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and heavier lips. The ears are also some- 

 what longer, and the eyes frequently show 

 the haw. The black should be as jet, and 

 entirely free from white. The tan on the 

 cheeks and over the eyes, on the feet and 

 pasterns, should be bright and clearly 

 denned, and the feathering on the forelegs 

 and thighs should also be a rich dark 

 mahogany tan. 



IV. Other Types The old Welsh, or 

 Llanidloes, Setter is now practically extinct. 

 It was as curly in the coat as a Cotswold 

 sheep. The colour was usually white, with 

 occasionally a lemon-tinted patch or two 

 about the head and ears. The head was 

 longer in proportion to its size and less 

 refined than that of the English variety. 

 The stern was curly and clubbed, without 

 feather. Formerly there existed a jet black 

 Welsh Setter, an excellent worker, now as 

 extinct as the dodo. 



Formerly, also, there was a liver and 

 white type much favoured in the North of 

 England, and particularly in the Carlisle 

 district ^the " pure old Edward Castle 

 breed." 



At Beaudesert, the residence of the 

 Marquis of Anglesey, there was treasured a 

 strain known as the Anglesey Setter, a light, 

 active, very narrow breed of dog, with 

 sparse chest capacity, though deep in ribs. 

 These dogs were somewhat leggy, and had 

 the habit of standing with their forelegs 

 and feet close together. They were constitu- 

 tionally delicate, but as long as they were 

 cultivated they showed great pace in the field. 

 In colour they were mostly black, white, and 

 tan, and, though not so smooth and flat in 

 coat as the modern Setter, they were yet not 

 so curly as the Welsh breed above referred to. 



In the years between 1870 and 1880 the 

 Laverack and Llewellin strains were highly 

 popular in England. The first were bred by 

 Mr. Edward Laverack, of Whitchurch, in 

 Shropshire. They were ticked with black, 

 blue, or lemon. It was in 1874 that Mr. 

 Laverack began to export his dogs to the 

 United States. " I have a demand from 

 America for more than I can sell," he 

 wrote in a letter to his friend Rothwell, 

 " but they are the best, and I guarantee all I 



send bred by me." So many did he send, 

 indeed, that it seems that at one juncture 

 he was reduced to the possession of " only 

 one old brood bitch," which he feared was 

 " too old to breed." He therefore intro- 

 duced stock from other kennels. Formerly 

 he had despised the Cumberland liver and 

 whites, but now he called them " the pure 

 old Edward Castle breed," and professed 

 that they were as good as the blues, which 

 he infused with their alien blood. Mr. 

 Llewellin's Setters, of a slightly different 

 type, were also largely drawn upon by 

 American owners and breeders. 



At the present time in Great Britain we 

 seldom hear the names referred to in con- 

 nection with our Setters, but in the United 

 States what are now known as the American 

 Laveracks and Llewellins occupy a promi- 

 nent place at shows and field trials, and it 

 may be added that for these purposes, as 

 well as for work with the gun, the American 

 varieties are by competent judges regarded 

 as being capable of holding their own with 

 the best of our British Setters. 



Amongst the oldest and most successful 

 owners of Setters who have consistently 

 competed at field trials may be mentioned 

 Colonel Cotes, whose Prince Frederick was 

 probably the most wonderful backer ever 

 known. Messrs. Purcell-Llewellyn, W. Ark- 

 wright, Elias and James Bishop, F. C. Lowe, 

 J. Shorthose, G. Potter and S. Smale, who 

 may be considered the oldest Setter judges, 

 and who have owned dogs whose prowess in 

 the field has brought them high reputation. 

 Mr. B. J. Warwick has within recent years 

 owned probably more winners at field trials 

 than any other owner, one of his best being 

 Compton Bounce. Captain Heywood Lons- 

 dale has on several occasions proved the 

 Ightfield strain to be staunch and true, as 

 witness the doughty deeds of Duke of that 

 ilk, and the splendid success he achieved 

 at the grouse trials in Scotland, July, 1906, 

 with his Ightfield Rob Roy, Mack, and Dot, 

 the first-named winning the all-aged stake, 

 and the others being first and third in the 

 puppy stake. Mr. Herbert Mitchell has 

 been another good patron of the trials, and 

 has won many important stakes, his latest 



