Atjgobt 3. 1882,] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



IS 



MR. J. H. GOODSELL'S ENGLISH SETTER DOG "PLANTAGENET." 



PLANTAGENF.T. 



OUR illustration this week is of the lemon beltou English 

 setter dog Plantagenet. owned hv Mr. J. H. Goodsofl, of 

 New York. He was whelped Julv 16. 16*). and was bred by 

 Mr. John C. Higgius, of Delaware City. Del. He is by Jus 

 Dashing Monarch, out of Petrel, aud is of good size with lots 

 of quality, riantagenet's fljst public appearance was at 

 Bobm's Island la<,t November, where he ran in the Eastern 

 Field Trials Derby. Although he was unplaced he completely 

 won the hearts of the. gppcwltiOrs with his magnificent style 

 and dash, bis wonderful speed, and the easy gracefulness of 

 his movemonte. He also exhibited a first-class nose, com- 

 bined with staunchness, giving promise of rare excellence in 

 the field when ndded years and experience shall have wrought 

 their perfect work. We add our report of the. heat run by 

 him, believing, should nothing befall him, that we shall be 

 called upon next, season to chronicle the results of more than 

 One heat, in which he will participate. The following, from 

 our issue of December 1, 1881, is a full description of the heat 

 between 



F-LAA'TAGEMET AXT) ROYAL OALE. 



At 2:10 Plantagenet, owned by Mr. James H. Goodsell aud 

 handled by Martin, and Royal Dale, owned by Mr. J. De. T. 

 Blackstone. of Norwich. Conn., and handled by Mr. Barber, 

 were cast off in the oak scrub west of the barn. Passing 

 through the send) and around the briar patch into the open, 

 Plantagenet was out loose and gave us an exhibition of his 

 wonderful speed His style is also grand, and as he quartered 

 the ground in front, with head high in air. his long, level. 

 far-reaching stride and graceful turns brought exclamations 

 ol wonder and praise fruiu the lips of the delighted spectators. 

 Royal Dale, though a very good dog, as far as we could judge. 

 had not much chance to display his quality, for Plantagenet 

 cut out the work and committed all the faults. In tactile 

 beat himself . He is a very high-strung dog. and has had but 

 weeks' work, and Ids carnal desires occasionally got the 

 better of his training; and then there was fun, for his chase 

 means something; aud, as once or twice he broke away 

 he gave us an exhibition that will long be remem- 

 bered by those who saw him. Of course these perform- 

 ances cannot be, permitted at Field Trials, but as we wit- 

 nessed these displays, memory brought fresh before us fond 

 recollections of two or three dearly lovod companions of our 

 earlier days afield, whose youthful days were full of these 

 wild escapades, and as we thought of the. many days of rarest 

 sport that their riper years afforded us, from our heart we 

 condoned the faults, and wore only sad that we could not call 

 the magnificent creature all our own. When near the south 

 shore, Royal Dale challenged and roaded a short distance and 

 made a Hush. 



PlaQtagenet now took a hand, aud as both roaded up the 

 gully, he mado a flush. Both moved on and Dale pointed: he 

 soon started, but was charged by Barber, who appeared to 

 be looking for the trail, as he kept well ahead or his dog. 

 The birds were widely scattered, and were evidently running 

 fart, as the scent was very poor even when close to the birds. 

 Dale roading on for quite a distance, lost the trail, but soon 

 found another in the briers, but the bird flushed wild. Both 

 docs worked well for so bad cover, until Plantagenet, going 

 at sjieed down wind, flushed a bird, for which he was not to 

 blame; but his wild chase was, under the rules, vefcy repre- 

 hensible, aud he was properly penalized. Working north, a 

 bird was Bushed by Barber, who was again ahead. The dogs 

 were then worked sonth to the little pond, and given a drink, 

 then up the shore, when a bird was flushed by Martin, who 

 was ahead this time. The handlers were now cautioned by 

 the judges, and reminded that the dogs should be allowed to 

 do the hunting. This caution was given none too soon, and 

 was greatly heeded. The dogs were -worked down to the 

 south point ; both challenged once or twice, but nothing was 

 found. As they swuug to the north, Plantagenet made a 

 very stylish point at a bunch of bayherry bushes. Dale, 

 called up to hack, was penalized for not doing so. Martin 

 was ordered to kill, but they failed to find and the puppy 



A little further on, Plantagenet came to a point, but soon 

 moved on a little further, and came to a magnificent point in 

 the open. Dale was brought up and hacked in grand style. 

