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watches. To be consistent, Doctor Rowe should have copied Stonehenge 

 and called these setters Dan-Laveracks and altered the term Llewellyn in 

 every published communication, but unfortunately he did not. 



Points of a Good Setter 



The many excellent illustrations we give of dogs known for their good 

 points is a far better education than any supposed-to-be typical drawing. 

 In all dogs there are possibilities of improvement, and in some of our illus- 

 trations of even the best dogs the reader, if he possesses the eye for symmetry 

 and proportion, will be able to detect faults in conformation. They are 

 also vastly superior to attempting to educate by the "standard" alone, 

 however clear the description of what is desirable may be. By taking the 

 standard and looking carefully at the illustrations, point by point, the 

 seeker for light will surely reach the desired end. There have been several 

 standards, more than one having been made to fit certain dogs and foist a 

 totally wrong type of setter upon breeders. Very fortunately, these never 

 met with support, each in turn being dropped, and the one which was lately 

 adopted by breeders and exhibitors of the correct type, is short, concise and 

 readily understood. It is that adopted by the English Setter Club of 

 America : 



"Head. — Should be long and lean, with a well-defined stop. The 

 skull oval from ear to ear, showing plenty of brain room, and with a well- 

 defined occipital protuberance. The muzzle moderately deep and fairly 

 square; from the stop to the point of the nose should be long, the nostrils 

 wide, and the jaws of equal length; flews not to be pendulous, but of sufficient 

 depth to give a squareness to the muzzle; the colour of the nose should be 

 black, or dark, or light liver, according to the colour of the coat. The 

 eyes should be bright, mild, and intelligent, and of a dark hazel colour — the 

 darker the better. The ears of moderate length, set on low and hanging in 

 neat folds close to the cheek; the tip should be velvety, the upper part 

 clothed with fine silky hair. 



"Neck. — Should be rather long, muscular and lean, slightly arched at 

 the crest, and clean cut where it joins the head; toward the shoulder it 

 should be larger and very muscular, not throaty, though the skin is loose 

 below the throat, elegant and blood-like in appearance. 



"Body. — Should be of moderate length, with shoulders well set back, 



