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FOREST AND STREAM 
ghe iitiwel. 
THE RAYMOND LAVERACKS. 
W E present our renders with nn excellent and faithful 
portrait of Pride of the Border, one of the pair of 
Laverark tetters pmchaseil through the offices of Cnpt. 
John Taylor, (our then kennel editor,) and imported in July 
lust by their present owner, Mr. Churlcs II. Raymond, of 
Fox Farm, Morris Plains, N. J. 
Pride of the Border was bred by Mr. Lnvcrack, who shot 
over him three seasons, used him most successfully as a 
stud dog, and sold him, ns above stated, to come to 
America. In color he is white, with liver markings, strain- 
ing back to the celebrated breed of setters at Edmond Cas- 
tle, near Carlisle, England. In form he shows to a con- 
spicuous degree the Lavernck points: head having a high, 
bony ridge at hack; neck, shoulders, and loins exceedingly 
strong and well knit; hocks deep, flat, well letdown, and 
curved; feet cat-like, and thoroughly clad with thick ha r 
between the toes. In disposition lie is gentle and affec- 
tionate. and full of eagerness in the pursuit of game. Not 
yet perfectly broken to work in our close covers, bis style 
of going — rangy, high-headed, untiring — appears admirably 
suited to our open shooting In the West. 
This dog’s breeding is known to be pure for over eighty 
years, through generations of famous progenitors. He is a 
pure English setter, his “ forbear*" for that period cer- 
tainly having in their veins no drop of black and tan, colley, 
foxhound, hurrier, pointer or other cross, so frequently sus- 
pected in dogs of setter blood ; and be bids fair to be as 
celebrated through his progeny as from his ancestry. |]; H 
puppies have taken several prizes in England during tiro 
past year. 
We understand that lie has already been bred to one of 
the finest native bred bitches in New Jersey, and others 
will probably bo selected for pairing with him. With the 
engrafting of sucli "blue blood" upon our best stock in 
this country, the time cannot be far distant when our 
American setters shall rival the best, and even be sought 
for, as arc our finely bred cuttle, to improve the stock in 
England. 
Our portrait of Pride of the Border was drawn by Mr. E. 
Forbes, and is a striking likeness. Our next issue will 
contain a picture of Fairy, the Lavcruck bitch, imported 
along with Pride. 
PURE LAVERACK SETTER DOG, PRIDE OF THE 
PEDIGREE. 
Bred in 18(1(1, by Mr. Edward Lnvcrack. Broughall CotlHge, WhUclmrch, Shropshire. England. Imp orte d in 1874 by hla present owner, Mr. Chnr'e* II. Ravinond. Plrde of tho Border is a white 
doe, whh liver markin »*, el rah. log buck n color lo the celebrated breed of Bettors at Edmond Castle, near Carlisle, and is sire of Mr. Laverock's prlac stock dog, Blue Prince, and of many oilier winners 
of prlz'-v a Birmingham Crystal Palace, and eUowhew. 
Fox Fan*, Mourns Puix.-, N. J., January 1, 1875. 
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• All the above mentioned doc*, except Old Moll and Ponto, were bred by Mr. Laverock. and arc descended from the pure blood (snppnsed to have, at that period, been pure for 35 years) of 'the late 
Rev. A- Harrlsmi’*. near Carlisle, who bred Old Moll and Ponto, which animals Mr. Laverark procured in file year I8A; since that lime he tin* kept up a continuous strain of pure blood. Old Moll and 
Ponto were both Blue Bi llons, consequently. Mr I avoruck having hud this strain for more than 41 years, makes acontinuoua blood for over eighty veaw.’’)— T ub Setteii, by E. Lavtrack, London , 1872. 
The dog* in the above pedigree were atl descendants of Ponto and Old Moll. 
BREEDING OF SETTERS AND POINTERS. 
Maryland, February 5, 1S75. 
KutTon FonrsT axd Stukam:— 
I have been reading with great Interest the many articles on dog* that 
are to be found In your excellent paper, and would like to mention n few 
of the conclusions that I tmyo come to In regard to tho breeding of set 
ter* and pointers. Tbe rage soerns to boat the present moment to Im- 
port these dogs from England, and while this may, ton certain extent, 
Improve the breeds thnt we now have here, still the fancy may do harm, 
by discouraging the brooding of our present stock (and this, I hold, would 
bo a great disadvantage to the country, as I claim that we have as good 
breeds of pointers and seller* In this country ns they have to-day in En- 
gland— that ts. for all the requirement* of sportsmen In the Arid, but per- 
haps not In pedigree). Now this question of length of podlgree-is n rock 
upon which we may split, os I hold Hint many dogs with a long pedigree. 
