Irish and Gordon Setters 109 



champion Downham Victor, brought out in the 

 New York show of 1902. 



In 1890 the Gordon Setter Club ran a field 

 trial stake in connection with one of the South- 

 ern trials. It was not a success in either entries 

 or character of performance. The winner of 

 first was Bendigo, Beaumont second, and Belmont 

 third. In 1893 there was a Gordon setter trial 

 at Freetown, Massachusetts. Again the starters 

 were few and the performance by no means brill- 

 iant. The Derby winner was Mr. Arnold's Don, 

 Pearle's Jolly G. winning the all-age stake. 



There have always been enough Gordons to 

 furnish a few good specimens for the leading 

 bench shows, but as a general fact they have 

 become in number of comparatively little impor- 

 tance. Their fine noses and accurate work on 

 single birds have retained for them a few patrons, 

 and that is about the sum of what can be said of 

 them as field dogs on American game. 



