41 S DOGS USED FOR SPORT. 



are limited to a small kennel, he is an invaluable aid to the gun. 

 His style of going is very beautiful, with head well up and feeling 

 for the body scent ; he has a free action of the shoulders, hind-legs 

 brought well under him, and a merry lashing of the flag on the 

 slightest indication of scent — often, indeed, without it. His advo- 

 cates contend that he is as steady as any other setter when once 

 broken, but, as far as my experience goes, I scarcely think this 

 position can be maintained. Neither Plunket nor any that I have 

 seen of Mr. Purcell Llewellyn's breeding, nor indeed any of those 

 which I have had out in private, have been always reliable, and I 

 fear that, like almost all other setters of such high courage, it 

 must be admitted that he requires work to keep him in a state of 

 control fit for immediate use with the gun. In this respect, and 

 indeed in delicacy of nose, both the English and Irish setter must 

 yield to the black and tan of the best strains ; but to do the same 

 amount of work, at least a double team of the last mentioned 

 must be kept. 



POINTS IN JUDGING. 



Head 20 



Neck 5 



Legs 5 



Feet 5 



Stern S 



Shoulders 15 



Back 10 



Loins 10 



Hind-quarters 15 



Color 10 



— 100 



THE BLACK AND TAN (OR GORDON) SETTER. 



The general opinion is that the Gordon setter owes its origin to 

 Irish blood, which in a measure is substantiated by the fact that 

 red pups often make their appearance, even when bred from the 

 most reliable strains, and there is no doubt that setters in general 

 were originally manufactured from the spaniel; but whether the 

 color of the Gordon is derived from the black spaniel or the Scotch 

 colley, is a query that cannot now be easily answered. The curl 

 in his coat could not have resulted from his taking the water. A 

 curly coat is a great fault in the setter of any breed, and would be 

 dead against one on the show bench. Of this strain of dogs, Mr. 

 Walsh says, in London ''Field" : 



The black-tan setter, until the institution of shows, was com- 



