THE DOG. 
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1. The skull differs from that of the pointer in not having the squareness 
of the latter named, does not possess the occipital bone to so large an extent, is 
* narrower between the eyes and has a smaller brow. 
2. The nose is long and broad, and has an average measurement of four 
inches from the inner corner of the eye to the. end. Midway between the end 
and the root of nose there should be a dip or depression ; a straight one is 
admissible, but there must be no hump or rise. The nostrils should be well 
open, and in health moist, the color black or liver-colored, but there exists many 
a pink or flesh-colored nose, carried by a setter of fine scenting powers ; using 
a well-known saying in this connection, “ a good horse may be of any color,” 
the most preferable shades, however, are the first mentioned. 
3. The ears are shorter than those of the pointer, well set back and droop- 
ing towards the neck, and of finer texture, or “ leather,” as it is called ; the 
eyes full and rounded, and the best color brown or dark hazel. 
4. The neck of the setter is more slender than the pointer’s, and set into 
the head without any prominence at the base of the skull. 
5. The shoulders sloping and elbows well down ; chest deep and roomy. 
6. Back-quarters and stifles. A curved loin is desirable, but not to such 
a degree as to present a sway back appearance, stifles bent well so that the 
„ after legs may be thrown well forward in running. 
7. Legs and elbows should be straight, with no inclination to turn in. The 
arms well boned and muscled with strong broad knees and short pasterns. 
8. The feet well clothed with hair between the toes, yet not too long so aa 
to accumulate matter in wet and snowy weather. 
* 9 , The tail should be slightly curved from root to tip, tapering to a fine 
point at the end and furnished with long, silky hair, without a vestige of curl. 
10. The quality or texture of coat in the English setter is soft, silky and 
shining, without any tendency to curl, fringed ou the hind legs as well as the 
fore. 
11. The English setter may be of any color. The following shades are m 
©rder the most fashionable : 
White with black mottles so as to appear blue ; first with tan marking on 
the cheeks and. over the eyes, and second without it; black, white and tan, 
black and white, orange and white, lemon and white, orange and lemon mottled, 
and lastly liver and white, and liver flecked. 
TIIE IRISH SETTER. 
This breed of setter is one of the oldest in Great Britain, deriving its name 
from the island where it originated. Yet it is now extensively bred in Eng- 
land, and has many admirers on account of its bold, dashing and untiring dis- 
position in the field. It is rather more difficult to break than the Englifik 
