Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-05
DEATH OF THE SETTER LoRA.
The Great Ficid-Triai Winner Dies %
Riood- Poison-Hsr Rocord.

In letter received by q gentleman in
Richmond Yesterday from Mr.. Charles
Tucker. in charge of the kennels OF Mr.
p. Loriilard. Jr., at Stanton Depot, Tenn.
DIR. Tucker communicates the sad lntehi-
peuce of the death of.ths famous EngiisA
setter Lora. the phenomenal field. trlal
winner of last season, and one OF the
grandest dogs ever produced IN America
or England. The letter says that Lora oied
on July the 31st. and that she lett Illtef
of beautiful evenly marked black. whlte.
and.tan pups. whose sire was tho field
trial winner Eugene T., brother OF Count
Gladstone. Mr. Tucker writes that the
cause of the death of the noble animal
was blood poison, and though treated by
n skilled physician and carefully nursed
il was impossible to give her any. relief,
and that she suffered intensely. In con-
clusion, he says that she was great dog
and her loss has occesloned MIN tho ueop-
est sorrow and grief.
The DIsP1TcH reproduces the following
description of Lora. which appeared IN It's
columns after the field-trials OF last season
In an article giving the history OF the
grand little English setter 1rinket, owned
and so well knowE in Richmond, and ner
famous offspring:
Lora Is black. white, and tan Her Dam "
Ruby (her dam Trinkei), and her sire is Glad-
ft0Qg9 HOy. she WAS Drcl Dy mf. luuFlbf iuIh'h
and Il owned by Mr.. Z. Loifilsrd. Jr. II Is cou-
ceded that Lora Is one Of the greatest, u not the
greatest. 6eld-trial dog OF the present season,
and all OF the sporting papers agteo that 9he Is
a dog OF the highest class. She combines
the rare qualities Of being q Rentlemans
shOoting-dog aud q leld-trial dog. LOra is
Httle sister 10 Miss RUBY ana sam
X. Gladstone. She has made the following
brilliant record this year ana III competition
with some OF the Oldest ana most noted dogs OF
the country, whose fame has been well ostab-
lished in the field trials OF former years: East
ern Field-1 rials Club, High Point N. C.-tIrst,
Ali-Age Softer stake; Philadelphia Kennel
Clubs Field-Trials, High Point, n. C.-Seconu'
All-Age Setter stake central Field-Irial Cluts,
Lexington, n. C.--first. All-Ase setter STAKE
and absolute winner An-Age STAKE (thet Is
beating the pointer tnat won first In the All-Ago
Pointer Stake); second Ia the Free-for-all stake,
In tho Ail-Age Stake Of tAe Philadelphia CiuO II
IL claimed 10y ono OF tho ludges. the Anef]oln
Field. Forest, aHa stream, Turf. Fisid, ana fdrm,
and tho New YORK Herald, whose representa-
tiVes witnessed the trial, that she was clearly
entitled ~ nrst honors instead OF second. anu
thai her work Was far superior 70 that OF Harry
G., the dog that was awarded FIRST; aud this
opiuion L. sustained by the fact that she beat
him absolutely in contests that followed.
Ia the Champion Stake OF the Eastern Trials,
al High Point she was beaten 10y tue famous
pointer kip-Raps, much older dog aud the
greatest field-lrial pointer in America; but she
put him 10 his trumps aud made a very close
call on him for the proud Title that he won,
and In the Free-for-An Stakes at Lexington she
plucked the laurels from the champions brow
by defeating him in one Of tho grandest and
hottest contests ever known IN the history OF
field trials.
In q review Of the work Of the field trials
OF last season Bernard Waters. the we'll
known writer on kennel subjects and ac-
complished reporter of field trials. sums
up his opinion Of Lora as follows:
"She possesses all the qualities of enthu-
siasm, endurance. intelligent ranging, and
working TO the gun. She manages her
point work on bevies and single birds most
skilfully. To this she adds a knowledge
which is the outcome OF q thorough CON-
prehension cf all the details of bird-shoot-
inc. When bevy or single bird flushes
she marks its course with wonderful pre-
cision, and is certain TO find 1t quickly"
Had Lora lived she would have been en-
tered in the feld-trials of the coming sea-
son, and. Judging from her brilliant work
in the past, the columns of the DIsPArcH
would no doubt, as 1T did last season, have
chronicled renewed triumphs for the IA
nous setter. Although she had made such
a splendid record, Lora was very young.
being in the Sd year of her age at the time
OF her death. In kennel and sporting cir
cles she will long be remembered, and the
heart of every sportsman In the land viii
90 out N kindly sympathy to her faithful
trainer, who brought her to such perfec-
ton. and 10 her devoted owner, who IS
Justly esteemed rs one of the truest sports
men and most devoted and liberal breed
ers Of the English setter in America.