The Black and Tan (or Gordon) Setter. 333 



Light eyes were not allowed on any account, nor 

 snipy noses. As workmen they were undeniable, 

 and when the writer in question used them on the 

 moors twenty-five or thirty years ago, they could 

 easily have held their own with any modern cracks. 



"The late Mr. Jubb, who had the care of the 

 Gordon Castle setters for many years, could break a 

 dog to perfection ; the strain, though, was easy to 

 break, and naturally backed well. They were not 

 fast, but excellent in staying powers, keeping on 

 steadily from morn till night, had good noses, and 

 seldom made a false point." The same writer goes 

 on to say, " As to the original colour, I had the 

 particulars from an old man named Bill Rogers, who 

 was about the kennel at Gordon Castle before the 

 battle of Waterloo (this would be a very, very early 

 period of the formation of the kennels), that the dogs 

 were black and tan, black tan and white ; liver and 

 white (and sometimes lemon or orange and white), 

 the black and tans, which often had white feet and 

 chests, predominating." 



Another authority, who often saw the Gordon 

 Castle dogs, and was acquainted with Jubb, the 

 head keeper, viz., Mr. E. Laverack, said that these 

 setters were black, tan, and white. 



Seemingly most of the noted kennels in Scotland 

 had obtained their dogs, at one time or another, from 



