THE AMERICAN GORDON SETTER. 87 



Always make it a rule in breeding a bitch to have her in 

 whelp when some of our game birds are in season, so that you 

 can shoot over her and let her enjoy the pleasure of finding 

 game. Never breed a bitch, no matter how handsome she 

 may be, unless she is broken, and has shown all the requi- 

 sites of a first-class field dog. The same rule that applies 

 to a bitch must apply to the dog. Never, under any cir- 

 cumstances, breed to a dog or bitch simply because they 

 have won several prizes at bench shows. I have known 

 some of the bench-show champions to be the vilest duffers 

 afield, and some so gun-shy that the sight of a gun would 

 make them run for miles to get to a place of hiding. This 

 I know to be a fact, and it is true of some of the winning 

 Gordon, English, and Irish Setters, as well as of Pointers; 

 so be careful in your selection of sire and dam. 



When your bitch is in whelp, give her gentle exercise 

 each day, up to the day she is due to whelp; feed her on soft 

 food, a little raw beef -liver each day, up to the time she 

 whelps. After whelping, give her boiled rump-beef, soup, 

 vegetables, and table-scraps. Feed her well. 



When the puppies are about nine or eleven days old, 

 their eyes will open. When they are four weeks old, begin 

 to feed them, as it helps to take the strain off the mother, 

 and helps them to gain strength. You will almost see them 

 grow. 



At this age, if there are symptoms of worms, as there are 

 likely to be, give each puppy half a teaspoonful, once a 



first, New York, 1889; first, Troy, 1889; first, Albany, 1889; first, Utica, 1889; 

 first, Rochester, 1889; first, Chicago, 1889; second, Philadelphia, 1889; first, 

 Toledo, 1889; first, Elmira, 1889; first, Danbury, Conn., 1889; second, New 

 York, 1890; first, Chicago, 1890; first, Rochester, 1890; first, Boston, 1890; 

 first, Buffalo, 1890. 



Special winnings: Special, New York, 1884; special, Toledo, 1888, for best 

 sporting dog or bitch in show; special, Buffalo and Syracuse, 1888; special, 

 Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Philadelphia, 1889; Toledo, 1889, for best Gordon Setter 

 dog or bitch in show, for best sporting dog in show, for best Setter or Pointer 

 in show, for best Gordon, English, or Irish Setter in show; special, Chicago, 

 Rochester, Baltimore, and Boston, 1890; Buffalo, 1890, for best Gordon dog in 

 show. ED. 



