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ment that at no very remote date a cross with the 

 collie had been found useful. The latter may have 

 been the case, the former more likely ; and, as blood- 

 hounds were not uncommonly used in some localities 

 in Scotland for hunting the roe, no difficulty would 

 be experienced in quietly putting a bitch to such a 

 hound, and no one be any the wiser. The collie 

 cross, some writers have said, could be plainly traced 

 in the strains of many modern Gordon setters; in 

 quite as many, the bloodhound cross may be more 

 strongly noticed in the shape of head and general 

 expression. 



At Tattersall's, in July, 1837, five and a half brace 

 of setters from Gordon Castle, and most of them 

 black, white, and tans, were sold by auction, reaching 

 417 guineas, an excellent price. The highest 

 figures were given by Lord Chesterfield for young 

 Regent and Crop, they reaching 72 guineas and 60 

 guineas respectively, although the latter had had one 

 of her ears eaten off by a ferret. Lord Douglas gave 

 56 guineas for Saturn ; Mr. Martyn 106 guineas for 

 a leash of bitches, and Lord Abercorn and the Duke 

 of Richmond paid 34 guineas each for a dog and a 

 bitch. This was but a draft from the kennels, for 

 others had been privately purchased by the then 

 Dukes of Abercorn and Argyle, and Viscount Boling- 

 broke got some likewise. This sale took place on 