If not well bred, or too much Inbred,, will pcpve worse breeders Itasn 
some with very short pedigrees. A Ope dog .with a pedigree is not to be 
<Ji- opined, but a long pedigree and a poor dog is to be fought shy. It was 
said many yoars ago by an English breeder of short horns that the Amer- 
ican* did not car* *o much about the enttlo as the long pedigrees— the 
longer the better for them. The writer has seen dogs of boih breeds, 
bred in tbt* country, that would work all day without running in on the 
bird*, and that Invariably bred well, that had very short pedigrees. Now 
I hope Ihe breeder* of such dog* w ill not begin to think that It is best to 
give up their dogs and get those with long pedigrees, for they might 
make a serious mistake. There are a great many strains of blood in this 
country that are very ^al liable, and that perlmp» could not now true* 
bask to;.ih* original Importation, but that nevertheless have been kept 
pure, an.l have acquired by a number of years of breeding and of use 
the habits that we required in a sporting dog, and as n number of your 
correspondents suggest, in this we arc dllTorent from the English. Our 
dog* have teamed to face Ihe briars and bushes, to hnnt In cover or In 
field, and staunchly point the game, whether out of eight of owner or 
not, and to work on all the dlllereiit gantc the master mny hunt; also to 
be careful and cautions. Perhaps we have lost some of the speed, but In 
few cases do wc require as much as in England; and besides we riant a 
dog here that will do everything, even to retrieving. While tho English 
dog* can probably bo taught to do all this, they arc not so taught there, 
and Ihe habit of retrieving U more bred into our dogs than theirs. Of 
course, when I touch upon the subject of inbreoding there will be many 
different opinions; but I think that it I* dangerous, when carried too 
far, and Hint fresh blood U necessary to keep up the stamina of dog* or 
cattle; thnt inbreeding will make them wcakiu constltatloc, lessen their 
fertility and their perceptive faculties. My experience as a breeder of 
dog* in «inull, but In regard to the breeding of cattle 1 have had some ex- 
perience, and have hud many opportunities to seethe results of | lie 
expanmen’s of oilier*, and I have come to the conclusion thnt It is dan- 
gerou»to Inbreed to any great extent with cattle, and I think It would 
be much more dangerous with dogs, as they possess more mind and rea- 
soning power*, and the higher upon the scale the animal Is. the more 
danger then- is in inbreeding. Now for our dogs we cannot afford to 
sacrlflfr- Mamina to n long pedigree. Not that I think it i* necessary (at 
prereu't > to put in a cross of cold blood; but don’t breed for Lnvcrack s,' 
or Gordons, or this breed, or that, but breed for dog* for ihe field. All 
breeding, to u certain extent, i* alike. Sec what John R. Page, the eel 
ebrated rattle artUt, and who Is qualified by his experience and knowl- 
edge of all the tfitvst celebrated short horns in this country and in En- 
gland,' see what he »»ys In a 1st*- article In the Count : y Genttnnnn; "We 
fear the experiment of change of ollmate will he futile, na against the 
fatnl mistake of continuous close breeding. When will this folly end of 
breeding for pedigree, with the only object of keeping yonr piipers 
*i might? If n mix with the blood of old Alrdlcc or Harbinger produces 
n Lovimi, a Mazurka, or a Louden Duchess of a new type, breed closo 
enough In keep the type; but rest assurred. Messrs. Short Horn Breed- 
ers, that close breeding, long continued, will entail 6 arrenness, cold, 
cough*, CO nrumjition, and all the evils cnt(lenre heir lo." 
If close breeding dbes this for cattle, what will It do for dogs? There- 
fore I caution the breeders of Atnoncn to beware of this rage lor pedi- 
grees. Keep your animals pure, but don't give up a good one because 
you cannot trace it back on paper to some celebrated dogs in England. 
There Is nnoiher danger In this rage for pedigrees and importing dogs, 
nnd t lint l» that the pedigree* do not belong to the dogs. In an article 
published in Land and Wafer for Nov. 7, 1874, (and I would say here 
that I wish you would publish that nrticlo and the editorial comment*' 
entitled "A Yankee In Search of a Setter," I find the following para- 
graph: "They all had the blueist blood in Britain. Most of them would, 
as a! matter of sp-cinl grace, on acconnt of my being a foreigner, and 
agreeing to take the dogs out of’the country, so that rival breeders by no 
chance could get a drop of their royal blood, sell me a brace for the trifle 
of oho or two hundred eulnoe, more or les». The marvel of It was that 
each man's dogs were the best in the hind, and ull his neighbors had 
were cm*. Somethings bother me — several of the krone's had In them 
doga which did not look very much akin, so little akin. Indeed, that but 
for the owner's most solemn asservallons, one given to suspicion might 
have tnought Just a few had possibly been brought In to keep the as- 
sortment good. Then' again, I saw now and then a dog whose aotcdUn-.j 
vian mother nay, in hor day* of sweet pop expectancy, have seen, not al 
spotted b.-blical goat, bnt a long-cared spaniel, or falling from her 
