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gentleman chosen, in conjunction with several 

 others, to adjudicate on the merits of a certain 

 class of dogs put before them ; they ought not, 

 and are supposed not to know anything of any 

 animal before them. This is simply impossible 

 as at present managed. I will give you an in- 

 stance or two. 



Look at Kent, now I believe dead, and for- 

 merly the champion black-tan setter; he was 

 a dog without pedigree. No doubt he was a 

 fine animal, but he never got good stock as a 

 rule. I am not prepared to say he was a mon- 

 grel. I merely say he was a dog without 

 pedigree. 



When such a dog comes before the public as 

 often as he did, and took so many prizes, it was 

 impossible not to know him unless the judges 

 were changed, and then no doubt he would have 

 been immediately recognised by those who were 

 newly appointed. 



Again there was Byron, the English lemon 

 and white setter ; he was, I believe, also with- 

 out pedigree, yet he secured several prizes in 

 England, besides the gold medal in Paris. This 

 dog I have heard nothing of lately. Both were 



