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and handled [fairly judged ought to be added. ED.] notwithstanding 

 their being so far outnumbered. Among the earlier importations were 

 Erin and Loo II. by Mr. Charles H. Turner of St. Louis, the former winning 

 the Greenwood Plate Stakes for Irish setters and first in Brace Stakes with 

 an English setter at the Tennessee Trials in 1876. Loo II. when bred to 

 Elcho, another importation to the West, produced Champion Berkley, 

 second in Open Puppy Stakes at Hampton, Iowa, 1879. Prior to that, how- 

 ever, the late E. F. Stoddard, of Dayton, Ohio, had imported Bob, Duck 

 and Friend, names which appear in many pedigrees when carried back 

 to the old days. Friend won the open Champion Stakes at Sauk Centre, 

 Minn., in 1878, beating among others such pronounced good dogs as San- 

 born's Nellie, of the best field trials strain of the day, also the pointers 

 Ranger and Countess Royal. In the East in the following year an Irish 

 setter but nineteen months old won second in the All- Ages Stakes of the East- 

 ern Field Trials Club. The reds also won First Puppy Stakes the following 

 year and the Members' Stakes in 1881 and 1884. An Irish setter divided the 

 Members' Stakes at Grand Junction, Tenn., and at Fairmount, Minn., in 

 1882; one divided fourth in the Derby, while Champion Biz did the same 

 in the All-Ages and defeated the great Count Noble in one of his heats; and 

 Patsy D. divided second with the famous Lillian in the (Free-For-All) 

 Western Field Trials, 1885. His defeat by Trinket's Bang, winner of 

 first, 'was attributed more to his trainer and handling than to himself,' 

 owing to the fact that he was trained to flush his own birds. 



"At the Fisher's Island, Philadelphia Kennel Club and New Jersey 

 Kennel Club trials the Irish setters always played a prominent part, and at 

 these trials conditions were equal as to the fancies of the owners as between 

 English and Irish and pointers. Last year a show winner with only the 

 slightest training was started at the Indiana Club Trials and was placed 

 fourth, while the Members' Stakes of the International Club Trials went to 

 an Irish setter. As only Irish setters competed at the Irish Setter Club 

 Trials, reference to those are omitted, but it must not be forgotten that they 

 brought out some very good dogs, and it is to be deplored that those meetings 

 have been discontinued. 



IRISH FIELD TRIALS WINNERS ABROAD 



"Still we must look abroad to secure the telling facts regarding the 

 ability of the Irish setter in field competition, and we must continue to do 



