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and published in a pamphlet in the early eighties, and from which Mr. Lee 

 did me the honour to quote in his article on the breed in 'Modern Dogs.' 

 As the pamphlet is out of print, no better opportunity than the present can 

 be found to place it before American breeders of the present day and insure 

 its life as an authentic record. 



'"About 1796, the then Earl of Enniskillen, of Florence Court, County 

 of Fermanagh, had a remarkably fine breed of Irish setters, and in 18 14, 

 he and Mr. Jason Hazzard, of Timaskea, same county, also had an equally 

 fine strain, which they crossed. Mr. Jackson Lloyd, of Tamnamore, 

 obtained this breed from Mr. Hazzard, and in 18 19 Mr. Robert Evans 

 of Gostmerron, 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 then a noted sportsman in the north of Ireland and his Irish 

 setters were famed for their beauty and field qualities. In 1 846 Mr. Moore 

 obtained the breed from Mr. Evans and has since kept it pure.' 



"If one may judge from the sensation Palmerston created vt^hen first 

 exhibited and couple that with the wonderful success of his get, it will be 

 very evident that Mr. Moore had not permitted the strain to deteriorate, 

 and how soundly they were bred is established by the long life of Palmer- 

 ston, who was full nineteen years of age when he died. 



" Finding the Palmerston strain a good nick for Elcho, I next imported 

 Noreen, a daughter of Palmerston's best son Garryowen, and the records 

 of the breed in this country show what Elcho, Rose and Noreen did. It is 

 merely the simple truth to say that their blood is to be found in nearly all, 

 indeed, I might say, with little fear of contradiction, all the best Irish 

 setters in the country since their day. 



"No credit is due me for the Elcho importation; that belongs to Mr. 

 Charles H. Turner of St. Louis, a fact which should never be forgotten 

 by Irish setter breeders. It was my good fortune to buy the dog and secure 

 such very remarkable bitches as Rose and Noreen to mate to him. 



"Atone time it was feared that there was too much Elcho blood, and 

 the cr)' was for an outcross, for which purpose several importations were 

 made, and among them that very good dog Finglas, a dog with a very 

 excellent field trials record. But that this was an outcross could only be 

 made to appear by giving a very short pedigree, for he was by Fingal III. out 

 of Aveline, and both were by Frisco, grandson of Elcho, and out of Grouse 

 IL, daughter of Palmerston. This shows how hard it was to get away from 



