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on head and toes, and ‘white snake mark on head and neck.’ He won 
firsts at the Palace, Manchester, Nottingham and Birmingham in 1873 
and was only defeated at Dublin. The Palmerston dog that sired Milo 
was out of a sister to Elcho, all of which shows that Muskerry was of excel- 
lent breeding. He was the sire of Henmore Sure Death, Woodbine, Blue 
Rock, Wrestler, Signal, Miss Signal, Tearaway, Listowell and Shavanny, 
winners of forty-two prizes and cups at field trials; also sire of many show 
winners, including that good dog Henmore Shamrock, imported by Mr. 
Cheney of Pittsfield, Mass. Henmore Shamrock was full brother to 
Henmore Sure Death above mentioned. 
“Of the later importations of Irish setters, that is since the days of 
Kathleen, Noreen, Rose, Elcho, Loo II., Duck, Bob, Friend, and others 
of that period, the imported ones, as I recall them, were Coleraine and 
Finglas, Blue Rock, and Tearaway, the latter two imported by Mr. Covert 
of Chicago; Desmond II., and Winnie II., imported by Mr. Thompson, 
and Signal, imported for my kennel. Picking out the most important 
of these I should select Tearaway, Coleraine, Signal and Blue Rock—a dog 
I bought after he reached this country—on account of the field trials records 
they made before coming here, but all were of the highest breeding, amply 
fitted on that score to impress good qualities on the Irish setters in this 
country. Finglas was the absolute winner of the All-Ages Stakes of the 
American Field Trials of 1892, defeating many representative English 
setters and pointers, but when he ran in the Irish Setter Trials and in the 
All-Ages Stakes, open to all breeds, in North Carolina, at which I was one 
of the judges, he did not show up well, much to my disappointment. He, 
however, had many good qualities and was a good sire, among his get being 
Finglan, winner of second in the International Field Trials Derby of 1893. 
“Tt would not be proper to close without mentioning by name at least 
some of the many who in years past have done yeoman service for the 
breed. Max Wenzel of Hoboken is one never to be forgotten, and Dr. 
Davis of Philadelphia, who is still as enthusiastic as ever. Louis Contoit 
of Tuckahoe is also entitled to a ‘place,’ and of those whose memory still 
survives I may name W. L. Washington of Pittsburg, Marsh Byers of 
Michigan, Dr. Fowler of Moodus, Mr. Sauveur of Chestnut Hill, Phila- 
delphia, George H. Covert of Chicago, F. H. Perry of Des Moines and E. 
B. Bishop. 
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