432 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



PDbobmbsb 30, 1860. 



II '^'"■■" 10 1—0 1 



i i! prize. 



TWrlMiitQlx 

 " 1 10 1 1— I 



I 1 1 : 1-0 nil 



■1 ■ 1 1 ) 1 0—0 10 



r ....0 10 1 1—1 1 1 



•I " 1 1 1 0—1 1 I 



i: " I :\- 1 10 1—111 



Foiutn Match. 



Rji. HnppR...,.^ 1 1 ] 1 1—0 1 1 



Geo. VaaSyse 1 i i i i— o i l o 



J. Cotter..- , ...i 1 10 11-11 



H.nwleniitn , l 1 1 1 1— l l i o 



B.JI.Wact.B .1 1 u g 1—1 1 1 1 



W'pMaiuitl Evans tUviaiiatte tutu prize: Hopps aud Van 8yse tU- 

 vWodlJie first prize. 



■ • -. ^■..-^., ■■■'■-,■. :■-. Tl.c P./ukd J-hiivl PhnuUng 



SltiUmss .and Jauea, 21 TdE.) 



Single. 



L.E. SkUUjifCS 11 liiliiilliliiiioi i-Tj 



W. ;?. Jojies 1 11 10111 1111 iijoiii 1—18 



J. B. tJoiies 1 1 1 (1 1 11 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— IS 



W. S. Bnc;:--! i 11111111111110 110 1 1—17 



C. S. Stevrn- _.l (I u 1 1 1 11 1 I U 1 1 1 1 1 1—14 



G. E. TrcL'Miii'u 1111110 11111111111 1— IS 



H. Tretetheu 1 ] 1 1 1 l l 1 I 1 o 1 1 1 1 0—14 



A.G.Sterllnif i i i 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 i I 1 O— 12 



n. K H. Bruclcett. 1 o o o i (i o i i i u i u o l l l i O— 10 



K. A. Jones 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (I I 1 1 1 1 o— 13 



G. W. Way 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 u i— lo 



E. T. Holbroak O lOlOlOOlllOlIOOOlO 1—10 



Douwe. 

 L. E. sianingB ...10 11 11 10 10 t— 20 



W.S.JOMS U la 10 10 11 7—25 



a. li.Jonea lo 10 10 10 11 c-24 



W.S-Braekett - 11 11 10 00 11 t— 21 



a S. Stevens 11 11 n lo 01 s— 22 



r). E. TretetUen 10 01 10 10 00 4^22 



II. Treleihon - 11 11 10 II to B— 22 



A.G.«erlUi,;; 10 10 11 10 10 C-IH 



U. E. H. liraclieU _ 10 11 11 10 10 7—17 



H,A.JmieH _ _ 00 10 10 01 10 4— n; 



tl.W.Way nl 00 10 00 01 3-13 



K. T. Uolljinol- 00 00 10 00 00 1—11 



latbc afternoon sides chosen by W. S. Bracltett and Sterling ».hot 

 »t- the same uuniher of balls for an oyfiter anpper : 

 Brackett's Team. 



Single. Double. Total. 



W. 8. BraflUett ^ ...IS 6 24 



L. B. StllllDgS ,........,.-..., 18 S 2C 



B. Tretethen 1.5 s 20 



H . U. Trefellien ...11 5 16 



E. T. Holbroolc 14 8 20 



, 70 sn 106 

 Sterling's Team. 



Stogie. Double. Total. 



A.&.SterllOB 10 u 28 



W.S.Jones 19 7 26 



,1.B. Jones 19 « 2.') 



0. S. Stevens.. u as 



H. E. H. Brac'kett 13 4 17 



84 



35 



110 



Whbn woru down aud ready to take your bed, Hop Bitters is 

 what yon need to relieve you. 



fl^e fennel. 



PittBbni-^'h Dog Show— rittsbiirgb. Pa., January 17, 18 and 19, 

 ISSl. Entries close .January 6. (J. B. Elben, Secretary; Charles 

 Lincoln, Superintendent. 



THE GOEDON SETTER. 



