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entirely white, the markings being very sHght. 

 He was a dog of beautiful head and general con- 

 tour, rather stiff and stilty in his action. A great 

 many of his descendants, now amalgamated with 

 the Llewellins, are to be found through the West. 



Highland Fleet made more admirers among 

 the Llewellin men than most Laveracks. He was 

 an orange belton of medium size and neatly 

 turned ; having an appearance and action which 

 suggested travelling ability. Several gentlemen 

 who shot over him spoke highly of his field qual- 

 ities. He was good on birds and had enough 

 speed for the New England shooting. 



Gilhooley was another orange belton. With 

 Highland Fleet and Orangeman, he stood at the 

 head of his tribe two or three years. He was a 

 larger dog than Highland Fleet and of more 

 strength and power but less quality. 



There has been a sharp revival of the Laverack 

 fancy, the starting-point having been the importa- 

 tion of the orange belton. Barton Tory, in 1900; 

 though, perhaps, the movement may be said to 

 have been started with Albert's Woodcock, brought 

 over a year or two before. Woodcock was rather 

 a heavy dog with a typical Laverack head and a 

 well-marked orange belton coat. The owners of 

 Woodcock's puppies seemed to have been un- 

 lucky. Most of them died from one cause or 

 another. Barton Tory was exhibited by Mr. 



