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The English Setter is a medium-size breed of dog. It is part of the setter group, which includes the red Irish Setters, Irish Red and White Setters, and black-and-tan Gordon Setters. The mainly white coat has long silky fringes on the back of the legs, under the belly and on the tail. The coat features flecks of colour (known as ticking), and ...
English Setter Irish Setter Irish Red and White Setter Gordon Setter. The setter is a type of gundog used most often for hunting game such as quail, pheasant, and grouse.. In the UK, the four setter breeds, together with the pointers, usually form a subgroup within the gundog group as they share a common function.
These facts were well known to J. H. Walsh (‘Stonehenge’), Editor of The Field and a leading authority on sporting dogs, for it is he who mentions in the first chapter of his book The Dogs of the British Islands (1867) that a Setter "from Mr Coke of Norfolk and doubtless related to the late Duke of Gordon’s kennel, as Mr Coke and the duke ...
Count Noble (August 1, 1879 – January 20, 1891) was a dog English Setter. He was so well known that when he died in 1891, The New York Times ran an obituary. [1] He was popularly known as the "$10,000 hunting dog." [2] He was described as a "national symbol of what was great in bird dogs." [2] Benjamin Frederick Wilson, Count Noble's owner
The Rossmore family of County Monaghan in Ireland, had a strain of red and white setters dating back to the mid 18th century and this line was preserved into the 20th century. The family still own many paintings of these dogs. [11] During the breed's history, red and white setters were sometimes referred to as Rossmore Setters. [14]
The English Shepherd is a medium-sized breed of dog, it weighs between 40 and 65 pounds (18 and 29 kg) and stands between 18 and 23 inches (46 and 58 cm), males are typically larger than females.
In 1999 a park in Marshall, Missouri, where he died, was built in his honor. [4] The park was opened May 1, 1999, where a statue of Jim was unveiled. Andy Davis, a Columbia sculptor, was commissioned to create the likeness of Jim out of bronze.
The Pointer, sometimes called the English Pointer, is a medium-sized breed of pointing dog developed in England.Pointers are used to find game for hunters, and are considered by gundog enthusiasts to be one of the finest breeds of its type; however, unlike most other hunting breeds, its purpose is to point, not retrieve game.