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other an orange and white. However, the pedigrees 

 of Dash II. and Moll III. the latter black, white, and 

 tan, both great, great grandchildren of the original 

 brace are fully set out in his book, and, of course, 

 cannot be gainsaid. It is, however, strange that the 

 black, tan, and whites, and the liver and whites, of 

 the same " pure " strains did not come out until the 

 later generations, nor, until actually pressed upon 

 the point,. did he acknowledge that a liver and white 

 puppy was the genuine article. 



His friend Rothwell, who had the use of the 

 bes't Laveracks for breeding purposes, wrote him 

 that one of his puppies was liver and white. To 

 this a reply came to the effect that it was all 

 right, and that the colour came back from a 

 strain of the " Edmond Castle" breed, Cumberland, 

 which he had introduced about thirty years before ! 

 Rather a peculiar period for a cross to remain in 

 abeyance before it came out, and which no scientist 

 would believe possible. It is extremely likely that, 

 up to a comparatively late date, Mr. Laverack 

 crossed with the Cumberland and Northumberland 

 dogs, most of which were liver and white ; and so 

 we have that colour in the setter to this day, and 

 there it will remain. Fifteen years or more ago I 

 saw several of these liver and white dogs that had 

 more than a tendency to the top knot, which was a 



