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poorly raised and did not have the nourishment 

 he needed when growing. Hence he had not the 

 strength of a dog better treated when a puppy. 

 Then he came in contact with Sue, one of the 

 best as well as one of the most cunning dogs on 

 birds that ever entered a field. Her experience 

 and cunning, she having more of both when Gath 

 was hunted with her, caused Gath to run " under 

 a hack " when he met her and others in Mr. 

 Short's hands, who handled Gath in his second 

 year. I saw Gath and Gladstone in all-day hunts, 

 and Gladstone never turned a trick but Gath was 

 ready with the next. 



Roderigo I regarded as rating close up to Gath 

 as a field trial dog. Like most of the sons of 

 Count Noble, he would false point considerably 

 when he was tired. He had the dash and vim of 

 Gladstone on game. Gath, on the other hand, 

 had the speed and range of any dog, and worked 

 like a well-oiled piece of machinery; and in his 

 maturity would go away from Sue and dogs that 

 had met him as an inexperienced puppy. Nothing 

 seemed to rufifle him then, and he always carried 

 his head to work with his heels. Unlike Sue, he 

 never used his brains to rob an opponent of any 

 honest work, but he needed no coaching to do his 

 work well. His dying young was a great loss to 

 setter breeders. 



Gath's Mark was another great dog showing 



