CHAPTER VII 



ENGLISH SETTERS 



Laverack's Breeding Operations — Ordinary Breeding — 

 Champion Dogs — The Sex-Relationship — English 

 Setters in America. 



TN 1825 Edward Laverack of England 

 * bought a brace of setters, Ponto and 

 Moll, a dog and a bitch. Forty years later 

 he had the best setters in the world. Writers, 

 commenting on these dogs, have credited 

 Laverack with being the greatest breeder who 

 ever lived. How did he do it? How did 

 Laverack get the best setters in the world 

 from a stray pair he purchased from a 

 neighbor? 



When he was old Laverack published a 



small book on his setters, and contemporary 



literature gives certain other information. 



When these are carefully analyzed it is found 



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