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colour is blood-red, golden-chestnut, or mahogany ; 

 black should be absent ; white, however, is often found 

 upon the head, chest, neck or feet of the Irish Setter. 

 In recent years it would appear to have been the object 

 of many breeders of this class of sporting dog to eliminate 

 white, and, as far as possible, to produce dogs that are 

 wholly red. These three breeds of the Setter differ in 

 form, build, and nature of coat almost as much as in 

 colouring. 



Few people, having had experience of the Setter, will 



POINTER (AFTER GEORGE STUBBS). 



deny that this dog, like his near relative the Spaniel, is 

 entitled to be placed in the first rank for intelligence, 

 amiability, and willingness. Some Setters and Pointers 

 are trained to retrieve dead game, and this practice may 

 prove especially helpful to the one-dog man. Such 

 dogs however require to be thoroughly broken in, and to 

 be severely disciplined, or they may develop habits of 

 unsteadiness, and perhaps also a pottering style. 



In my youthful shooting days I had a great idea for 

 procuring a dog that would carry out the two functions 

 of finding the living and of retrieving the dead game. 

 A Pointer that I had for one short season was obtained 



