1 82 The Sporting Dog 



look for Tony Boy, Count Gladstone IV, Rod- 

 field, or one of their sons. If you wish to be sure 

 of having a first-rate, genuine, determined bird 

 dog be sure to have Marie's Sport or Prince Luci- 

 fer blood close up. I am inclined to place great 

 faith in Prince Lucifer blood, since every dog 

 I ever saw which typed after that sire was good. 

 Not to mention such field trial winners as Sport's 

 Solomon, Sport's Boy, Sport's Lady, and Dash 

 Antonio, all having Lucifer dams, I can cite the 

 case of a dog by a son of Prince Lucifer, which I 

 owned and afterwards sent down to Maryland. 

 He w^as a genuine bird dog through and through, 

 and was one of the few which always retrieved on 

 the run, perfectly willing to retrieve, but cheer- 

 fully anxious to get through with it and go about 

 his hunting again. There was something spar- 

 kling and soldierly about this dog, which especially 

 attracted everybody who saw him work. 



Recognizing an appearance of inconsistency, 

 considering what has been said in this volume in 

 praise of the many superior public winners of 

 such breeding, the author should caution ama- 

 teurs who contemplate the purchase of young 

 Llewellin setters of the fashionable blood repre- 

 sented by the descendants of Count Gladstone 

 IV and Roderigo. In the characteristic sub- 

 families of that blood about two puppies out 

 of five will be attractive dogs. The best are 



