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farm, which, had the lease expired, would have cleared to the landlord 
above two hundred and fifty pounds per annum.” 
It is worth noticing that the parti-coloured setter is not in this case 
described as red and white, but as chestnut. The colour of the Irish setter 
of the present day is frequently likened to that of horse chestnut at the time 
the burr opens and the nuts first show in their nest. But chestnut is 
a rather variable description, for the, chestnut horse is of quite a light 
colour compared with a large part of the nut, which is more “bay” 
in the main. 
Quite recently we had the good fortune to pick up a little paper-bound 
book published by a resident of Montgomery, Ala., prior to the Civil War, 
in which appear two of the late Frank Forester’s sketches. They were 
written some time before for'a paper, which ceased publication before 
they could be used, and they were given to Mr. Johnson J. Hooper to 
make what use he liked of them and at last saw daylight. The period 
set for the sketch entitled ““The Yorkshire Moors” must have been 
about 1825, for it begins thus: “It is now well nigh thirty years since my 
first day on the Yorkshire moorlands.” The date of entry of the book 
in the clerk’s office of the United States Court is 1856, and as the sketch 
had been written some time prior, the “thirty years” take us very readily 
to 1825. Forester’s recollection is further reinforced by his saying that he 
was then about eighteen years of age and was in the sixth form at Eton, 
and as Forester was born in 1807 that checks the date. His real name 
was William Henry Herbert and his father was the Dean of Manchester. 
He was also a grandson of the Earl of Carnarvon. 
The old gamekeeper had started for the moors two days before, leading 
a pony laden with panniers and four brace of dogs. The description of these 
dogs begins with: “Cynthia and Phoebe, a pair of orange and white silky 
Irish setters, with large soft eyes and coal black muzzles, feathered six 
inches deep on the legs and stern.” Orange and bright chestnut are not 
so very dissimilar and, being shades of red, would be called red by many 
people. This question of colour was a burning one sixty years later when 
classes were given for both the self-coloured and the red and whites at Irish 
shows, and this distinction was also made at the early American shows. 
Literature regarding the early Irish setter is most difficult to procure, and 
although we have read innumerable books that gave somes light promise 
of even a passing mention, the result has been most unsatisfactory. The 
