January, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
63 
“PALMERSTON,” THE 
UNBEATEN 
i Editor forest and Stream : 
. Mr. T. M. Hilliard has recently pre¬ 
sented to the Irish Setter Club of America 
the mounted head of his father’s great 
Irish Setter champion “Lord Palmerston.” 
As Secretary of the Irish Setter Club I 
have had several interesting letters from 
Mr. Hilliard who says that “Lord Palmer¬ 
ston” was a playmate of his early boyhood, 
and of all the dogs about the place, in those 
days—and there were many as his father 
' was of strong sporting proclivities— 
“Palmerston” wa’s the big, upstanding one 
and seemed to know he was in a class by 
himself. Pie states “Palmerston” was 
' never, to his knowledge, beaten on the 
bench and he met all comers during his 
■ career and sired many great sons and 
daughters, a number of them champions. 
I am writing you in this manner be- 
, cause of your acquaintance with the Irish 
Setter and knowledge of the records as 
we would like to add something to the 
' history in this case. We are told this dog 
lived to be more than 20 years of age. 
The head is a very handsome specimen, 
I the dome being well modelled, the muzzle 
t long and square, giving an entirely differ- 
1 ent expression than that described by Mr. 
James Watson in his dog book through the 
reproduction of the only known photograph 
l of “Lord Palmerston.” The following 
notes on the advent of Palmerston were 
f written by our friend and member of the 
Club, Dr. William Jarvis: 
I When Palmerston came out he eclipsed 
everything. Palmerston was a dog well 
l on in years when he fell into the hands 
! of Mr. Hilliard for show purposes. He was 
I bred by Mr. Cecil Moore, who had large 
I shootings and kept his red setters for that 
i purpose. When Palmerston was shown it 
1 was impossible to give his date of birth, 
I and that is “not known” on the records. 
He was out of Kate, a bitch shown by a 
i Mr. Cochrane at Birmingham in 1871 with- 
■ out a pedigree or any particulars and with 
which he won first. Palmerston was bred 
by Mr. Moore before Cochrane got Kate 
and he was seven yeares old before Mr. 
j Hilliard got him for show purposes. When 
he was shown in Belfast in 1875, Mr. San¬ 
ded, better known to many as “Caracta- 
cus,” and who was associated with Messrs. 
: Lort and Walker as judges, stated that the 
scales which had for so long been unbal¬ 
anced as to Irish Setter type were so no 
longer. So struck was he by Palmerston 
and such of his get as he then saw, that 
he obtained an interest in him and later on 
I was in charge of the dog when he was 
1 being exhibited in England. His breeding 
; is not properly stated in the English stud 
i book and should be as follows: By Cecil 
; Moore’s Grouse out of his Kate, by Mr. 
Hazzard’s Grouse out of his Belle, by the 
Earl of Enniskillen’s Grouse. Mr. Moore’s 
Grouse by Mr. Evan’s Shot out of Mr. 
Lloyd’s Kate. Very truly, 
R. W. Creuzbaur. 
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