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cared little about dogs, and she was nearly always 

 either too fat or otherwise below herself in looks. 

 Mr. Mortimer lifted her into the highest honors 

 at the Kansas City show in 1900. She was put 

 down there in perfect condition. He gave her a 

 special for the best setter, beneath her being 

 Highland Fleet, Albert's Woodcock, Sue H., 

 Vic's Vic, and others of a very strong English 

 setter class. I have not a catalogue of that show 

 at hand, but my recollection is that the Irish 

 setters, Champion Ben Law and Champion Lord 

 Lismore, were in the list which she beat. In 

 the special for the best dog of any breed in the 

 show, Mr. Mortimer hesitated some time between 

 her and the Great Dane, Sandor vom Inn, finally 

 picking Sandor, putting her above quite a list of 

 clever winners. 



The other dog to which I refer is Topgallant, 

 a large blue belton, w^eighing, I learn, over sixty 

 pounds. Mr. Mortimer picked him for emphatic 

 praise at the Chicago show of 1901, though the 

 dog did not get a ribbon from the judge. Top- 

 gallant won the North American Club Derby in 

 the fall of 1900. He is said to be a magnificent 

 bird dog, and he is certainly most impressive in 

 appearance, though I have never called him a 

 bench-show dog under the usual standards. He 

 is owned by Mr. H. Marshall Graydon of London, 

 Ontario. He is a grandson of Champion Monk 



