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of a debate in regard to changing the bench-show 

 standard was Gath. This pet of the field trial 

 men was by Count Noble out of the Gladstone- 

 Leicester-Dart bitch, Peep o' Day. He was a de- 

 parture from most of the ideals previously held 

 on both sides of the water. He was of light and 

 fine structure, and his action is said to have been 

 as easy and frictionless as that of a fox. He died 

 young, but made a remarkable impression, not 

 only on the memories of sportsmen but on the 

 Llewellin strain. He sired out of the Gladstone 

 bitch. Gem, a prized litter of which Gath's Mark, 

 Gath's Hope, and Harold were the best. Through 

 the first two Gath's blood lives in the veins of a 

 vast number of high-class dogs to-day. Gath's 

 Mark was a white-black-tan dog of medium size, 

 not handsome but of most sterling character. 

 After having been retired for some years he came 

 out when he was, I think, six years old and won 

 the championship stake. His brother, Gath's 

 Hope, was one 9f the largest Llewellins ever bred 

 in this country, standing about twenty-seven 

 inches at the shoulder. He was lemon-and-white. 

 Partly because of his color and partly because he 

 was believed to be soft, he was little bred to for a 

 time, but after Daisy Hope and Daisy Hunter, 

 his daughters, appeared, he became fashionable. 

 One of his daughters was the dam of Champion 

 Rodfield. 



