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F ORES T A X D S T K E A M 
April, 1919 
SPRATT'S PATENT LIMITED, Newark, N. J. 
In asking you definitely to say 
“Spratt’s” when buying DOG, 
POULTRY, or CAGE BIRD 
FOODS, we are asking you to 
accept our guarantee of the de- 
pendability, purity and excel- 
lence of all our productions. 
Everything used in the composition of 
SPRATT’S FOODS is used for the definite 
purpose of promoting vigorous health. 
NO FANCY-NAMED FOOD is of our manu- 
facture unless coupled with our name and 
trade-mark “X.” 
DENT'S CONDITION PILLS 
If your dog is sick, 
ENGLISH SETTERS 
and POINTERS 
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all run-down, thin and unthrifty, if his 
coat is harsh and staring, his eyes mat- 
terated, bowels disturbed, urine high 
colored and frequently passed — if you 
feel badly every time you look at him 
—eating grass won’t help him. 
DENT’S CONDITION PILLS 
will. They are a time-tried formula, 
that will pretty nearly make a dead 
dog eat. As a tonic for dogs that are 
all out of sorts and those that are 
recovering from distemper or are 
affected with mange, eczema, or some 
debilitating disease, there is nothing 
to equal them. PRICE, PER BOX, 
50 CENTS. 
If your dog is sick and you do not 
know how to treat him, write to us 
and you will be given an expert’s 
opinion without charge. Pedigree 
blanks are free for postage — 4 cents a 
dozen. Dent’s Doggy Hints, a 32- 
page booklet, will be mailed for a two- 
cent stamp. The Amateur Dog Book, 
a practical treatise on the treatment, 
care and training of dogs, 160 pages 
fully illustrated, will be mailed for 10 
cents. 
THE DENT MEDICINE CO. 
NEWBURGH, N. Y.; TORONTO, CAN. 
WANTED — Pointers and setters to train; 
game plenty. For sale trained setters, also 
some good rabbit hounds. Dogs sent on trial. 
Dogs boarded. Stamp for reply. 0. K. Ken- 
nels, Marydel, Md. 
A nice lot of good strong, 
healthy, farm raised puppies 
of the best of breeding 
GEO. W. LOVELL 
Middleboro, Mass. 
Tel. 29-M 
I J. WESTERN WARNER’S 
j (DUDE RANCH) 
I summer resort is located on the Kootenai River in 
the Cabinet Range of the Rocky Mountains in 
Montana and affords some of the best fishing and 
hunting in the West. 
Good saddle horses and fine trails and roads, 
every mile a pleasure, private cabins and tents, 
board and saddle horse by day or month. Spring 
bear hunting a specialty, all other big game in 
season. Write to 
J. WESTERN WARNER, HUNTER and GUIDE 
LIBBY, MONT. 
THE GORDON SETTER 
T his handsome breed of Setteis de- 
rive their name from the Dukes of 
Gordon, who owned a most impor- 
tant kennel of black-and-tan and black- 
white-and-tan Setters, at a period consid- 
erably in advance of Dog Shows. No 
claim is made that the Dukes of Gordon 
originated the breed, and it has also 
been conclusively proven that they were 
not responsible for the prejudice against 
white markings, which was developed at 
Bench Shows after classes were provided 
for them in 1861 , which resulted in com- 
plete elimination of those specimens con- 
taining white in any form. 
The early history of the Gordon Setter 
is wrapped in much mystery, considering 
the fact that they are of comparatively 
recent origin. A great many writers 
have stated that in the early days of the 
breed, the Duke crossed one of his best 
dogs on a black-and-tan Collie named 
Maddy, which lived on the estate and was 
remarkably clever in finding grouse. It 
is said that she did not point them, her 
habit being to stop and watch the birds 
as soon as she had them located. It is 
conceded, even by those who deny the 
authenticity of this story, that occasion- 
ally one sees the tail of the Collie in 
strains that trace back to the Duke’s 
kennel, and it is also notable that many 
Gordon Setters display in working birds, 
a desire to go round their game just as a 
Collie goes round a flock of sheep. 
Another theory is that the breed is the 
result of crossing the ordinary Setter 
on the leggy, black Springing Spaniel. 
There is a similarity in the physiognomy 
of the Gordon Setter and the Field 
Spaniel and the latter in early days was 
a leggy dog of Setter-like type, so that 
this cross could have been made without 
affecting the working characteristics of 
the Setter., This is a plausible explana- 
tion of the dog’s origin. 
Still another theory pro\ddes that the 
black-and-tan Setter has been produced 
by a cross with the Irish Setter and the 
black Pointer, which latter is a Scotch 
product. This likewise is more feasible 
than the Collie story. All of the expla- 
nations are, however, mere conjecture, 
and there exists no definite or conclusive 
information on the subject. 
At the present time, the breed no lon- 
• ger exists in purity at the Gordon es- 
tates. The dogs there now are heavily 
crossed with the Laverack and other 
strains. 
The Gordon Setter is a much heavier 
dog than his English brother, being 
coarser in skull, thicker in shoulders and 
loaded dowm with much useless lumber. 
In consequence, they lack sufficient speed 
for present day Field Trials. They 
make, how'ever, steady, reliable shooting 
dogs as they have splendid noses and 
biddable dispositions. Their strikingly 
handsome coloring and intelligence com- 
mend them to many people. 
In selecting Gordon Setter puppies, the 
usual Setter points should be looked for, 
such as long head ; square muzzle ; well 
developed occipital bone; short body; 
deep chest; straight forelegs; short, 
straight tail, and the tjqjical black-and- 
tan markings, the tan of a rich, dark 
mahogany. 
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