& —_ Varieties of the Dog. 
As his name implies, the setter crouches, sits, or sets his 
game, a qualification which is carefully estimated by 
experienced judges. If he stands at his game, the fault 
is supposed to be derived from the pointer. 
The English setter is longer and more open in his frame 
than the pointer, and has a proportionally longer stride in 
all his paces. He is capable of harder work than that dog, 
and as his toes are clothed with hair in the intervals between 
them, he is not so liable to become “‘foot-sore,” either from 
very dry or very wet ground. In regard to nose, there is 
much difference of opinion, but I am inclined to believe 
that the setter has a slight advantage in this respect. 
When well bred, the setter is as easily broken as the 
pointer, to the point and back, but-he is seldom quite as 
tractable in regard to the other elements of his education, 
and is, moreover, more apt to forget his lessons than his 
smooth competitor in the shooting-field. ‘These remarks, 
however, apply more to the setter of the early part of 
this century than to the dog of the present day, which is 
a great improvement upon his ancestors. 
The head is lighter than the pointer’s, and narrower 
across the ears, but equally high at the forehead. The 
nose is long, and shows a slight tendegcy to fall inwards 
towards the eyes, the corners of which should be not 
less than four inches from its tip. This should be broad, 
with large open nostrils, well bedewed with moisture. and 
of a dark colour. Teeth level, and without the slightest 
tendency to the “snipe” form. Lips full at the angles, 
but not pendulous even to the extent allowable in the 
pointer. Ears must be about 6 inches long, set on low 
and well forward, carried without any approach to the 
prick shape, and rounded at the lower edges. Eyes 
large, but not protruding, and beaming with love of ap- 
probation and intelligence. Neck long, thin, and slightly 
arched above, but showing a clean-cut line where it joins 
the head. Value of these points : head, 10; nose, 10; 
neck, 5 ; ears, 5— total, 30. 
The frame and outline, though different to the eye of 
the judge from that of the pointer, cannot be separated 
from the latter by any verbal description, except that the 
