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dog, but take him on a 'two-day' trip and he wasn't 

 in it on the second day, while the Blue Caps would 

 have to be pulled out with a lead. Mr. Kreuder 

 afterwards ran Jack at the National and New Eng- 

 land trials, but he won nothing except the special 

 for novice. I had a dozen Blue Cap bred ones at 

 the time that could beat him, both in voice and hunt- 

 ing. I sold most of his get South. I have one dog, 

 a litter brother to Blue Jacket, that is good. Elora 

 Blue Belle, the dam of Blue Jacket, was a 12 inch 

 dark blue ticked bitch, very cobby built, with lots 

 of character and quality, which came from the 

 Rowett blood in her dam. I started to make a 

 champion of her but got up against a game that 

 made me sick. She was a grand breeder, but has 

 now gone where good dogs go. I was going to give 

 you the history of her dam and grand dam, but find 

 I am using up all my time without saying anything 

 about Crowner. Unfortunately I never saw that 

 dog. I saw his dam, Betty, at Detroit show in 

 1887, a few days before she whelped him. She was 

 a typical Bowett and way ahead of her class, but 

 was turned down for being in whelp. Just why 

 that is considered a fault, I never could find out. 

 I wouldn't hesitate to buy a bitch in that state, and, 

 why not judge her, too? I have Betty's record 

 somewhere but cannot lay my hand on it just now. 



