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may be said to come next on the list, and these 
three qualities may be considered the cardinal 
virtues. Scarcely less desirable is endurance, 
which some breeds of dogs naturally possess in a 
greater degree than others; all in good health 
and physically well developed may, however, ac- 
quire it under a judicious system of training. 
Style and dash are to a very great extent gifts by 
inheritance. The same may be said of speed and 
range, which are yet largely propagated by culti- 
vation ; the former, it is true, is not as requisite 
in the setter and pointer as in some other breeds 
of sporting dogs. We have already discussed 
retrieving and estimated its value. 
The question of superiority between the pointer 
and setter is one on which sportsmen are at 
variance, and it doubtless will ever remain unset- 
tled excepting in individual minds. It may be 
fairly said that there is but little to choose 
between the two for field work. Some consider 
that the pointer is the setter’s equal under all 
couditions; the latter is, however, better fitted for 
low countries, abounding in lakes and marshes, 
and he is, J think, Icss sensitive to cold. In the 
upland, hilly, and undulating portions of the 
