J AmrAUT 0,1881,] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



455 



'J'Uompson's 

 (^ueen Bess. 



Slu's 

 'mm. 



S^r^k. 



Majoi-. 



DR. LYMAN'S P0IKTEK8, 



rilWO of tl lincst pomtus that h \.\ < bet ti iniponcd U> Ihia 

 J_ covuitrv during the last \ Dr C I 



I jmmot '5priDi,liPld Jfiss T fs of a dop 



Bob and a bitoli Kubv, own te: They 



u? f ,1 1 1 in SepiemliLi 1 1 tln^liiace 



^1 1 )busllinaij) \\ u 1 iiui, iiiicn m 



X 1 li Lu iMMl . i\ ^[i -^ I ]{ Lmioud 



J I I fium tljL t 111 111 t h ^e lull iitbnii 



hin hi lulumn (o be r ire In Id d k m i it i ^'. 1 1 r j k isure 

 we subjoin t!ie pcdigrti mil (fitilun f IIr tual in 

 LugUnu Rubj iSTCivmii li Ml i hi i niotl \ i b in everj'- 

 partictdai and \ Ii I > man on bis purchase 



TuiAi 

 BKA&SDiLE 1 1 11 sidt, Yoik England,) 



ieptembei, lb ) 

 Pi jc I \img!an Bduibiuffh 



Su — 1 bi.„ to say I lia\ e given youi pointers Bob and 

 Uub\ a llior ju_h timl befoie tbue ■ucll known sportsmen 

 I L)d llLlin^li Li ul Ca 4eiei„h lud Lord Ai'Uiii ^ointuei 

 '•ett (wboha\e ii it ^rontc over them; 1 he^ were pronounocd 

 by us all tu \iL tliinimgh]\ bioken and in evcrj waj a capital 

 brace of dogs. I Jiave the honour to be, sir. 



Your obedient servant, 



(Signed.) G. Holding, 



ileod keeper to the Rt. Hon. the Eail of Faversham. 



ESGT.ISH PotJJTKR DOO BOB. . 



H?j'd K. P. R. 6S. 

 SlEE. Vkampkm Lh>n (K. C. S. R. 4201). 

 l).«r. Mr. Aiusvvorth's Beatuy, by Lord Stamford's 

 lliuiter, out of the Duke of Atboi's Rose, by Drake out o£ 

 the Duke of Argyle's Ruby. 

 Whelped 1877, own brother to Ruby (K. P. R. 136), 



Color and Marks. 

 Bob's color is medium liver and white. He lias marks <m 

 cheeks, forehead and ears, the :\Ie.sian line of division bfiiie 

 waved. There is a separate mark ou right side of nose ex- 

 tending to nostril. A patch behind slioulder on each side. 

 the. right one liiglicr up than the left, also one on the loins. 

 toward the right side. A patch at root of stern extending 

 down right haunch. He is ticked on back and Umbs. ^ 



(Signed.) J. VAronAX, 

 Gayficld House, Edinburgh, N. B. 

 Witness:— (Sd.) T. H. Lewis, 

 Gay field House, Edinburgh. 



THE IRISH SETTEK. 



'^-js^'i'-^::^ 





MR. BLOODGOOD'S NATIVE SETTER NAT. 



[Reprinted from advance sheets of Vero .Shaw's "Book of the Dog^," 

 fui'uiahcd to the JToeest and Stkeam by the author, lliiough 

 Casuell, Petter, Galpui & Co., publishers, No. 596 Bmadway, 

 New York.] 



THE origin of the Irisli setter is, like that; of other breeds^ 

 buried in aa obscurity from which it "will neveremerger 

 lu spite of the many theories which have been propounded 

 concerning il. The peculiarity of its coloring renders this 

 dog distiuct in itself, and it is more than possible that it is im 

 some way descended from the liver-hued' selling tlog whicc. 

 is referred to by Gervase Jtaikham in his " Hunger's Pre- 

 vention." 



As a matter of fact the earliest mention that we have been 

 able to discover of any setter peculiar to Ireland is in the 

 "Sportsman's G.ibinet," where, in the chapter on English 

 setters, direct allusion is made to this breed of dog in the 

 following words : — 



"The sporting geullemen of Ireland are more partial to 

 setters than pointers, and probably tliey are better adapted to 

 that country. The fields in many parts of Ireland are large, 

 very rugged and stony." 



