No Gordon Setter Cross. 



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to which this volume is dedicated. Ever since he has 

 been with us his services have been valued and useful ; 

 he has usually been kept for one purpose alone, and to 

 cross him with greyhound, setter, or bull dog would have 

 been to completely spoil him for the work for which he 

 was or is required. The gay colours, the profuse coats, 

 the long heads, the narrow skulls, and other exaggerated 

 points have been obtained by careful selection and 

 breeding, and not by the surreptitious introduction of 

 " foreign blood " of either one kind or another. The 

 modern collie is as pure a bred dog as we have, and will, 

 no doubt, continue to be so to the end of his days. 



