vi CONTENTS Continued 



CHAPTER V PAGE 69 



BUYING A DOG: The Value of Pedigree Knowledge of Earlier Generations 

 Needed Start on Equal Footing with Successful Breeders Pur- 

 chasing a Show Dog Good Dogs Costly Selecting a Puppy A 

 Good Word for Dog Dealers. 



CHAPTER VI PAGE 81 



EARLY SPANIELS AND SETTERS: The Spaniel The Setting Spaniel The 

 Individual Fields of the Setter and the Pointer The Three Breeds 

 of Setters: English, Irish, and Gordon. 



CHAPTER VII PAGE 105 



THE ENGLISH SETTER: Naworth Castle or Featherstone Castle Setters 

 Edmond Castle Setters Lord Lovat's Breed The Southesk - 

 Strains of the Earl of Seafield Breed of the Earl of Derby 

 and Lord Ossulston Lord Ossulston's Black Setters Breeds of 

 Lord Hume, Wilson Patten, and Henry Rothwell Mr Lort's 

 Setters The Welsh or Llanidloes Setter The Laveracks and 

 Their Breeding Stonehenge on the Laveracks and Llewellyns 

 Early Importations of Laveracks Pride of the Border's Progeny 

 The Era of Mr. Windholz and the Blackstone Kennels 

 The Dark Days of the "Tennessee Setters" Return to the 

 Correct Type Pedigree in Field Trial Dogs Doctor Rowe on 

 the Llewellyns Points of a Good Setter. 



CHAPTER VIII PAGE 147 

 TRAINING OF A FIELD DOG. 



CHAPTER IX PAGE 159 



THE IRISH SETTER: The History of the Irish Setter Its Existence Before 

 the Nineteenth Century Mr. Laverack on the Qualities of the 

 Irish Setter Stonehenge's Excellent Description Controversy 

 of 1866 on the Colour of Old Varieties The La Touche Setters 

 Dr. Jarvis on the Field-trials Successes of the Breed in England 

 and America Views of Dr. Davis and Mr. B. L. Clements 

 Elcho and his Descendants Past and Present Conditions of the 

 Breed in America. 



