vi CONTENTS—Continued 
CHAPTER V—PAGE 69 
Buyinc a Doc: The Value of Pedigree—Knowledge of Earlier Generations 
Needed—Start on Equal Footing with Successful Breeders—Pur- 
chasing a Show Dog—Good Dogs Costly—Selecting a Puppy—A 
Good Word for Dog Dealers. 
CHAPTER VI—PAGE 81 
Earty SpANIELS AND SETTERS: The Spaniel—The Setting Spaniel—The 
Individual Fields of the Setter and the Pointer—The Three Breeds 
of Setters: English, Irish, and Gordon. 
CHAPTER VII—PAGE 105 
Tue Encutsu SetTER: Naworth Castle or Featherstone Castle Setters— 
Edmond Castle Setters—Lord Lovat’s Breed—The Southesk— 
Strains of the Earl of Seafield—Breed of the Earl of Derby 
and Lord Ossulston—Lord Ossulston’s Black Setters—Breeds of 
Lord Hume, Wilson Patten, and Henry Rothwell—Mr Lort’s 
Setters—The Welsh or Llanidloes Setter—The Laveracks and 
Their Breeding—Stonehenge on the Laveracks and Llewellyns— 
Early Importations of Laveracks—Pride of the Border’s Progeny 
—The Era of Mr. Windholz and the Blackstone Kennels— 
The Dark Days of the “Tennessee Setters”—Return to the 
Correct Type—Pedigree in Field Trial Dogs—Doctor Rowe on 
the Llewellyns—Points of a Good Setter. 
CHAPTER VIII—PAGE 147 
TRAINING OF A FIELD Doc. 
CHAPTER IX—PAGE 159 
Tue IrtsH Setrer: The History of the Irish Setter—Its Existence Before 
the Nineteenth Century—Mr. Laverack on the Qualities of the 
Irish Setter—Stonehenge’s Excellent Description—Controversy 
of 1866 on the Colour of Old Varieties—The La Touche Setters— 
Dr. Jarvis on the Field-trials Successes of the Breed in England 
and America—Views of Dr. Davis and Mr. B. L. Clements— 
Elcho and his Descendants—Past and Present Conditions of the 
Breed in America. 
