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that has to hunt from morning to night, and frequently for 
several successive days, as for a race-horse. He should be 
taken out two or three hours daily, in the middle of the day, to 
use him to the heat, for three or four weeks before the season 
begins; and let me observe in conclusion ; that if his master 
were to adopt a similar course, he would have good cause to 
rejoice in the precaution before the end of his first week’s 
shooting.’ 
“ Another gentleman, a large breeder of sporting dogs, thus 
answered our queries as to the kind of animal best suited to the 
general purpose of shooting :— 
“ ‘ I have tried all sorts, and, at last, fixed upon a well-bred 
Setter as the most useful. I say well-bred, for not many of 
the dogs with feathered sterns, which one sees now-a-days, are 
worthy the name of Setter. Pointer fanciers object to Setters 
on account of their requiring more water; but there are gene¬ 
rally sufficient springs and peat-holes on the moors for them; 
and, even in the early part of September, a horse-pond or ditch 
is to be met with often enough. For cover, or Snipe-shooting, 
the Setter is far superior, facing the thorns in the cover, and the 
wet in the bogs, without coming to heel, shivering like a pig in 
the ague. I have always found, too, that Setters, when well 
broke, are finer tempered, and not so easily cowed as Pointers. 
Should they get an unlucky undeserved kick, Don, the Setter, 
wags his tail, and forgets it much sooner than Carlo, the 
Pointer. My shooting lying near the moors, takes in every 
description of country, and I always find that, after a good 
rough day, the Setter will out-tire the Pointer, though, perhaps, 
not start quite so flash in the morning. 
“ * I always teach one , at least, of my dogs to bring his game, 
which saves a world of trouble, both in and out of cover, but 
never allow him to stir for the bird until after loading. Should 
any of these remarks prove of service, I shall feel most happy 
in having assisted a brother sportsman.’ ” 
To this I will only add, that I have both seen and owned 
Setters, which on the first day of the season were as steady and 
