The Irish Setter. in 



and I can see no reason why such a point cannot be bred up to without a 

 sacrifice of higher and more essential qualities. 



In general appearance the Irish setter is rather lighter and more wiry- 

 looking than the English. The head is long and narrow, the nose wide, 

 not snipey or terrier-like ; the ears set on well back, rather narrow, 

 hanging close and lightly feathered ; the eye should be brown, corre- 

 sponding with the dark flesh-coloured nose ; the lips deep, but not so 

 much so as to be hound-like ; the neck neat, light, and well placed ; the 

 shoulders sloping ; the chest deep, but not wide, as a wide chest indicates 

 slowness ; the fore ribs deep, the sides rather flat, loins strong and very 

 muscular, and the flank rather tucked up ; hind quarters strong and 

 muscular, but not heavy ; the tail set on rather low and well carried, fine 

 in bone, and the feathering rather lighter in colour than the body ; coat is 

 rather fine, but more wiry than an English setter ; the feather is longest 

 about the middle of the tail, tapering off gradually towards the point ; 

 the legs straight, feet hare-like, and fairly feathered between the toes ; 

 the hocks strong, stifles well bent ; the feathering on the legs abundant, 

 fine in texture, and same shade as on the tail ; the body coat is harder, of a 

 wet-resisting texture. Many of the Irish setters of the day can be traced 

 back with more or less certainty to kennels of renown during the early 

 part of the century, and the number of good dogs, it is reasonable to assert, 

 has increased since the advent of shows gave an impetus to the breeding 

 of them ; and now it is a rare thing to find an English show where this 

 breed is not represented. In the United States of America this dog is a 

 great favourite, almost as much so as the Laverack, and specimens are 

 constantly being sent across the Atlantic from Irish kennels. The most 

 celebrated dogs of this breed of recent date, which have been exhibited, 

 are Mr. Hilliard's Palmerston, Dr. Kennedy's Dick, Mr. Macdona's 

 Plunket, Mr. Nuttall's Maybe, Mr. M'Haffie's Mina, Miss Lizzie War- 

 burton's Lily, Dr. Stone's Dash, Mr. Lipscomb's Shawn Bragh, Mr. 

 Jephson's Dash, Major Hutchinson's Bob, Major Cooper's Ranger, and 

 others too numerous to mention. 



Among the most successful breeders I may mention Miss Warburton, 

 Mr. Cecil Moore, Mr. Henry Jephson, and these and several other breeders 

 trace the pedigree of some of their dogs to the beginning of the present 

 century, going back through the kennels of Messrs. Evans and Lloyd, of 

 Dungarvan, to the kennels of Lords Antrim and Enniskillen and a noted 



