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In breeding Setters, if superior field performances are 

 the qualities to be attained, the rules for guidance are 

 simple. Breed only to dogs of the highest individual 

 merit. Breeding to a poor dog, simply because his brother, 

 or other blood relation, is a known good performer, is the 

 most fallacious theory in breeding. The poor dog is much 

 more predisposed to transmit the poor qualities which he 

 has than the good qualities of his related blood which he 

 has not. By such course, the best strain can be, in time, 

 rendered utterly worthless. Without this care in selection, 

 or material of the proper quality to select from, but little 

 progress, if any, can be made in improving the stock. The 

 Setter, being a working dog, should be bred on as near a 

 working type as possible a type which admits of a com- 

 bination of speed, strength, and endurance. The elegant 

 racing-lines of the Greyhound admit of the exercise of great 

 speed, but it can not be sustained for any comparatively 

 great length of time. The Setter requires a symmetrical 

 but stronger construction, the demands of his work requir- 

 ing that he should be able to work all day, or several days 

 in succession, at a reasonably fast pace. Gradually, how- 

 ever, the breed of English Setters has been diverging into 

 two types one encouraged by bench shows, the other by 

 the demands of practical field sportsmen. The former is of 

 a cobbier type, with a preference for a needless profusion 



Jester, St. George's, Del. ; T. Donoglme, La Salle, 111. ; John Bolus, Wooster, 

 Ohio ; Edward Dexter, Buzzard's Bay, Mass. ; P, Henry O'Bannon, Sperry- 

 ville, Va.; Thomas Johnson, Winnipeg, Man.; Dr. J. E. Hair, Bridgeport, 

 Conn.; Davey & Richards, London, Ont.; N. B. Nesbitt, Chesterville, Miss.; 

 P. H. &D. Bryson, Memphis, Tenn.; W. C. Kennerly, White Post, Va.; F. 

 Windholz, 528 Sixth avenue, New York City; Dr. N. Rowe, editor American 

 Field, Chicago, 111.; George W. Neal, Westville, Conn.; the Item Kennels, 

 Bethlehem, Penn. ; H. F. Schellhass, No. 6 Brevoort Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; 

 S. Gardner, box 160, Mount Vernon, N. Y ; Dr. H. Clay Glover, 1293 Broad- 

 way, New York City; Gen. W. B. Shattuck, Cincinnati, Ohio; Hempstead 

 Farm Kennels, Hempstead, L. I. ; Rosecroft Kennels, 102 Chambers street, New 

 York City; J. E. Dager, Toledo, Ohio; S. L. Boggs, 91 Fifth avenue, Pitts- 

 burgh, Penn. ; and Cohannett Kennels, Easton, Mass. There are many others 

 that I should like to mention, but it is impossible, for want of space, to give 

 anything like a complete list. ED. 



