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natural sense of fitness had generally kept set- 

 ters separate from pointers in breeding, but had 

 carried the breeding science to an extent very 

 slightly beyond that point. If a man wished to 

 breed setters, he seldom did more than use the best 

 stock in the neighborhood. When the Laveracks 

 began to come over, and later the Llewellins, 

 they were mixed with this neighborhood stock 

 to some extent, but were kept distinct when the 

 breeders possessed any enlightened aspirations. 

 Native stock, with its prevailing liver-and-white 

 and its frequent graftings on Irish and black-and- 

 tan, can be left out of the story except where 

 individual specimens, as in the case of some of 

 the Campbell dogs in Tennessee, exercised an 

 influence on the blood and families successful in 

 public performances. 



In America the authentic history of the Eng- 

 lish setter is a history of the Llewellins, with the 

 Laveracks appearing constantly in the bench 

 shows and always disputing with the Llewellins 

 the claim of correct type. 



The first success of Mr. Llewellin's dogs in 

 the English field trials at once aroused interest 

 and caused importations. Well-informed fan- 

 ciers are acquainted with the oft-told story of 

 the Llewellin origin. It should be said, by the 

 way, that the term, as marking a special strain 

 of setters, is not recognized in England. Mr. 



