70 The Sporting Dog 



In connection with Gath there may be usefully 

 grouped a succession of dogs which deserve 

 special attention, on account not only of their 

 brilliant success in public trials and their promi- 

 nence in later-day pedigrees, but of their peculiar 

 character. These dogs are Roderigo, Count 

 Gladstone IV, and Mohawk. The type is what 

 some breeders would call feminine. Mohawk, the 

 latest high-class specimen of the type, is also its 

 extreme. It would be injustice to leave the im- 

 pression that such dogs are feminine in the sense 

 of being effeminate. The word is used to indicate 

 that they are of rather small size, sensitive to in- 

 fluences, easily affected by harsh treatment, and 

 generally of fine, rather than powerful, character. 

 They require encouragement rather than restraint 

 in their training, though enthusiastic, wide, and 

 persistent searchers when at work. 



Roderigo was a white-black-tan dog, strongly 

 marked, weighing not much more than forty-five 

 pounds and of good structural points. His head, 

 shoulders, and foreparts generally were regarded 

 by many experts as ideal. His loin and quarters 

 were rather narrow^ and not in proportion to 

 his front. When first brought out in public, 

 he was a little too cautious in his bird work, but 

 subsequently developed great speed, range, and 

 finding quality. As all setter men know, he was 

 the greatest sire of his time. Most of the field 



