50 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



terns should be nearly upright and large, knees large, 

 forelegs upright, and in a standing position, the legs 

 should be like good forelegs in a Horse, the feet slightly 

 in advance of straight, the hocks strong, set a little in, 

 if any deviation from a straight line. The stern of a 

 Setter, like that of a Spaniel, should be carried as much 

 as possible in a line with the backbone. The undulat- 

 ing sweep upwards, if exaggerated, would become a 

 serious fault. A Setter's stern cannot well be too 

 straight, and it should never be too long or it cannot be 

 carried handsomely. The stern looks better when the 

 ' feather ' commences near the root of the tail and goes 

 off gradually to nothing at the tip. A tail blunt, or 

 clubbed, is very objectionable. The coat should be of 

 the finest silky texture, moderately waved, but devoid of 

 curl. There may be an inclination in the coat to part 

 down the back. Colours in order of merit: I. Blue 

 mottle, or Belton greys, which stand work and are 

 better than; 2. Orange and white and lemon and 

 white; 3. black and white ; 4. pure white; 5. pure 

 black; 6. fawn or yellow; 7. liver colour or liver 

 and white, which last too often indicates a cross with 

 the Pointer or Water Spaniel. 



" The Gordon Setter. The points of excellence in 

 the Gordon, closely resemble those of the English 

 Setter, but, I may observe, that the great features 

 of true Gordon blood are, that they can go much longer 

 without water than the generality of Setters, and that 

 they show more variety in their attitude on ' the point/ 

 The length of their shoulders, their large bone, and 