[Eepiintel fi--!! n' in y ibeets ofYeroSbaw'.'i "Book of the Dog," 

 fiUT'j I ■: I i- r i.rsT AND Stee.«.m by the author, through 

 Ca~.- I, ■ III . li a liu & Co., publishers, >"o. S96 Broadway, 



THIS dog, which we have before alluded to as almost 

 claiming to lie the national setter of Scotland, is one 

 upon which 11 vnriety of opinions have been expressed. Its 

 very orisin is oli.soure, though all authorities agree in bestow- 

 inglhe iionor of its production upon llic Duke of Gordon, 

 hence tlie name by which this breed is reco^^iized in tlie 

 present day. It is certain that in the early purl of the cen- 

 tury (about 1830) the then Marquis of Iluntly, who was 

 aJterwai'd Duke of Gordon, possessed a strain of setters 

 •which he was anxious to improve. The story runs that 

 ■whei] looking around for u judicirius cross the rumor reached 

 his lordship that there was an exiraordinary clever sheep-dog 

 hitch belonnius: lo a shepherd in llio neighborhood. Tbe 

 Wtchhad Ijeon tau'^ht to set birds bv her owner, and her 

 stamichness was suitl to be remarkable. On healing of this 

 wonderful liiteh, liie Marquis of Huntly is said to have im- 

 mediately obtained her from the .shepherd, and put )icr lo 

 one of his most successful sires. It is to this Oollie bitch 

 that jnany hold that the modern famous Gordon setter owes 

 its origin, and certainly the presumption seems a very fair 



Whatever reliancp, however, is to be placed in this alleged 

 riin, the value of dogs from the 

 : lian of those coming from other 

 itation from Gordon Castle was 

 ^^iiig no impurity of blood. As 

 : ii-st of jirices obtained at the 

 i.ien as conclusive, and the list 

 iiig the value of Gordon setters 

 lother reason to which we shall 



-tan. .34 gs. : Young Regent, 4 



3 gs. ; .1 uiio, 5 years, black-aud- 



- atari, S', years, black, !:i(i irs. : Crop. 3 yenra, 



., (10 ti's. : Duches?. II months, binck-and- 



' , . : Random, JO mouths, red-.aud-wliitc, :ri.') ga. ; 



Princess 1 1 months, black-and-white, 2.5 g.s. ; Bell, ll 



months, black-and-white 34 gu. ; Brace of puppies, black-aud- 



whitc SOffS. Tola!, 417^8. 



Amono- the '•!"'■ "' ''■•'- historic sale were the Dnkc of 



° -^ i hesterfield and Douglas, and 



ilobinson. The prices reached 



,. , I : 1. i I r the times, and it is question- 



IV . iiir-y would lie headed at the break-up of any 



. '■ . ft is only reasonable, however, to suppose 



1 , lii. II. lii number was not the entire stud, and that many 



other members of it were otherwise disposed of and dispersed 



throuahout the country. , , . , 



Having thus alluded to the reputed origin of this hreofl, 



a„.1 en'': ^ •'■' ' ' ''■"•''' "l '■"■"''•""i ^" i .,1;- ^ib" 



forty-iom- ,e...v..=,i.', > ""!■ ' -1... u.ee tu luce with the 



formatiii.^ rf "l-' 

 Duke-:= 1 . . : 





quaio.'i- -1' 

 always lui-i! 1' '^ ■' 

 a proof of Ibis 

 Duke's sale in 1 - 



/;',.:: 



is nioreovor val 1 m 



at that time, as %a' 



hereafter make a 



Duke, years 



reference 



bliiek-an 



-aiid-lan, 



BichmoiTd, Ii 

 Messrs. MMty 



burning question in connection with the Gordon setter— its 

 original color. In every cnrrispnndence in conned ion with 

 this breed, the writers who have addressed ihe sporting [nib- 

 lic through the Press have drawn attention 10 this subject; 

 but still the matter has not, in the opinion of many, been 

 finally settled. It would seem, however, from the colors 

 given above, that by far the largest proportion of the Duke's 

 dogs were wanting in any tan ai all, and v.-ere simplv lilack- 

 aijJ.wliile. On eniisideriiiij tliis, tlie question arises iu our 

 mind whether only tliosepikvsessing tan were the descendants 

 of the Sheep. dtig cross which had been introduced into the 

 strain some twelve years before the date of Ihe .sale. AVe 

 learn from Gervase Markham's "Hunger's Prevention" that 

 at the time of his writing his work, in the early part of the 

 seveiitee'itli eetilury, -'some had been curious in" observhig of 

 1 (ilii he'iting dog) colors as giving prehemineuec to the 

 morliy, tbe liver-hude, or the black and white spotted." It 

 is, therefore, we may assmne, within the bounds of proba- 

 bility lliat the original (iordon strain, before the introduc- 

 tion of the Collie cross, were descendants of the "black and 



lite dog.s" of Gervase Markham's time, and that, therefore, 

 the now popular golden-tan of the Gordon setter is in reality 

 ut a proof of a deeided cross of Sheep-dog blood. The hit'e 

 Mr. Dixon, who ^vrote under the rtom de plui^ie' of "The 

 Druid," is positive in deciding that " ori'-i.inil \ I'l ■ i'liili; 

 setters were all blaek-and-tan, and Lord r ' i' i^mi ' 

