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of size and appearance to me. Of course I 

 wouldn't care to be on record as saying that I do 

 not admire the long square-muzzled, gazelle-eyed, 

 silky-haired beauties, but I wouldn't feed the 

 handsomest that ever bustled on this fitful earth 

 that wasn't a worker in the field. 



LATER LLEWELLINS COMPARED WITH GLADSTONE 



By Mr. P. H. Bryson of Memphis 



Having seen the first field trial ever held in the 

 United States and next to the last (at Grand 

 Junction, January 20, 1903), and most of those 

 held at intervening dates, owning no dogs now, 

 and not being interested in any that are bred, 

 what I say about English setters is an unbiassed 

 opinion. This opinion has been formed after 

 many years attending bench shows and field trials 

 and breeding English setters. 



Starting with my ownership of Gladstone, con- 

 ceded to be superlative by almost all those who 

 saw him, and taking him as my standard to judge 

 those that followed him, I would state that from a 

 field trial standpoint, in short heats of one to two 

 hours, I have seen dogs I thought his equals. 

 These dogs were used only as field trial dogs, run 

 in short heats, and always kept on edge for ex- 

 hibition purposes. Gladstone was used during 

 the shooting season on all day or longer hunts, 