 Martin Hushed to Order and made a clean kill. Three or four 

 of the. b irds almost In ■ii.-hecLTlantagenefs nose as they passed, 

 which was more than his ardent temper coiil I stand, and he 

 broke for them at headlong speed. Martin cheeked him be- 

 fore he had fairly caught up with the birds. Bringing him 

 back, he retrieved the. dead bird very nicely. Moving on up 

 the edge of the bluff, Martin was taken with cramps, but 

 was soon all right. Meantime, the spectators flushed a brace 

 of birds, which Ucw along the edge. A little, further on 

 Plantagenet made another grand point. Dale, brought upto 

 back, got credit, for it, but we thought that he was pointing 

 instead Barber was ordered to snoot, which he did, and 

 missed; both dogs were steady. Crossing the gully, Dale 

 pointed, and Plantagenet backed. Both moved on, aud 

 ioaded some distance, but no bird was found. A little far- 

 ther on. Dale accidentally (lushed, and Plautagenet immedi- 

 ately (■_■ owed suit, and lost all chance by a very ill-advised 

 chase. 



Notwiehstanding his defeat, his owner was offered one 

 thousand dollars for him, which he very properly refused, 

 well knowing that as a rule many times tins sum wotdd be 

 expended before an animal of his merit would be obtained. 



Plantagenet has been shown on the bench three times. His 

 first appearance was at Pittsburgh last March, where he was 

 awarded first in the open class for imported English setter 

 flogs, an I firsl with Don .hum. Petrel II.. Petrel III. and Fairy 

 II. for the best kennel of five English setters. At New York, 

 in April, he won the special prize for the best English setter 

 dog under two years old. and lirst with Don Juan, Petrel (Ids 

 dam), Petrel 11. and Petrel III. for t.h? best kennel of five 

 Enghsh Betters, At Cleveland he won first in the special 

 elass for English setter dogs that have won one first prize, 

 and first with Don Juan, Prince, Petrel II. aud Petrel III. for 

 the best kennel of five English setters. For so young a dog 

 this is indeed a record to be proud of, and one that exempli- 

 fies the truth of the old saving that "blood will tell." for 

 among the ancestors aud relatives of Plant agenet are to be 

 found many of the proudest names of canine history, in the 

 old world as well as the. new. As we have before stated, we 

 believe i hai Blaiitagenei.il' nothing befalls him, when ma- 

 ture, will achieve the highest honors, both of the bench and 

 the field. The cut is from a sketch by Harrv Tallman, and is 

 a capital likeness. 



THE IRISH RED SETTER. 

 E&itqr Forest and Stream : 



There is probably no race ol sporting dogs on the face of 

 this earth that has stronger friends or more bitter enemies 

 than the Irish red setter, and I doubt if there is a single 

 breed about which so much lias been written in tunes gone 

 by in regard to form, color, coat- and worth, not worth alone 

 upon the. show bench, where the rich sheen o[ his deep red 

 coat attracts admirers, but in the field before the glin, 

 through the bogs and over the mountain heather. It has 

 come down to us through the pages of canine history that 

 the. Irish red setter was the wildest: and most, headstrong of 

 all his race, and as a sort of atonement for all this, that he 

 was, too. the most endurins. To be sure, there is a certain 

 devil-may-care sort of way about the true. Irish dog that can 

 not fail lo create admiration, i ven t hough it casts a doubt as 

 to the be ^ methods of government, yet all must remember 

 that it is the spirit to do and endure "that carries all before it. 

 and when educated, marches to the front. There are Irisi, 

 setters with all the fire and wildness that has ever been 

 thrown out against them: and there are Irish setters with all 

 the mildness and lack of spirit that could suit the most faint- 

 hearted, and there are grades between. 



This breed, which has made Ireland famous for her setters, 

 has been a favorite with the. Irish sportsmen, and, too, before 

 dog shows and field trials came into fasliion. and it will find 

 admirers in all lands so long as there remains a man who 

 loves to use the gun in autumn months. There are some _ 

 would desire to merge everything of the setter kind into 

 the race ;hat carries the. English name, to claim all others as 

 only varieties of the English setter. But 1 do not understand 

 how any one can throw out such assertions. For the Irish 

 dog, at least, is no more a variety of the English setter with 

 a red coat, than the pointer is one with a close coat, and 

 free from feather. Neither is he a made-up dog of recent 

 years, lie was known before birds were shot on the wing, 

 and Ids color was of the reddish hue that nearest matched 

 the brown herbage of autumn weather; and he has come to 

 us through all these years of work, and fancy modern mix- 

 tures, with the same red color, perhaps enriched in beauty by 

 careful breeding, though not changed to other hues, and his 

 style of working low before the net has been altered to meet 

 the wants of shoot Im: living. 



