Outing (1885) (14782755252) - Public domain book illustration
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Identifier: outing15newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries
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^ theHon. D. Plunket or the Rev. Mr. OCalla-ghan. He was a combination of the bloodof the kennel of the former with that ofthe La Touche and Hutchinson strains.After winning on the bench and in the Jr. (who defeated the noted Gladstone),Berkeley, Raleigh, Bruce, Little Nell,Leigh Doane and Yoube. Each of theseachieved success on the bench and in thefield, and they certainly constitute agrand array from one sire. Other finedogs are Glencho, Chief, Biz, RoryOMore, Tim and Elcho, Jr., the sub-
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BESSIE GLENCHO. field in England, and running the famousCountess very hard, Plunket was boughtby Mr. Llewellyn and afterward sent toAmerica, being owned by Mr. W, J. Far-rar, of Toledo, Ohio. The name of Rev. Robert OCallaghanhas been associated with most of thenoted Irish setters of later years. Hisbeautiful Aveline was a model, and shetook second place at the English KennelClubs Derby, where she was greatly ad-mired, both for her fine contour and herexcellent style and speed. This gentle-man has recently bred dogs to even sur-pass her. There are fewer Irish than English set-ters, and, as a natural consequence, theyare not as well known ; yet since atten-tion has been given to the breed inAmerica, dogs have been bred worthyof greater prominence than they havegained ; notably Elcho, who sired Joe, ject of the illustration. He is really awonderful dog—excellent in quality andgood from stem to stern. He has neverbeen defeated, and is not only the mosttypical Irish setter in America, b