GLASSY EYE — GORDON SETTER 



Glassy Eye. — The eyes of many dogs when the animals 

 grow old assume a bluish, glazed appearance, and the 

 vision becomes impaired. There is nothing that can be 

 done to remedy it, though in the case of younger animals 

 similar trouble occasionally appears as the result of a cold, 

 in which case professional advice should be sought. 



Gordon Setter. — To the infinite regret of many shooting 

 men of the old school, the Gordon setter has of late years 

 steadily lost ground in the estimation of the sportsman of 

 the day. Forty or fifty years ago he occupied a very 

 different position, and was in especial request amongst 

 elderly sportsmen, as though his powers of scent are of the 

 highest, and he is a paragon of staunchness, the Gordon 

 lacks the pace of his English and Irish relatives, and there- 

 fore is peculiarly adapted to shooting men whose forte 

 is not activity. The breed derives its name from the 

 Scottish seat of the Duke of Richmond, and a century ago 

 no setter was more highly prized than one which came 

 direct from Gordon Castle. The prevailing colours were 

 black tan and white, and black-and-tan, though of late 

 years only the latter are to be found ; and it may be added 

 that a former Duke of Richmond, in the earlier part of the 

 nineteenth century, introduced the blood of the collie into 

 his strain through the medium of a remarkably clever 

 bitch, whose intelligence attracted him. 



The head of the Gordon setter is heavier than that 

 of either the English or Irish breeds, and rather broad 

 between the ears, slightly rounded, and with the occipital 

 bone well pronounced ; the muzzle being long and large. 

 The eyes are very bright, and sometimes show the haw ; the 

 correct ear being of fair length, covered with silky hair, 

 and carried close to the sides of the head, but in some well- 

 bred dogs they are, comparatively speaking, short. The 

 neck is of fair length, and rather heavy looking ; the chest 

 fairly wide and of good depth ; the body large and massive 

 looking when compared with that of the English or Irish 



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