. The dog in health and disease. Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of all dogs, which are entirely rewritten. Dog breeds; Dogs. THE SETTER. 143 friction of the heather on moorland shootings better than the pointer, and he also bears exposure to wet and cold with more impunity. Hence the setter was always considered the grouse- dog and the pointer the partridge-dog; but, as I have elsewhere remarked, the retriever has now superseded the latter in his proper vocation, and he must either work o
. The dog in health and disease. Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of all dogs, which are entirely rewritten. Dog breeds; Dogs. THE SETTER. 143 friction of the heather on moorland shootings better than the pointer, and he also bears exposure to wet and cold with more impunity. Hence the setter was always considered the grouse- dog and the pointer the partridge-dog; but, as I have elsewhere remarked, the retriever has now superseded the latter in his proper vocation, and he must either work on the moors or not at all. I shall now proceed to describe the four varieties of the setter, beginning with— (A) THE ENGLISH The English Setter. In my young days the use of the setter was almost confined to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, John Henry, 1810-1888; Armatage, George (Stonehenge, pseud. ). London, Longmans, Green
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