 Sweep, Admiral Wemyss's Pilot, 3IaJL>i' i-iiji - - j,: l.- 

 Lord Breadalbane's Tcim and other great craflsmen of ilie 

 breed of that color Kow all the setters in the (Jastle kennel 

 are entirely black-white-and-tan, with a little tan on the toes, 

 muzzle, root of the tail, aud round the eyes. The late Duke 

 of Gordon liked it ; it was grayer, and not so difficult to back 



on the hillside as the dark colored The cdnii- 



posite color was produced by using black-and-tan dogs to 

 black-and-white bitches. " 



3Ir. La verack corroborates this statement of "The Druid's'' 

 to a very great extent, for he -writes : 



"Two "years after the decease of Alexander, Duke of 

 Gordon, I went to Gordon Castle purposely to see the tirced 

 of setters. In an interview with Jubb, the'keeper, he showed 

 me three hlack-tans, the only ones left, aud which I thought 

 nothing of. Some years after when I rented on lease the 

 Cahrach shootings, Banlfshire, belonging lo the Duke of 

 Richmond, adjoining Glenflddich, where his Grace shot. 

 I often saw Jubb and his setters ; then, and now, all the 

 Gordon Castle setters were black-white-and-tan." 



Here is the distinct evidence of a gentleman whose exer- 

 tions in favor of setters and whose knowledge of the breed 

 are admitted by every person interested in canine matters ; 

 and from what he writes, and from what other equally 

 eminent authorities have written, it is proved almost lieyonii 

 contradiction that white is a permissible color in the Gordon 

 Castle keunel. From what " The Druid" has said, however, 

 it would appear that the presence of white liavrsg been nl 

 one time considered by the head of the establisliment to be 

 an attraction, speciarefforts were made to retain it in the 

 strain at the Castle, and that more of it is oonsoquently to be 

 found there than otherwise have been the case. AVe confess 

 ourselves to have a difficulty in explaining how the while 

 coidd have been introduced into the (.Tordou setter, assuming 

 that they were originally black-and-tans only, othej-wiso ihan 

 by the reputed Sheep-dog cross ; and this we should have 

 thought improhable, had it not been for the subjoined engrav- 

 ing from " Cynographia Britannica," as it w'aa to our miuds 

 more likely that "the tan was the color then introduced into 

 the original strain, the color of which we were very much in- 

 clined "to believe was black-and white. But from this en- 

 graving, which was published in 1805, and a copy of which 

 is in our possession, and in the original of which the colors 

 of the dogs are clearly depicted, we are compelled to accept 

 the existence of a black-and-tan setter as a positive fact in 

 1805, t. e., before the Gordon Castle kennel is mentioned in 

 history. The topmost dog in the group is coloreil a pale tan 

 and black, and if not marked precisely in the same mauuer 

 as a modern Gordon is near enough to the breed in appear- 

 ance to juslifv our belief Ihat such a dog had much loMo 

 with the orieiii" of our modern black-and-tan setter. 



One great'authority in writing on the alleged Sheep-dog 

 cross, lias questioned whether it would be probable that the 

 Duke would slain his strain by a general introduction of 

 CioUie blood. This rather coincides with what we suggested 

 with reference lo the colors of the Gordon setters at the 

 famous sale ; but "vve must venture to remark that what the 

 then Duke thought lit to do, and what subsequent breeders 

 have ill their wisdom thought proper to attempt, are widely 

 different things, and it is more than possible that the Coilie- 

 stained blood has been largely dipped into of later years. 

 One thing is certain, and that is, that as modern fa.shion dic- 

 tates, a "Gordon setter marked with white would not have 

 much, if any chance of succccs upon the show bench, as our 

 present judges seem most hosile to it, and the tri-colored 

 dogs are very rarely seen on exhibitions. 



Another niuch debatable point in connection with a Gor- 

 don setter's color is one which concerns Ids feet and legs. It 

 must here be stated, for the benefit of those unacquainted 

 with the dog, that Ids priuoiple color i" ^ ' -rl' a'-d -an (the 

 question of white being for the time laii. - poiut 



at issue IS whether there should be b!a 1 iiencd 



marks," np his toes, as in the case of a I'ai : n .1 ■ 1 irrrier. 

