Modern Breaking 



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traits of their hound ancestry. Setters are 

 descended from the spaniels, and generally 

 display all of their lovable qualities. 



So far as the beauty of the two breeds^ is con- 

 cerned, that is solely a matter of taste, and 

 about difference in tastes there can be no dis- 

 pute. There is something distinctive and breedy 

 about a clean-cut, statuesque pointer, and there 

 is no animal more attractive than an animated, 

 silky-coated, soft-eyed setter. 