This clearly proves that at the beginnin* of this century 

 the seller, in some shape or other, was identified with the 

 Emerald Isle. It is greatly to be legrelted that no mentiin 

 is made of the appearance of these don?, a=', if there had been 

 tmything of the kind, a good deal of light might have been 

 thrown upon the Irish setter as the breed at present exists. 

 It is somewhat remarkable that in the eases both of the Irish 

 setter and the Gordon setter so great a difference of opinion 

 should exist among their supporters on the subject of color. 

 The controversy on the Goidon setter (juestiou has already- 

 been done justice to; but. on approaching the Irish seller, 

 we are met with alnwst identical JiBiculties. As in the Gor- 

 don so in the Irish, opinions are mainly divided on the ques- 

 tion of white. Whether this color is permissible in a pure- 

 bred Irish setter or not was, at one time, a very impo"rlanf 

 feature in discussions on the breei', and we have of later' 

 years even heard it maintained that white marks should dis- 

 qualify an Irish setter in competition on the show bench. 



Naturally, such extreme opinions as the a'love are shared' 

 by only a very limited number of breeder?, a? it is more than 

 questionable whether any strain of Irish setters ia entirely 

 free from white. Solitary specimens of the breed are, of 

 cours", prevalent in great numbeiv, but it can never be takeui 

 as a certainty in breeding that the offspring of pure bred, 

 dogs will themselves be of that color wholly unmLxed with 

 ■white. A very large number of experienced breeders have 

 written from time to time most strenuously in support of the 

 introduction of white into the breed, and have given it not 

 only as their opinion that the ndxtureoE colnr.s is more tak- 

 ing to the eye, but that it is a positive proi f of purity in thev 

 breed. However, for our own part, we must coniess that 

 our afTcctions lie in the direclion'of u whole colrrcd dng, and ! 

 that we think the less white an fii=h setter hrs about him the; li 

 handsi mer he is. So much in modern limes depends upon- || 

 appearances, and there are so few opportunities for salisfac- ij 

 torily testing the merits of a show dog in the field, that the i 

 question of his btauly is of far greater importance than it 

 was before tbe ori.ain of canine exhibitions. It must not, I 

 then, be thought that because the fashionable Irish setter 11 

 color is red, ifie red-and-white dog Should not be encouraged; ' 

 for, 10 begin with, the two colored dogs of certain strains are j 



just as likely to throw pure red puppies a.s the self colored 

 dog8.them.Eelvep, anil, in addition, they are just as handy in 

 the field. We, therefore, are slrongly in favor of due en-_ 

 coiira.geroent beme given to the red-and-whites by the com-' 

 mit'ees of dog shows tbrounhout the country. 



Mr. 3tai!dgna certainly seems to share our opinions on this 

 subject, for he writes us follow : — 



"Itt Ireland, -Vmerica and Germany, at the great "dog 

 shows, thtro has grown up a strong inclioation to mark the 

 Irish setter as an exclusively red dog, and to allow no white 

 whatever to appeir. This is all very well if it is thought 

 elesirable to establish it as a new breed and to frame modern 

 rules for juda-ius them, etc. ; but some of the finest types of 

 the old breed had a fair share of white on the lace, neck and 

 feet. 



"For endurance no setter can compere with the Irish. 

 They are quick as lightning; but their pace never pets be- 

 yond their nose. Trn<?, unless they are extremely well-bred, 

 they are so wilful and hearls'rong ttat they require much 

 breaking, and ofien to he broken a little every yar, but when 

 well-bred not much iireaking is needed. (By-i he-hyp, I 

 much prefer the Ameiican terra "trained" to brealiing, a.-; it 

 implies a much more rational treatment of dogs to train than 

 bieik them ) 



'• The Irish setter has certainly more dnsb and go than the 

 Gordon, but for this leason he is the more headstrong, and 

 therefrre more diflicult to control, and hence il may be his 

 victories at field triaks are as few and far between as the Gor- 

 don, even less, for I find only one Irish setter a winner at 

 field trials; ihis -wns my young dog, Plunkef, in ihe spring 

 of 1870, when he won, as a puppy, second in the Shrev,-5bury 

 stakes, and was immediately at'envard sold lor ib^U, to JMr. 