 We iinve ourselves conversed with many of the eminent 

 authorities of the day, and havealmosl hccn amused ut the 

 deeided dill'erence nf "opiniou which c^ts among them oa 

 this question, lioth parties, as far as we eiiii judge, though 

 not carrying their opinions far enough to desire the disquali- 

 fication "of a dog which does not represent their views m ibis 

 respect, are most decided in their expres-sions as lo wliat they 

 think should be the ease. Ipholders of the "red-Btock- 

 iuged" dog object to pencilled toes as being, iu tbe first in- 

 stance, chance introductions, which if encouraged may come 

 to he too highly thought oif, and consequently lead to the de- 

 generation of the breed, by being sought after lo the uesxleet 

 of other more essential points. On the other h?.nd, those 

 wbo advocate these fancy niartiaj:;, • "' 1 " • ' "V" con- 

 sider, are wont lo .argue that im ' ': -iiiuity 

 is apoint to be gaiued liy lireei; claim 

 thalif otherpoiut.s are equal the v'-'sl '■ ' ' ; should 

 lie placed abos'c his clean-legged rival. 



It. iiuiv ije ivondered that so much attention has been di- 

 rected io the color of the Gorden setters but it should he 

 linrne in mind that it is here where his 1 ' ' " 'i" '■ 



Ids English relative is to be found, 

 coarser "in the head than the English se 

 stern is shorter, aud he is iucliutd to 'o- .- li...,.;^i d.,_ ..-. 

 through. His ears particularly are inclined to show a wiml 

 of quality ; but, taken all over, point by point, there is little 



i^.'reuce between the Gordon and the EngUsh setter save in 

 coat .did r-''nr. In the former dog the jacket is not so fine 



',-'1 14 lative, and his color, as we have said 



Man. Tbe .shade of the black cannot 



11 asij, and the tan must be as deep or 



as II can he got. The dispersion of these 



. for exhibition dogs should be as follows: The tan 



1 the feather on 

 e- e.ars 

 ■M the 



I ' eding 



: I nailer 



■.- ,.,.^1 .....mirers. 

 us dog, as they 

 "poller about," 

 This latter opinion is 



shoulfl be on the fore-legB below the km 

 the foredegs, on the throat, on the cli 

 and over the eyes, on the beUy, inside 1 

 vent. The briiliaucy of the "tan in e; 

 attributed to the introduction of Irish ;. ■ 

 however, will he more fully all ■ ■' 1 

 article, but the reference to it" is m - 

 of importance to breeders of botli 



As a field dog the Gordon has laS n , ;, 1 

 He is Eligmatized by the former as an oi 

 maintain that he can rarely do more 1 

 and is always beaten by lunch-tin 



ceriaioly shared bv most practictd sptirt.srnen ; but iimny of 

 these, even tboughadmitting that he is only a half-day dog, 

 at tlie same lime gladly Ijear witness to his powers when he 

 is a,l work, Undoubtedly the Gordon is a nervous dog, and 

 here he is Ijeliiiid his Englisli cousm : but it is claimed on 

 his litlialf tliat he does not possess that craving for water 

 wliieli Iriiocks so many of the latter up. In noso a Gordon 

 -' 1 1 r ' 'leels., but this virliie is di^c.iiHted bv the waul of 

 II II ire which has been already alliidtil I.-. " 



' ' L' ihe most famous breeders and exhiliitors of Gordon 



1 I II years the names of the following gentlemen 



'Si I . axiiuentJy : The Rev. Thomas Pe'arce, who 



i [T. from Lord Bolinbroke'a Arevlc out of 



1. . ,. ■ Ml- ^ain T:-iT,rr „f V-r'-<tn] ,;.]rh,--iO'(\ es- 



■-•, --....S --oldtO 



■--,.■■ :■ Mor. 



held; vis., a; ^lev.castie in 1,-oO, with his Gordon setter 

 Dandie, by (,'oward's Sam out of exhibitor's Nell; Messrs. 

 Eogerson aud Adve, who in turn showed Kent, a gi'iind dog. 

 and Premier, bUick-und-tan seller, from 1J9B3— 1809; Mj-. 

 Barelav Field : the Marquis of Huntley : Mr. J. T. Kichard- 

 pon, vslios.- name is identified wilh Duke; the Rev. W. Ser- 

 jeantsou and lire Rev. .1. Gumming Macdona. 



The black-and-tan setter has uni[nest)onnbly been crossed 

 with the Irish, probably lo improve the briliianey nf (iie tan. 

