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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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II.
THE
IRISH
SETTER.--Though
this
variety
has
not
attained
such
popularity
as
its
English
cousin,
it
is
not
because
it
is
regarded
as
being
less
pleasing
to
the
eye,
for
in
general
appearance
of
style
and
outline
there
is
very
little
difference;
in
fact,
none,
if
the
chiselling
of
the
head
and
colour
of
the
coat
be
excepted.
The
beautiful
rich
golden,
chestnut
colour
which
predominates
in
all
well-bred
specimens
is
in
itself
sufficient
to
account
for
the
great
favour
in
which
they
are
regarded
generally,
while
their
disposition
is
sufficiently
engaging
to
attract
the
attention
of
those
who
desire
to
have
a
moderate-sized
dog
as
a
companion,
rather
than
either
a
very
large
or
very
small
one.
Probably
this
accounts
for
so
many
lady
exhibitors
in
England
preferring
them
to
the
other
varieties
of
Setters.
We
have
to
go
over
to
its
native
country,
however,
to
find
the
breed
most
highly
esteemed
as
a
sporting
dog
for
actual
work,
and
there
it
is
naturally
first
favourite;
in
fact,
very
few
of
either
of
the
other
varieties
are
to
be
met
with
from
one
end
of
the
Green
Isle
to
the
other.
It
has
been
suggested
that
all
Irish
Setters
are
too
headstrong
to
make
really
high-class
field
trial
dogs.
Some
of
them,
on
the
contrary,
are
quite
as
great
in
speed
and
not
only
as
clever
at
their
business,
but
quite
as
keen-nosed
as
other
Setters.
Some
which
have
competed
within
the
past
few
years
at
the
Irish
Red
Setter
Club's
trials
have
had
as
rivals
some
of
the
best
Pointers
from
England
and
Scotland,
and
have
successfully
held
their
own.
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