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 Vlll — 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 1 866 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. 



