112 The Dog Book 



"Wilson Patten's breed, similar to the above, were very good, and 

 noted for their hardy constitutions and innate love of hard work. 



"The colour of Lord Hume's and the other of the named gentlemen's 

 breeds was a most beautiful jet black, as bright and brilliant as the blackest 

 satin. Long, low dogs, with light heads, very strong and powerful in the 

 forehand; well-bent, ragged, cat-like hind quarters, capital feet, hare 

 footed, but not too much arched at the toe. They had not a great profusion 

 of coat, but what there was, was of a first rate quality, and particularly 

 silky. 



"These dogs were exceedingly close and compact in their build, and 

 noted all through the country for their endiirance; they were good rangers 

 and very staunch." 



Mr. Lort's Setters 



Of Mr. Lort's setters Mr. Laverack does not speak from personal 

 knowledge, but from information he believed that there were none better. 

 In colour they were black and white, and lemon and white; long, silky coats; 

 hardy, enduring and good rangers. Mr. Laverack expressed his regret 

 that owing to Mr. Lort's judging so constantly at shows, he seldom ex- 

 hibited, and his setters were not known as they should have been. 



The Welsh or Llanidloes Setter 



Finally we have references to the Welsh setters, of which the Llanidloes 

 strain was then dying out. A close, compact animal, very handsome; milk- 

 white or chalk-white, as it was called in Wales, and the coats not so soft and 

 silky as the other breeds named. Another black strain is mentioned as 

 equally good, hardy and enduring. "In their own country they cannot be 

 beaten, being exactly what is required for the steep hill sides." It will be 

 well to supplement with the late Mr. Lort's description in the " Book of 

 the Dog" this scanty reference to the Welsh setters. 



"The coat of the Welsh or Llanidloes setter, or at all events of pure 

 bred ones, is as curly as the jacket of a Cotswold sheep, and not only is it 

 curly, but it is hard in texture and as unlike that of a modern fashionable 

 setter as it is possible to imagine. The colour is usually white, with occa- 

 sionally a lemon coloured patch or two about the head and ears. Many, 



