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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Very
few
of
this
variety
have
appeared
at
field
trials
for
several
years
past,
but
that
cannot
be
considered
a
valid
reason
for
stigmatising
them
as
"old-men's
dogs,"
as
some
narrow-minded
faddists
delight
in
calling
them.
On
the
few
occasions
when
the
opportunity
has
been
presented
they
have
acquitted
themselves
at
least
as
well
as,
and
on
some
occasions
better
than,
their
rivals
of
other
varieties,
proving
to
be
as
fast,
as
staunch,
and
as
obedient
as
any
of
them.
A
notable
example
of
this
occurred
during
the
season
of
1902
and
1903,
when
Mr.
Isaac
Sharpe's
Stylish
Ranger
was
so
remarkably
successful
at
the
trials.
It
is
very
difficult
to
account
for
the
lack
of
interest
which
is
taken
in
the
variety
outside
Scotland,
but
the
fact
remains
that
very
few
have
appeared
at
field
trials
within
recent
years,
and
that
only
about
four
owners
are
troubling
the
officials
of
English
shows
regularly
at
the
present
time.
In
France,
Belgium,
Norway,
and
especially
in
Russia
this
handsome
sporting
dog
is
a
far
greater
favourite
than
it
is
in
Great
Britain,
not
only
for
work
with
the
gun,
but
as
a
companion,
and
it
is
a
fact
that
at
many
a
Continental
dog
show
more
specimens
of
the
breed
are
exhibited
than
could
be
gathered
together
in
the
whole
of
the
United
Kingdom.
The
want
of
an
active
organisation
which
would
foster
and
encourage
the
interests
of
the
Black
and
Tan
Setter
is
much
to
be
deplored,
and
is,
without
doubt,
the
chief
cause
of
its
being
so
much
neglected,
for
in
these
strenuous
days,
when
almost
every
breed
or
variety
of
breed
is
backed
up
by
its
own
votaries,
it
cannot
be
expected
that
such
as
are
not
constantly
kept
in
prominence
will
receive
anything
more
than
scant
consideration.
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