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liver-and-vvhite pointer, from a Jingo — Dot's Pearl 

 — sire and a dam tracing to Croxteth and 

 Sensation ; Jeff, a white-black-tan Llewellin, by 

 Sport's Gath, dam by Cincinnatus's Pride ; Lucy, 

 a Llewellin, by Count Whitestone out of a Marie's 

 Sport dam ; Susan, an orange-and-white pointer, 

 by a son of Rip Rap ; Bricks, an orange bel- 

 ton Laverack of unusual speed showing, and an 

 experiment. 



We decided that it would be best to take them 

 where they had never seen the ground and run 

 them in braces. The spot was an open stretch 

 of pasture and wheat land in Illinois; no better 

 bird country for trying out dogs in the late 

 summer. 



First Dan and Lucy went down. For fifteen 

 minutes we watched and followed them. 



" Well, what do you say ? Dan's a good pup, 

 but I don't quite like his style." 



" No ; nor I. He's the best bird dog of the 

 bunch. Isn't he a serious chap 1 No play with 

 Dan. He's as sure and stanch as any old dog, 

 and he has speed. But he isn't quite fast enough 

 to be a whirlwind, and he carries his head down 

 level with his shoulders, and his tail is like a 

 stick tacked on his hips ; he's all dog, and I want 

 to have the finishing of him, but I'm not crazy 

 about his chances in a Derby." 



" Lucy, the little fraud, could do the trick if she 