 Liewellin, consideied a Xowu, price in those ear'y days. Mr. 

 Llewellin, I believe, sold him afterward to an American for 

 4:300." 



Another powerful argument in favor of the recland-white 

 color is to be found in the illustration of the tliree setters 

 ■o-'hich has been given before ami alluded to in the Gordon 

 Setter chapter. The middle doe in the old plate is colored 

 red, with a diftinct blaze of while up the face. This mutt 

 prove that there was a red-and-white seller in existenca some- 

 where iu LSCi, as no artist such as Mr. SvdeQham Edwards, 

 who is responsible for what appeirs in ■ • Cynogiaphic Britan- 

 nicii," from which the illustration is taken, woulel be likely 

 to invent a color for a doa bo was jio-traving. The dimen- 

 sions ot the blaze, too, are .so consi- e able as to exceed the 

 amoun permitted by some opponents of white markinps. 

 v.ho, though strongly objecting to the pr.senre of any whi e 

 at aP, admit that tbey would not absolutely r i qualify sn 

 ■ •tlierwise good dog bccars! hehad a tnip f f white uj^oj h s 

 heiid, che?t rr feel. ^ Flaving thus drawn full atlention to the 

 qaesiim of white in the Irish seller, anri given it as our opin- 

 ion iliaf, tlioiigh the wholly blood-red is the more preferab'e, 

 the purl i-colured dogs should not be discouraged, but iMther 

 the reverse, we wiirproceed to the discu»sion of anotiier point 

 in connection with the color of Ihe breed which has from 

 litre to time evoked correspoudencs in the public press. 



The desirability of a tinge of black along the buck and 

 around the edges of the ears has been keenly argued by seve- 

 ral writers and experienced breeders suppor.ing the introduc- 

 tion ofibese feature?, which they afiirm is very frequently to 

 be met with in many priufjpal htraios of Irish setteia of un- 

 doubted purity. The vast, majnrity of admirers of this do.g, 

 howeve'-. uniie in deprecating such fancy markings, and their 

 views, backed up by common sense, must certainly command 

 repreci. 



f):itractor5 ot the Irish .setter are accustomed to make much 

 capital out of the dog's headstrong nature, and no doidit theie 

 is a considerable foundation for their hostility to him. In 

 comparison with tbe^other breeds of setter the irishman is im- 

 petuous, and if not kept in constant work often lequires re- 

 breaking, and on thii account has made many enemies of 

 those sportsmen who, under other circumstances, would have 

 gladly given him tbeir beat support. As it is, he must be 

 constantly worked or he will soon be useless in the field ; but 

 if eare has been taken with his education — and he is naturally 

 a generous dog — ^an Irish setter ia no mean companion to the 

 sportsman. He is active, intelligent and possesses great pace, 

 and is not at all of a jealous disposition. His constitution, 

 too, is, as a rule, far superior to that of the Laversck, with 

 which he has often been crossed. The advantace of this 

 cross fas been recognized by many eminent authoriiies, and 

 even Ihe great E. Laverack himself spoke of such an experi- 

 ment as follows : 



"So highly do I value the true blood of the Irish that 1 

 have visited Ireland four limes for the express purpose of as- 

 certaining where the pure blood was to be found, with a view 

 of crossing them with my Beltons. 1 very much regret to 

 say that, after all my troubles and efforts, I found that this 

 fine and magnificent old breed had degenerated, owing to the 



carelessness and Legligence of the Irish in not having kept It 

 pnre." 



In our opinion, it was chiefly from a desire to improve ai d 

 strengthen the constiluiiou of bis breed that Mr. Laverai k 

 was ia favor of an Iiisti setter cro.'s ; for it is more thi n 

 probable that his ptariic il eyi' was bceinnins to see traces < f 

 that delicacy oC > ' ' 'eh so iciuied his efl iris latir 



on. No finer > ■ i arimte cGuld he possibly di- 



vised, for the ' u; Irishman would most cei- 



tsinly correct I i , . i .. i the Laveiiirk in this resper', 



la ^riie i t tbe iliscltiimi r on the part of Mr. Laveraek, it is 

 alDM.vf li^v iid a tloubt tbtit someof tbefclloweis of his setlir 

 h,i'-eii"i. ri , M,! tile L ,ver<ic',-5 wiih the Irish, as ucmii- 

 la'iiiblf I , line bred Laverackf. 



