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of Gladstone from the dog's puppyhood to his 

 death. Mr. Bryson has judged at numerous 

 bench shows and field trials, and has seen 

 numbers more, besides his private shooting every 

 year, which began before there was a Llewellin 

 setter or a field trial pointer in the world. In 

 many treasured private conversations Mr. Bryson 

 has told me about the dogs he has known. When 

 I began this account of the sporting dog's devel- 

 opment in America, I at once asked Mr. Bryson 

 to make a comparative study of Llewellin setters, 

 taking Gladstone, the foundation of the Ameri- 

 can type, as the basis of comparison. The vet- 

 eran sportsman courteously agreed, and I have 

 the pleasure of putting in permanent form the 

 ripened conclusion of his varied studies. 



TRIAL WINNERS AS SHOOTING DOGS 



By Mr. Harry R. Edwards of Cleveland 



Some ten years ago Mr. H. K. Devereux and I 

 went to Mason, Tennessee, at the invitation of 

 Dr. Maclin. We had borrowed four dogs. Like 

 most shooting dogs, they were worthless. 



Mr. Devereux had a dog called Spot Cash, one 

 of the great Vanguard-Georgia Belle litter, in 

 the hands of George Gray. We went to Grand 

 Junction to see Spot Cash run, and took Dr. 

 Maclin with us, as Devereux had purchased Spot 

 Cash from the doctor. 



