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the ‘Stonehenge’ editions. In 1875 I imported a daughter of Plunket, 
a sister to the field trials winner Kite, which, according to Mr. Teasdale 
Buckell, was one of the best working setters in England, but my purchase 
did not prove satisfactory, so the following year I got over a granddaughter 
of Hutchinson’s Bob; a far better specimen than the Plunket bitch and very 
good on game, but unfortunately she died before I had any produce 
from her. 
“Getting back to the record at the point we took this little recess, 
we find two Barton’s, each playing a part, in the trials, Mick bemg second 
at the English K. C. trials and Punch taking second at the Irish fixture. 
These were both of Palmerston and Elcho blood. Regalia was another 
good winner in 1891. She was second in the Irish Puppy Stakes, Signal 
winning; third Irish All-Ages Stakes, first in the Setter St. Leger and abso- 
lute winner of the stakes, beating the English field trials winning pointer 
Bertha of Draycott. In 1892 and 1893 she won the Irish All-Ages Stake, 
while her full sister Clonsilla was first in the St. Leger at the Irish trials and 
second for the Acton Reynald Stakes at the English K. C. meeting. These 
were of Palmerston and Elcho blood. 
“Then there was that good dog Blue Rock, a brother to Signal and Miss 
Signal. Blue Rock won first in the Setter St. Leger and won the stakes 
outright, was second in the Irish Puppy Stakes and fourth in the All-Ages 
Stakes and reserve for the Twenty Guineas Challenge Cup, his competitors 
including all the winners at the Irish Trials of 1890. 
“Ben Sullivan was the only Irish competitor out of sixteen in the All- 
Ages Stakes at the English K. C. trials of 1897 and won the stakes, while 
two years prior he was placed third against seventeen competitors. The 
Grand Challenge Cup for pointers and setters at the Irish Trials of 1903 
was won by Donegal Rake, while his full brother, Strabane Palm, was first in 
the Irish Setter All-Ages Stakes of 1902 and 1903. But there is little need 
to prolong the record, so it will be closed with this summary: Third in 
the English K. C. Derby of 1890; second, 1893; third, 1894; second and 
fifth, 1896; first and equal fifth, 1897. An Irish setter was also placed in 
1904, and the winner of fourth in the English Kennel Club All-Ages Stakes 
of 1905 was the only Irish setter entry among twenty-two competitors. 
“Surely that is a most creditable showing when one considers that the 
breed is so much fewer in numbers than the English setters and the pointers. 
And does it not amply support the claim that, properly selected, bred, 
