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on head and toes, and 'white snake mark on head and neck.' He won 

 firsts at the Palace, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham in 1873 

 and was only defeated at Dublin. The Palmerston dog that sired Milo 

 was out of a sister to Elcho, all of which shows that Muskerry was of excel- 

 lent breeding. He was the sire of Henmore Sure Death, Woodbine, Blue 

 Rock, Wrestler, Signal, Miss Signal, Tearaway, Listowell and Shavanny, 

 winners of forty-two prizes and cups at field trials; also sire of many show 

 winners, including that good dog Henmore Shamrock, imported by Mr. 

 Cheney of Pittsfield, Mass. Henmore Shamrock was full brother to 

 Henmore Sure Death above mentioned. 



"Of the later importations of Irish setters, that is since the days of 

 Kathleen, Noreen, Rose, Elcho, Loo II., Duck, Bob, Friend, and others 

 of that period, the imported ones, as I recall them, were Coleraine and 

 Finglas, Blue Rock, and Tearaway, the latter two imported by Mr. Covert 

 of Chicago; Desmond II., and Winnie II., imported by Mr. Thompson, 

 and Signal, imported for my kennel. Picking out the most important 

 of these I should select Tearaway, Coleraine, Signal and Blue Rock a dog 

 I bought after he reached this country on account of the field trials records 

 they made before coming here, but all were of the highest breeding, amply 

 fitted on that score to impress good qualities on the Irish setters in this 

 country. Finglas was the absolute winner of the All-Ages Stakes of the 

 American Field Trials of 1892, defeating many representative English 

 setters and pointers, but when he ran in the Irish Setter Trials and in the 

 All-Ages Stakes, open to all breeds, in North Carolina, at which I was one 

 of the judges, he did not show up well, much to my disappointment. He, 

 however, had many good qualities and was a good sire, among his get being 

 Finglan, winner of second in the International Field Trials Derby of 1893. 



"It would not be proper to close without mentioning by name at least 

 some of the many who in years past have done yeoman service for the 

 breed. Max Wenzel of Hoboken is one never to be forgotten, and Dr. 

 Davis of Philadelphia, who is still as enthusiastic as ever. Louis Contoit 

 of Tuckahoe is also entitled to a ' place/ and of those whose memory still 

 survives I may name W. L. Washington of Pittsburg, Marsh Byers of 

 Michigan, Dr. Fowler of Moodus, Mr. Sauveur of Chestnut Hill, Phila- 

 delphia, George H. Covert of Chicago, F. H. Perry of Des Moines and E. 

 Bo Bishop. 



" In these notes and reminiscences of records, show performances have 



