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Vandergrift of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Few dogs 

 have ever surpassed him in quahty. He had a hand- 

 some head and ahiiost perfect shoulders and front. 

 His weak point was a lack of proportion between 

 his strong foreparts and his quarters. In any- 

 thing like thin condition he looked almost as 

 if he might have been made up of two dogs. 



Mallwyd Sirdar followed Barton Tory and de- 

 feated him when they first met. Sirdar, owned 

 by Mr. George C. Thomas, Jr., of Philadelphia, is 

 a rangier dog than Tory and has remarkably sty- 

 lish and free action for a Laverack. Judges who 

 make a specialty of that type have said that Sir- 

 dar's skull and muzzle are the finest seen for many 

 years. His faults are eyes of light color and some 

 looseness of elbow. 



In the show season of 1903 the crack Laverack 

 was Mr. Thomas's Rumney Racket, which, with 

 his kennel companion, Madcap, did a great deal 

 of winning. Like Highland Fleet, he pleases the 

 Llewellin men more than does the average Laver- 

 ack. He is a handsome blue belton of good size 

 and rangy conformation. Some judges think that 

 Dr. Hair's Rumney Ranger has a better head 

 than Racket, but loses in other respects. Other 

 Laveracks of beautiful heads, coats, and quality 

 have been Bracken o' Leek, Flirt o' Leek, and 

 Queen's Place Pride. Mr. Thomas has lately 

 brought over Ulverstone Rap, and this dog now 