These < 1 1 -li-'i r in cimhtitutii n 



than 111 T robable that the it- 



troductinu 1 111-11 MiDiMi b,.-, i_ni-LU 1,1, Lweiacks in be bef c". 

 strong and hairt to break. Mr. Laverack, in writintr nf a fu.- 

 raous sitter of the former breed which lie s.ia- at Uncker 

 mou h Ca le lludes t the dog as follows : ''Tbemo:t 

 magn h ent= e n 11 settei I ever saw. This cleg, 



was vcr\ In 11 i ciilaily low, very oblique in 



his should r= 1 le 1 i el back very deep and tiros d 



intheches i n r ^ e eehind 11 e shoulders, and veiy 



short in tue leek an' " moie so than any Irish setter I 

 ever saw be has id mm n pp jfi sun of coat, with a tinf e 

 of blaekon the up £ 1 1" t irs I sn ml 1 have bred from this 

 doa but fcr tnc t How in g reason and I think I was right : 

 no one was able to break him. and ins stock were frequently 

 bkck." 



This brings ns to the consideration of another crosstowhii b 

 the Irish setter has lieen subjected, though it ia one which bts 

 almost certainly failed to improve this useful and hanrisorre; 

 breed of c'og. It is an unquestionable ftct Ihat Gordon petter 

 blood baa been largely imroduced into many strains of Irish 

 setter, and the result has been niuchipjiiry to the latter breed. 

 The presence of Gordon blood has, we have no doubt iu cur 

 mind, done much to impress upon certain breeders the import- 

 ance cif the black nr deep-colored fringe to the tars or trace 

 down ihe back ; but Ibis is nevertheless, in our opinion, a 

 decided fault, as bcmg indicative cf Gordon setter bUiod. 

 iVnother feature in this lireed of dog, in which tbe Gordon 

 cross is veiy wont to claim its preseuee, is in tbe ears, tie 

 heavy " saddle- Ibip " ear betokening the bar sinister beyond a 

 doubt. 



[to be CONTIStTED ] 



Thassportatiox to PiTrsBTTE&n. — Mr. L. P. Farmer, Gen- 

 eral Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has 

 exerted himself to afford every possible comfort for traveling 

 sportsmen on tbeir waj' to and from the Pittsbmgh Dog 

 Show. Men and dogs fare well on this well-equipped liue. 



NoTtcE.— Will the gentleman who purchased a red Irisli 

 setter dog of P. A. Chester or J. C. Fowler, Modus, Conn.,. 

 plea.se send hi.s name and address to this office ? 



Lo,sT.— Mr. Pied. Raab, of Hoboken, N. J., lost, i three 

 montlis ago, his black.with white spot on breast, setter dog 

 Tanner, aged five year.^. Any information regarding Mm 

 will receive a suitable reward from his owner. 



Me. WyjiAS's Cocker Flo.— We have received here from 

 the ov.nor a very spirited photograph of the very pretty little 

 cocker bitch Flo, the property of Mr. T. H. Wyman, Sebec, 

 Maine. 



RATrLEB. — Mr. C. H. Goodman, of Springfield, Mass., has 

 been offered and refused three hundred dollars for hia pointer 

 dog Rattler. 



Mr. R. M. LivixGSTOs's Bill Bitch. — ^We had a very 

 pleasant call from Mr. Liviugston, of this city, who brought 

 with him his recently-imported bull bitch. She ia all that 

 has been claimed for her. 



Pensstltasia Doq Show. — ^From the large number of 

 applications weliave had for premium lists and entry blanks 

 we should judge that the show will be larger than at first an- 

 ticipated. Remember the entries close to-morrow and that 

 Mr. Lincoln's adtlress is Box 303, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



MASfiAonrsKTiH KrN-ynL Crrs. — At the annual meeting of 

 this organiziitii. 11. held at Boston last month, the following 

 gentlemen were re-elected for this year : Mr. John Pottler, 

 Jr., President; Mr. T. T. Sawyer, Jr., Treasm-er, and Dr. 

 E. J. Forstfer, Secretary, 23 Monument Square, Boston, 

 Mass, 



