Here are a few corrections: Brittanys were not bred to setters to compete in field trails, they derived from the same spaniel back in the early 1500s.

Setters were not bred to pointers. You can get any good setter line like tomoka, tekoa, ryman, etcand trace it back to the early 1900's. I have a Llewellin and studied setter history. My dog has ancestry can be traced to 1880's back to the Duke-Lavarek-Rhoebe cross from England.

If there were cross breeding, then it was done under auspicious circumstances and hidden from the various registries. Hence, it was not widely done.

Also, posting such a post will geteveryone's hackles up. We are here to discuss various aspects of differing breeds, help people out, and ask questions and NOT aboutstirring everyone up.