that Rodfield sired as many 

 of that color as of any other, are facts that as yet 

 do not seem to have affected the sentiment favor- 

 ing the tri-color. 



In connection with the subject of color there is 

 one matter of not a little consequence to the 

 practical sportsman. A great deal of quail shoot- 

 ing is done in cover which makes it difficult to 

 keep a busy dog in sight. Judging from my own 

 observation, I should say that four-fifths of the 

 work dogs do on quail is in cover of that sort. 

 In Maryland and Virginia birds are most plenti- 

 ful in the neighborhood of thickets and brushy 

 places. In the Indian Territory they are found 

 either near " draws " and small timbered water 

 courses, or else not far from the patches of corn 

 which are scattered among the pastures and cot- 

 ton fields. In Illinois and Missouri the same gen- 

 eral character of shooting presents itself to the 

 sportsman, though the country has a greater 

 area of regular cultivation. A dog heavily 

 marked with black is somewhat hard to follow, 

 even through the stubble and weeds in an ordi- 

 nary season. In the corn-fields and thickets a 

 ^ dog of prevailing white color is much more read- 

 ily kept in view. If a dog gets out of sight and 



