THE SETTER 
the most enthusiastic breeder in England, if we are to judge him fairly 
by his works. He wanted to create the best group of setters possible, 
and failures did not frighten him. He studied crosses, and having decided 
in his own mind that they would prove good, proceeded to try them, 
and when they failed he discarded them for something else. He tried the 
red Irish and Laverack crosses at the same period when he was making 
the Duke -Rhoeb6 -Laverack crosses. He found the Irish -La veracks failures, 
and abandoned them. He had a great fancy for the handsome red setters, 
and spent a great deal of money on them. He bred a large number of 
these dogs, tried them thoroughly at field trials, and finally discarded 
them. Meanwhile he was having great success with his Duke-Rhoeb6- 
Laveracks, and to these he turned all his attention as a breeder.” 
Thus, in a broad way, the leading outlines of the history of the formation 
of what Mr Llewellin called ‘‘ the field trial setter.” In later years the 
Americans, in appreciation of his work, gave it the name of the Llewellin 
setter, under which name it has been known all over the continent of 
America for over thirty years. It has spread from individuals exported to 
America by Mr Llewellin, and is the leading setter of America. In Europe 
it is also known by his name. 
To enter more fully than in the above brief sketch would require more 
space than there is at command, and to give, fully, the details of the work 
done and experiments made during a long series of years would fill a 
large volume. 
About 1868 Mr Llewellin began to send his surplus dogs to America. 
L. H. Smith, of Strathray, Ontario, Canada, was the first to import, 
and took over to America a bitch named Dart, a daughter of Dora, sister 
to Dick and Dan. Luther Adams, of Boston, also imported two. For some 
years the Llewellins had to fight their way in America ; the patriotic jealousy 
of the owners of the native dogs begrudged the appearance and success of 
the foreign-bred dogs at the field trials. By 1879, at the Memphis trials, 
they won eight places out of ten, and where they were competing not 
only against all other breeds of setters, but pointers as well. By this time 
no one disputed their supremacy. They had thoroughly beaten the native 
American setter, the red Irish, the Gordon, and the pointers. Anyone 
who ran dogs against the Llewellins knew he would have to beat them to 
win. In America their superiority is firmly fixed in the minds of sports- 
men. In Europe also so much is the breed esteemed that, since they are 
unable to obtain the breed from Mr Llewellin personally, his rivals seek 
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