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Bishop of Cincinnati took up the idea with Fin- 

 glas, an imported Irish setter of unusual field 

 quality, bringing across the sea a considerable 

 youthful reputation. He was by Fingal III out 

 of Aveline and from one of the greatest British 

 strains. Mr. Bishop also had the full sister, Cole- 

 raine. In 1892 the American Club was organ- 

 ized on a somewhat new basis with separate 

 stakes for Irish setters, English setters, and 

 pointers, the three winners to run together for 

 the absolute. Finglas won first in the Irish set- 

 ter class and also won the absolute, beating the 

 pointer, Castleman's Rex, a son of Mainspring, 

 and the English setter. Hi Di, by Oath's Hope. 

 In the Irish stake Elcho's Maid and Hope Boru, 

 both owned by Gray and handled by Mayfield, 

 were second and third. In the previous year 

 Coleraine had won second in the all-age stake of 

 the Irish Setter Club, in which stake Dr. Jarvis's 

 Duke Elcho received the rather peculiar reward 

 of " favorable commendation." Finglas and Cole- 

 raine also competed in the regular Central Club's 

 stake in 1892, but neither was placed. In 1893 

 Fingalin, by Finglas out of the celebrated bench 

 winner, Ruby Glenmore, was second to the pointer, 

 Warwick Nellie, in the international Derby run in 

 Canada. There were eleven starters, and this win 

 must be regarded as a feather in the cap of the 

 Irish setter. In 1893 the Irish Setter Club ran 



