PART II. 



IDOO-S. 



BOOK I. 

 DOGS USED WITH THE GUN. 



CHAPTER I. 

 SETTERS. 



GENERAL EEMARKS THE ENGLISH SETTER THE BLACK AND TAN OR 

 GORDON SETTER THE IRISH SETTER. 



GENEEAL EEMAEKS. 



H E four divisions of the United Kingdom may be said to have each a 

 breed of setters peculiar to itself, though of late years many of each 

 variety have been distributed beyond the limits of their respective 

 districts. The English setter may be taken as the true type of the 

 breed, next to which comes the Irish setter, while the old Llanidloes, or 

 Welsh breed, retain more of the spaniel character. Their curly waterproof coats 

 are, however, admirably suited to the wet climate of their native hills. It is said, 

 and I think probably with truth, that the Scotch or Gordon setter is crossed with 

 the bloodhound, which gives the comparatively heavy head and long folding ears 

 often shown by him, and at the same time accounts for the delicacy of his nose and 

 for the coarseness of his coat. At all events, his appearance is not so typical as' 

 that of the English and Irish breeds. The Gordons are now usually described as 

 black and tans, to avoid the disputes as to the breeding of the several entries, 

 for while there is no doubt that many black -tans are not true Gordons, it is also 

 indisputable that many true Gordons are black, white, and tan. Similar remarks 

 may apply to the Irish setter, but he has not been treated in the same way, though, 

 no doubt, a red setter of English breed, without any Irish blood, if exhibiting 

 the desired points in perfection, would win in an Irish class. I must, however, 

 take things as I find them, and describe the setter according to the definition given 



