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encountered on stage coaches, &c., to establish a breed of red and 

 white English setters, I think, wholly untenable, therefore the 

 . natural conclusion appears to be that the red and white Irish 

 setter was the favourite in certain counties crossed with the red 

 Irish setter when the latter was a good performer, and that the red 

 setter was held in highest esteem in other counties crossed with the 

 red and white, when occasion demanded. 



An interesting pamphlet (now I believe out of print), has been 

 lent me by Mr. Giltrap, secretary of the Irish Red Setter Club r 

 and which was published by Dr. Wm. Jarvis, of Claremont, New 

 Hampshire, U.S.A., in the year 1879. -It purports to contain the 

 pedigree and performance of the two famous setter champions 

 "Elcho" and "Rose"; the former dog was born in the year 

 1874, and after gaining a second prize in Dublin, found his way 

 to America, where he had numerous successes on the bench, and 

 was the sire of Captain Milner's Ailleen, Berkeley Ben, and Joe 

 junior, and a host of other winners. Rose, bred by Mr. Cecil 

 Moore, was born the same year as Elcho, and was by champion 

 Palmerston out of Flora, and, after winning two prizes in Ireland 

 and one in England, went to Dr. Jarvis's kennels; and the 

 following is an extract from the pamphlet, which is not, I think, 

 without significance on the question of the purity of the breed. 



"About 1796, the then Earl of Enniskillen, of Florence 

 Court, county of Fermanagh, had a remarkably fine breed 

 of Irish setters, and in 1814, he and Mr. Jason Hazzard, of Tima- 

 skea, same county, also had an equally fine strain which they 

 crossed. Mr. Jackson Lloyd, of Tamnamore, obtained this breed 

 from Mr. Hazzard; and in 1819, Mr. Robert Evans, of Gost- 

 merron, Dingamore, county of Tyrone, obtained the breed from 

 Mr. Lloyd, and crossed it with the then noted strain of Irish red 

 setters possessed by Captain McDonald, husband of the Countess of 

 Antrim. Mr. Evans was a then noted sportsman throughout the 

 north of Ireland, and his Irish setters were famed for their beauty 

 and field qualities. In 1846, Mr. Moore obtained the breed from 

 Mr. Evans, and has since kept it pure.'' 



