46 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



well ribbed up at the loin, forelegs dead straight, set 

 well in under the dog, heavy in bone, the feet being 

 round and compact, hind quarters powerful, the stifle 

 being a little turned out and the hocks well let down, 

 tail rather short and tapering to the tip, coat mod- 

 erately fine. Colours: liver and white, lemon and 

 white, black, or black and liver ticked. 



SETTERS 



The English Setter. The elegant family known by 

 the above title, are divided into three branches, called 

 respectively English, Gordon and Irish; each have their 

 body of supporters, and many very beautiful specimens 

 of them all are to be seen at out best shows. Perhaps 

 Birmingham lays itself out most for the sporting dog 

 classes, but now, when there are so many large exhibi- 

 tions held in various parts of the United Kingdom, the 

 same dogs are more often seen at the various places. 

 The following descriptions of each of the three branches 

 of the family, are taken from notes communicated by a 

 well known gentleman in the doggy world, to a work on 

 dogs published some seventy-five years since. " The 

 head of the English Setter should not be so heavy as 

 the Pointer's, nor so wide across the ears. There 

 should be at least four inches from the inner corner of 

 the eye to the point of the nose. In many first class 

 dogs, there is half an inch more. The nasal bone 

 should be rather depressed in the centre and slightly 

 raised at the nostrils. The nose and nostrils large, 



