The Black and Tan (or Gordon) Setter. 337 



Field Trials in 1892 that did not come off, nor have 

 any of the cups offered by the club for competition 

 at the Kennel Club Trials yet obtained entries. As 

 a fact, on the show bench, almost all the prizes are 

 won by the very handsome dogs that have been 

 introduced by Mr. R. Chapman, of Glenboig, Scot- 

 land. For many years he has taken considerable 

 pains to produce neat animals. Those he shows us 

 now, are very perfect specimens, and, as a rule, do 

 not display the slightest trace of either bloodhound 

 or collie cross. They are of the accepted black and 

 tan colour, free from white, and in their prime, 

 peculiarly rich and bright in their markings. I 

 fancy to them we must look for any improvement 

 that may be made in this variety, and with the 

 assistance of the Gordon Setter Club in their 

 popularisation. Mr. Chapman, who speaks highly 

 of his strain as field dogs, considers them quite 

 equal to any other race of setter he has ever used. 

 It may be said that Mr. Chapman annually lets out 

 teams of dogs for the moors, and his general 

 surroundings and tastes allow him to speak with 

 some authority on the subject. Still, we know that 

 everybody's geese are swans and every man's dog 

 the best. 



Colonel Le Gendre Starkie, at Huntroyde Hall, 

 near Burnley, Lancashire, has given considerable 



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