MR. LORT o.v SETTERS. 



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were, moulded to the breeder's will, as the dog, and, in the case under consideration, the time 

 has been more than ample to effect the change. 



It is very improbable that we have a better Setter judge than Mr. William Lort, of 

 Fron Goch Hall, Montgomeryshire, and his experience of the breed is practically unlimited. 

 We are, therefore, glad to be able to lay before our readers Mr. Lort's views upon the pro- 



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bability, and also of the desirability, of the Pointer cross, which so many believe to be largely 

 present in most strains of Setters. Mr. Lort writes thus: 



" As to the origin of the Setter, I am not so sure of the correctness of my old and valued 

 friend, Mr. H. Herbert, when he says : ' There is no doubt whatever that the true Setter is a 

 pure strain of unmixed Spaniel blood, the only improvement produced in the breed arising 

 from its judicious cultivation,' &c., &c. I am quite sure that years ago, say from forty to fifty, 

 it was no uncommon thing to get a dip of Pointer blood into the best kennels of Setters. 

 Sometimes it answered well, and though for a generation or two it diminished the coat, not 



