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insikmct, hii4 hat ver-^-' ^iMd tkar.Q was was more of a sorrel ^ "3 
hi!'?,, hi-i! had a j:l.r:rss^1 frAmy-, ^:s4 an imdenia-ble good field dog. %■ 'I 
la other h.^tdi^ferAg • #;>g35r owned by the writer, he . has ' ,■] 
it%>tk;ed this f»f this was In the dogs of “ Sixty- J 
m ^ ao<taaiiitance of the writer in the m_j 
six^fe^^, artides ’in the “Field*’ over that 
^ -* rr^-'¥ a* % • years rented from Sir James Mathiesoa * . 
T*i ;v.<‘^v.a'J>' -V' vvhi5l,e %»f «.&:i-‘ of T^nvis, He had a favourite 'breed of ' 
any other. He said that the grouse -SSj 
Ifi '.‘^■■^■■^e not over thick, and the ordinary hea^ 7 ' #»j 
•C9<i«4v-^-ya mmly kBricked u|i. His dogs were smaller;: Jjpjfe 
rru?#,- }:i%- rm. had m i^retensk’fis to compete with other '-™r 
C. : M th'..- 4.1 V tj’; tor their coats, hvstead of showing the satin 
shee-.? ;ni:ch aftuiired, were harsh m\d wiry, and scanty in feather, 
but their great pecuiiartty was the almost totai absence of tan. They v^eroT^^ 
not biiicfc, because they had some tan, but it w^as vei^’' scanty, and more 
of a pale grcj'ish or sorrel colour. However, they were very spoiling 
looking, and admirably suited for the hard work and bad weather they 
had to stand in that island during winter, for their owner frequcnti|'^||^K 
stayed there from July lo Nov'ember, or eyen later, on the wild storm- 
■rwepi island. Here, again, is an instance of excelling goodness in working, ' 
qoriHtk’S combined -with an absence of rich tan -markings. The 
can remember w'hen the Gordons were blamed, for their heawness, and 
the Rev. W. Sergsantson, who used to judge setters at the shows a good 
dea? in those days, was their chief critic. The Gordon must be lightenedl^jJR-- 
That was the talk, and- the writer has always been sorry lor it, for the dog ^j K- 
prodiKtcil hi Tt&po-aSQ to that rail has bee-n, to his mind, uasatisfact««^-^J|T 
'The typis loM... mw -type inferior to the bid produc«^;^HI 
Grmtvd tha»- what of. that ■? They were 
'-n theAT a.lv breeds, of setters be the same- feifP "! 
».>pe Kr^ aii ho.r-?rs same ?■ Ea-di type has. its own place \ | 
. •s.sd «-5ii€h M ';&:•« tlmd'm.ll it coiild be found at t!?».;:T f \ 
hit ,<;? to correct som,e of ^ - ’ j 
^ aften tO'''be seen, B'Ut they : 
go-m--- £v irish setter. Put a red oS^S',' » - 
instet^l •=€ -i? o?se 'oe- asiy d' the modern Gordons and' ?' • 
would havs§? >m s^ort, a'«y| the likeness is still more str^1fc3?%^ij^ ■ 
when -they an? ., 4 ^- N-o ojntr. who .has seen the peculiar t. ' 
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