It is perfectly safe to say that no breed of sporting do.gs in 

 existence has stronger characteristics than the Irish red set- 

 ter, and 



better wb 

 l Irish 



An Irish red eettei 



endu 



no matter how hard pushed by 

 matter how fickle fashion rules 

 front wheu given an even chan 

 ever the irrepressible Irishmi 

 work, free and open-hearted 

 the faculty of adapting himself to 



Co: 



be 



his v 



of gi 



s II shut 



that in Ireland, where the grand race 

 •ations and kept pure, there have been 

 ialsto more fully bring before the public its Held 

 i Irish land and Irish game. Whatever honor the 

 r has won in public field trials has. been gained in 

 ds aud against large odds in numbers. And it is 

 t the. past few years that the best specimens have 

 ht out at the leading Irish dog shows. 

 The late Mr. bnveiac.k tells us, in his hook on "The Better," 



that he \ isited Ireland fo 

 selecting an Irish setter to crosi 

 the truu Irish dog hud degsoen 

 he dare i -e, though he does me 

 the best and purest. He had a 

 or else he would not havetakei 

 his search must ha\ 



litlol 



■pt the prize list 



IV, Lai- many o( 



msiderod the mos 



Eiu-opo while he In 



show champion, an 



the 



is for the express purpose of 

 upon his own breed, but that 

 ,ed. and he could find nothing 

 tion several strains as being 

 ugh opimon of the true breed 

 so much trouble. Certainly 



superficial, for he does mil 

 hat has, since first exhibited, 



English shows. 



have heard of Palmoi-ston, 

 imen of an Irish setter in all 

 only knew of him as a hench 

 inp'that. he was used in the 



field for years before he ever saw a bet 

 for his beauty. He was an old dog wha! 

 was given away for the sole put-pose c 

 breeder, who assured me that handsome' 

 there were others of his race as liandso 

 dog show, and so passed away unknov 

 held in honor by friends and owners for 

 field. Since old Palmerstou's death, at et 

 there has been a keen strife among his ch 

 show bench for the honors he held, till 

 his son. the handsome Garryowen, holds 

 the United Kingdom. 



•e of Irish 

 r hunted the fei 



-d 



■Ctter: 



md BE 



honors at Irish beuch si 



clogs, the best and nures 



sesscd in Ireland all liie-.i 



bition, for there w, r- no 



and 1 see no proof that tfc 



hold pets, therefore thev 



for their field work, and so those 



and most useful, were just the ones that v 



guarded by their owners, and the ones mo 





jifion by his 

 merston was, 



value in the 

 years of age, 

 uts upon the. 

 - 

 .mpiousbip of 



ID mushroom 

 sides of Ire- 

 he -hamrock 

 I mention 

 of the right 

 gained more 

 Now. these 



mere house 



i hiL-h esteem 



•re the purest 



.ost zealously 



oust, difficult to obtain 



Settex, I have made 

 be hiJn.-' 



ins in Ireland and by 

 turned correspondence 



. been the 

 ristiesof the true Irish 

 Kohest a.\ D 

 :dby several writers:, 

 the leading Irish and 

 verack could not find, 

 in f i i — earlier works. 

 re good Irish setters 

 closely crossed with 

 ath he said that, the 

 he describes him To 

 be sure, there are other breeds in Ireland than the red Irish, 

 but they are not true Irish setters, and all the number of 

 words any one has a mind to put on paper cannot make them 

 so. It is the red setter that has made Ireland famous for her 

 setters; the red setter that is not a black One, nor .a blue 

 ' 'Ackahd Ian: the red setter 

 trert.hat has been red. is red. 

 breed him other than that 

 it some other breed mixed 

 i some other dog that ap- 

 ead and form; there maybe 

 it such are exceptions, nnd 



adn 



of the Irish 



both by i 

 careful bi 



with mai 



if ort to keep the breed up to 

 uportation from the b 

 cedilm; and I have he! 

 v of the most noted . 

 .he most agreeable sor 

 " belief in thee 



■SSCli 



: the 



mlun 



Inch 



has been confirmed bv the winnings at 

 English shows of the strain that M r. da 

 and that Stonehenge never mentioned 

 Stonehenge has written that there a 

 nearly white, black, block and tan, or 

 black and tan, but in the samebre 

 Irish getter of high mark is red. 



|fj do - an I -"i -I ! 



and in some of 

 a, dogs so bred 



a white one, . 

 that breeds red seders: the 

 and will be red ; aud wher 

 color, depend upon it you have got some o 

 in. There mav be now and then some ol 

 preaches the true Irish type, in head and f 

 one that shows the Irish color, but such ar 

 may be after all owing to au Irish cross. 



