The Irish Setter IQI 
show on the Irish benches, which had formerly been one of the “garden 
spots’? at Madison Square. Dr. Jarvis continued to show Elcho Jr. until 
1890, when he sold him to Mr. George H. Covert of Chicago and retired 
as an exhibitor—the last of the old brigade. 
In place of the Wenzel dogs we now had the Seminole Kennels of 
Chestnut Hill, with Tim as the star. Mr. C. T. Thompson sold his last 
good ones to Fred Kirby, and the St. Cloud, Kildare and Washington 
Kennels were the newcomers in the ring competitions. The leading setters 
of this period were Blarney, owned by Mr. E. N. Clark Jr. of Philadelphia; 
Dick Swiveller, a big winner for Mr. Covert; Kildare, Laura B., 
Ruby Glenmore and Winnie II., shown later on in the name of the 
Kildare Kennels, Kildare being the premier dog. He was by Elcho Jr. out 
of Red Rose, a daughter of Biz and Lady Clare. The next important step 
was the bringing together of a number of high-class dogs in the kennels of 
Mr. F. C. Fowler of Moodus, Conn. He secured Kildare, Duke Elcho, Edna, 
Seminole and others, and in his own name and afterward in that of Oak 
Grove Kennels took a leading part at the best shows. But these exhibitors 
did not last long, as is far too often the case with men attracted by the pleasure 
of owning winners only and not imbued with the true spirit of the fancier, 
the man who keeps on the even tenor of his effort to improve his kennel. 
Such a man, for instance, is Mr. ‘J. J. Scanlan, or Mr. Nelson McIntosh, 
each of whom was playing a by no means inconspicuous part at that time 
and has lasted up to the present. 
The dogs named held their own well until the close of 1900, but the 
year before that some good new ones came out, such as Fred Elcho, Lord 
Lismore, Redbud Finglas and Red Rose III., the three first named doing 
a lot of winning for their owners, Messrs. J. S. Laycock, J. 5. Wall and J. A. 
Meyer, names no longer prominent. In this year Ben Law made his appear- 
ance and began a well-merited career of success. It cannot be admitted, how- 
ever, that the general run of Irish setters was in any way equal to what was 
seen during the Elcho period, there being a lack of that quality then so con- 
spicuous. A few still looked like the old sort, but their very presence only 
accentuated the lack of Irish setter character in the classes. As a natural 
result less interest seemed to be taken in the breed, and things were not 
going the right way at all. 
The first approach to a return to the good old days was noticeable 
when a choice lot of Signal bitches made their appearance. They perhaps 