 Hence the appearance iu many litters of (4r.rdon,s f.f liver- 

 colored whelps. It is also noticeable in the reputed peiligi'ee 

 of Old Kent, which we reproduce in this ehapler, that the 

 great-grandfather of that famous dog was a liver .imiqan dog 

 belonging to Sir Matthew Ridley. 



The similarity of this variety to the Engli.sb setter has al- 

 ways been alluded to, and therefore tbe rieseriptiou of the 

 GcM-don setter need not necessarily be a long one. tSpeakiug 

 brieily : 



The skull, and head generally, is very like that of Ihs 

 Eu'^lish, only that it is heavier. 



nsi.„ i;^,.. „;„i n-.r:s ar" "'=•" ^ ■'- •"'' more like thOSe Of 



■ ■ ' I . ■,: ,1 - ■ ,M -I ■! I s'Tuntionia al- 



ti.j Sl|i - "a : "ii V ; sail I ■ . . ■ ■• a ! /■' i '.ualish seller. 



"Tlie s(erD, too, is shorter, though similar in shape. 



The texture of the coat is not so flue as that of the Koglish 

 setter. 



The color is a deep, raven black, aud a rich, mahogany, 

 "warm" tan. 



In general appearance the Gordon setter is the heavy-look- 

 ing specimen of his family, and the substantial amount of 

 bone which he possesses uiakes him look a slow dog When 

 compared with cither the English or the Irish. 



Iu spite of Ihe similarity between the Enclish and Gordon 

 setters, a different setde of points i- a 1, : ^ fr,r adjudicat- 

 ing upon the merits of each brc 1 ■ ^rion of color 

 alone renders the EugUsh scale iiin: ' - > he Gordons. 

 We therefore add a table, sliov, a, la .ai:..eTical value of 

 the points, at the end of this chapter, a;; in o;lier breeds. 



The specimen of the Gordon setter selected for illnsti'alion 

 iu our colored plate is Bloseoni, late tbe property "f Mr. 

 Howard Mapplebeck, of Knowle, near Hirininirliam. but sold 

 by him to Mr. J. S. Niven, M.B., London, Outario, Canada. 

 Mr. ITiveu has written us with reference to the dog : " I have 

 not had much luck wilh him here, as the Americans are all 

 going in just now for big, heavy Gordons. I got flrst in 

 Slontreal "with him, and also special for best setter in the 

 sliow. The old boy looks splendid now (March, 1880). I 

 have s'liy. rii - , mse out of a Duke bilch, but they are 

 t(JobiL^ 1' ' I a e will never do the work that smaller 



do^sidtn ■ ,■,■,,.,■ -Sas-, lamdO." 



■|;|r.sso;n svas isred be the Rev. .1. Cummiug Macdona, in 

 1S7'3, luid i-s liv Shot, out of Bloom ; Shot bv Bruce, out of 

 La Itelne llfnce bv Bhsa, out of Piuby; La Reiie..- by Mr. 

 Pearee's Kent, out of his Regent. The pedigree of Kent was 

 always more or less obscure, but the following table appears 

 in the " Kemiel Club Stud Book," which is snfBcient guar- 

 antee for its correctness: 



KENT. 



.roDUng's Scamp. 



Blossom has in tbe e la in ihiscomi- 



trv performed as lolliv. , :a, first Birm- 



bwha.n: 1877, A<^ri<ailtu:'al Hall, .l._s _.::,:_. ssst Hurtou-on- 

 Tr( III, first ?.biiieliesier, fli'st Alexandra Palace, first Edio- 

 l),ira:h, t]r>t Ihisiol. first Swindoii ; 1878, first Birmingham, 

 seeund .Vleximdra I'alace, second Bristol, second Wolver- 

 hampton lebanipioii elassj— performances which prove how 

 good a dog be undoubtedly is. 



SO.VIE e,F I'ulXrs KOE JCDOmO GOKnON SETTKIla. 



Kead. etc W . 



Siioulders and neck 5 



P dv and ribs 10 



Pcet and legs » 



Color .7 10 



Coat - -5 



General appearance • • ^ 



Sensation and Glen. -We were informed at the finidi oi 

 I he Eastern Field Trials that the judges had awarded tliird 

 prize to Sensation niid fourth priie lo Glen. Dr. Aten now 

 tells us that the Ihiid and fourth prizes were pooled and di, 

 vidcd between Sensation aud Glen, and that he will mak e a 

 present of Glen's money to the Club. 



