CHAPTER X 
THe Gorpdon SETTER 
using the name of Gordon setter for the black and tan 
variety we do so because it has become universal, though 
it is undoubtedly a misnomer, if it is meant to specify 
that the breed so named originated with the Duke of 
Gordon, or was alone and specially fostered by him. 
That this nobleman, who died shortly prior to the.oft-mentioned sale of 
dogs in 1836, by any means confined himself to a special colour is an 
entirely wrong idea. Every particle of evidence goes to prove that he had 
setters of various colours, and although these included black and tans, 
they were in a minority, and it seems very certain that he preferred tricolour 
dogs, as better fitted for the moors, even using black and white dogs, while 
one red and white was catalogued at the sale. | 
The particulars of the sale referred to have never been quoted properly 
in any dog book, hence it will be well to give a copy of the catalogue ver- 
batim, adding the purchasers’ names and the prices paid: 
1. Duke, 5 years old, a black and tan dog, by His Grace’s famous 
Old Regent—Ellen. Lord Abercorn. 34 guineas. 
2. Young Regent, 4 years old, a black, white and tan, by Old Regent 
—Ellen. Lord Chesterfield. 72 guineas. 
3. Juno, 5 years old, a black and white bitch, by Old Regent—Juno. 
Duke of Richmond. 34 guineas. 
4. Satan, 2$ years, a black dog, by Blunder—Juno. Lord Douglas. 
56 guineas. 
5. Crop, 3 years old, a black and white bitch, by Lord Saltoun’s 
Ranger—Bell. Lord Chesterfield. 60 guineas. 
6. Duchess, 11 months old, a black and white bitch, by Dash—Crop, 
pupped August 20, 1835; was hunted this spring but not shot to. Mr. 
Martyn. 37 guineas. 
7. Random, 10 months old, a red and white dog, by Ranger—Romp, 
pupped September 10, 1835; was hunted this spring but not shot to. Mr. 
Martyn. 35 guineas. 
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