. The dogs of the British Islands, being a series of articles on the points of their various breeds, and the treatment of the diseases to which they are subject. Dogs. PART II. siPOi^Tiira- iDoa-s. B o o K I. DOGS USED WITH THE GUN. CHAPTER I. SETTERS. GrENEEAL Remarks—The English Setter—The Black and Tan or Gordon Setter—The Irish Setter. GENERAL REMARKS. HE foui" divisions of tlie United Kingdom may be said to have each a breed of setters peculiar to itself, though of late years many of each variety have been distributed beyond the limits of their respective districts. The English sette
. The dogs of the British Islands, being a series of articles on the points of their various breeds, and the treatment of the diseases to which they are subject. Dogs. PART II. siPOi^Tiira- iDoa-s. B o o K I. DOGS USED WITH THE GUN. CHAPTER I. SETTERS. GrENEEAL Remarks—The English Setter—The Black and Tan or Gordon Setter—The Irish Setter. GENERAL REMARKS. HE foui" divisions of tlie United Kingdom may be said to have each a breed of setters peculiar to itself, though of late years many of each variety have been distributed beyond the limits of their respective districts. The English setter may be taken as the true type of the bi-eed, next to which comes the Irish setter, while the old Llanidloes, or Welsh breed, retain more of the spaniel character. Their curly waterproof coats are, however, admirably suited to the wet climate of their native hills. It is said, and I think probably with truth, that the Scotch or Gordon setter is crossed with the bloodhound, which gives the comparatively heavy head and long folding ears often shown by him, and at the same time accounts for the delicacy of his nose and for the coarseness of his coat. At all events, his appearance is not so typical as that of the English and Irish breeds. The Gordons are now usually described as black and tans, to avoid the disputes as to the breeding of the several entries, for while there is no doubt that many black tans are not true Gordons, it is also indisputable that many true Gordons are black, white, and tan. Similar remarks may apply to the Irish setter, but he has not been treated in the same way, though, no doubt, a red setter of English breed, without any Irish blood, if exhibiting the desired points in perfection, would win in an Irish class. I must, however, take things as I find them, and describe the setter according to the definition given K. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloratio
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