. THE IRISH SETTER CHAMPION, "TIM" (5815). The Property of the Seminole Ker\nels, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. IRISH SETTERS. BY AN OLD BREEDER. THE beauties of this noble dog would fill more pages than allotted me here if I should begin to name them. Suffice to say, imagine an animal superb in shape, intelligent in face, with a magnificent suit of rich, dark, mahogany red. He is full of fire, quick and active, with a sweet disposition, and is the best of companions in the field. The Irish setter has great speed, activity, endurance, and is capable of with- standing severe fatigu
. THE IRISH SETTER CHAMPION, "TIM" (5815). The Property of the Seminole Ker\nels, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. IRISH SETTERS. BY AN OLD BREEDER. THE beauties of this noble dog would fill more pages than allotted me here if I should begin to name them. Suffice to say, imagine an animal superb in shape, intelligent in face, with a magnificent suit of rich, dark, mahogany red. He is full of fire, quick and active, with a sweet disposition, and is the best of companions in the field. The Irish setter has great speed, activity, endurance, and is capable of with- standing severe fatigue, wet and cold. The typical dog is well described as one " whose coat should be coarse for hard work, smooth and not wavy or curly. On the upper parts of the body the hair should ^e of moderate length, the foot half tawny, the tip half deep senna, appearing as if stained with port wine, but never showing black on the ears, head, back and tail. The legs and under parts are deep or pale tawny, while white should not appear anywhere except in the center of the forehead and the center of the breast. The ears should be long, reaching to the end of the hair at the nose, pendulous, and as if lying in a fold, set well back and low on the head. They should never be set high, short in length, or half diamond-shaped, while their feather should be moderate. The eye is of a rich hazel or bright brown, well set, full, kind, sensible and loving, the iris being mahogany color. The nose is mahogany, dark flesh or blackish mahogany, never black or pink. The whiskers red, and the head itself long and nar- row, yet wide in the forehead and arched in the peaked cranium behind. A short bullet head, a wide flat one, or one running to a point at the snout is very common and very bad, the lips deep or moderately so. The chest ribs deep, the loins long and moderately wide, while the belly is well tucked up. The fore legs should be straight, moderately feathered, and the feet close and small. The h
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