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character the setter should display a great amount 

 of " quality," which means a combination of 

 symmetry, as understood by the artist, with the 

 peculiar attributes of the breed under examination, 

 as interpreted by the sportsman. Thus, a setter 

 possessed of such a frame and outline, as to charm 

 the former would be considered by the sportsman 

 defective in " quality " if he possessed a curly or 

 harsh coat, or if he had a heavy head, with pendant 

 bloodhoundlike jowl and throaty neck. The general 

 outline is elegant, and very taking to the eye. 



i i t . The texture and feather of coat (value 5) 

 are much regarded, a soft silky hair without curl 

 being a sine qua non. The feather should be con- 

 siderable, and should fringe the hind as well as the 

 fore legs. 



12. The colour of coat (value 5) is not much 

 insisted on, a great variety being admitted. These 

 are as follows : Black and white ticked, with large 

 splashes, and more or less marked with black, known 

 as " blue belton ; " orange and white, ticked and 

 marked as in the blacks or blues ; liver and white, 

 ticked in a similar manner; black and white ticked, 

 with tan markings; orange or lemon and white ticked; 

 black and white ; liver and white. Pure white, black, 

 liver, and red or yellow are sometimes seen, but are 

 not desirable. 



