8o The Sporting Dog 



is Marse Ben, not only because he is a good dog, 

 but because of his strong infusion of Gleam blood, 

 his dam, Mecca II, being inbred to Gleam. His 

 sire, Domoko, was a field trial performer, but not 

 a winner, by Antonio. Marse Ben is a strongly 

 marked dog, above the usual size, and of well- 

 knit, muscular physique and of essentially rugged, 

 masculine type. He was in the field just a little 

 short of first-rate speed as compared, for instance, 

 with his competitor, Mohawk, but his bird work 

 was astonishingly clever in most of his trials. 

 He beat Mohawk at their first meeting. On the 

 bench he would hardly be considered. 



Prince Rodney is a young dog not unlike Marse 

 Ben in appearance but better looking. He is a 

 dog of great class, having both speed and nose. 

 He was placed in some of the state trials in his 

 Derby year and showed even better in his all-age 

 form. He may be called the chief of the Lady's 

 Count Gladstone-Jessie Rodfield family. Rodney's 

 full brother, Count Whitestone, has been called 

 the most stylish and graceful setter in the field 

 among those seen in public since the state trials 

 were inaugurated. 



Before the story of the Llewellin individuals is 

 concluded, a word should be said of Dashing 

 Dixie, the winner of the Indiana all-age stake of 

 1889. She was owned by Judge Guinotte of 

 Kansas City, and was a sv/eet and handsome as 



