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“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 j 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 
oeThese dogs were exceedingly close and compact in their build, and 
noted all through the country for their endurance; they were good rangers 
and very staunch. “5 
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. 
Tue 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 i im texture, and as unlike that of a modern fashionable 
setter as itis possible. to imagine. ‘The colour is usually. white, with occa- 
sionally a lemon coloured patch or two about the head and ears. Many, 