It has been somewhat the custom toeall 

 setter, even though he might be half Engji 

 the leading dog shows in England and Are, 

 have won in the Irish classes. I have ii 

 well-known imported bitch so bred, and a winner, and I pre- 

 sume the offspring are classed as Irish setters. The mere fact 

 of a race of black or white, or black and tan, setters having 

 been bred in Ireland does not make them Irish setters, any 

 more than the breeding of Irish Ktiers in I'ngla 

 them Enghsh setters. ( Inly there are no doubt good dogs in 

 Ireland, black in color, or black and tan. 

 but. the true Irish strains have ool been ei 

 to anv such dogs, neither are sueh consu 

 by the most noted breed : 

 eiice with a famous breeder in Ireland, ■ 

 the same strain of Irish setters due- Mi;. 

 "I am still trying to keep up this b reed, a 



Now, this gentleman's dogs have not be 

 white ones, nor blue ones, neither have t.h 

 tan, but red from tie- day he Hirst obtained 

 did not turn to red when they came to hiiH 

 red in 1814, and red in 1 7W, and I dotfl b •■ 

 manufactured then. Why. this red bi lOTl 

 terby right of Inheritance, saved from ye 

 and when other dogs possess it t.\ 

 red dog of Ireland. 



Not only is the pure Irish dogttifferent b 

 inthe color of his coat, but he'is different 

 his form. The Irish setter stands higher 

 either the Gordon or the. English, and In 

 mold throughout, more of the greyhound 

 ened in all his parts. 



His head is longer and narrower thai, - 

 breeds, and of a different color, and no de 

 him in the expression of his rich, brown 

 Irish dog has more daylight under him the 

 one need, for a moment, think that he. is a 

 ing, for he has the deep chest, well-sprun 

 loins that make him last, aud his legs set. < 

 not lacking a bit in bone or muscle, while his feet were 

 made for Ireland's hogs and heather. There is no lumber 

 about him, either in head or form; blood like, from end to 

 end, and of the richest and most beautiful color that ever a 

 dog could boast of, he proves that he is no mongrel. 



Mont Clare. 



THE COLOR OF BULL-TERRIERS. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your issue of this date "lirindte" misrepresents me 

 slightlv. He says 1 "complain" and 'begrudge." ! did 



ereil ' 



lc ,i 



id tan, 

 oedhjg 

 setters 

 spond- 

 ssassed 

 a j s me, 



■Hr 

 jk'and 



hem. 



'I'M, 



r color 





red 



e Ir 



n 1819, 

 or was 

 sh set- 



malic 



yea 

 H fn 



t's ago. 

 mithis 



breeds 

 and in 

 s than 

 e racy 

 ongth- 



tiler 



f tin 



other 

 3 with 



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tso the 



lpthe 



•-ell 



ers, no 



y the 



less 



endur- 



ribs 



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strong 



ell under him are 



either. 1 only asked a qi 

 terest of "pure dog sc 

 What I wanted (o find 

 ter and better aulhorit 

 ■•iti-h Islands." If "Brin 

 iinl edition of that work, 1 



;h. 



• oil. 



lie' 



1-1. 1 



oditi 



earlier work, "Stoueheug i the Dog 



be considered as repudiated by the w 

 I do not sec that 1 am called upon 

 questions, or to '■give, good and suhsia 

 bull-terriers are to be preferred to col 

 make the rule. In fact. I had no port 



Ho 



. 1 1 



ill s 



J that 1 i 



spirited 

 r mouth, 

 rity of m 



nation, in 

 uotive. 

 here was any 



kc '."-'•; Of the 

 Heme., i as to 



ISOge be eil»* 



k.en from the 

 ist, therefore, 



a? "Briudle's" 



[•ns why white 

 >.." I did not 

 • in making if. 

 id fault with 



ants that the 



on their color, and 

 • color so pleasing 

 1, for one. reason, 



'■emblem of inno- 

 "the known char- 

 woman, who looks 

 is not on I ha1 ac 

 ;n T V. H. C. 



IMPORTATION OF SETTERS.— The Steamship Helmstead, 

 )W in this port, brought from Mr. H. F. Grant, Isle of Wi . hr, 

 a black, white and tun bitch consigned to Mr. J. J. SneJlen- 

 burg, of New Brighton, Pa., and two black, white and tan 

 pups t one dog and one hitch, consigned to Mr. J. H. Goodsell 

 of this city . A description of the dogs will be gi ven.ucotb week. 



