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THE SETTER. 
Fins in the list of sporting dogs, without a moment's 
hesitation, I place the Setter. 
For—although the pointer possesses many excellen- 
cies, among others greater docility, or rather, perhaps, 
greater retention of what he has learned, with less inclina- 
tion to run riot and require partial rebreaking, after he 
has long lain idle, than the setter—which qualities cer- 
tainly render him preferable for very young shooters, or 
for residents of cities who shoot but a few days in the 
