The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-30

MANY different types of dogs
1V1 are favored by hunters. The
Irish settlers, with their beautiful
red coats; the Gordon settlers, like
old Bish, owned by the Kingsburys
of Irvington, who was So large
that when he came into the living
room the company went home;
Llewellyn settlers, pointers, fox
hounds, beagles, cocker and
springer Spaniels, and many other
breeds. Even those caricatures
called Irish water spaniels have
their adherents.
The most universally popular
hunting dog, particularly for
birds, is the English setter. Of
the 1,400 dogs registered in the
first American Kennel Club stud
book, 553 were English settlers.
Clyde E. Robinson of this city
owns an English setter of ancient
and noble ancestry named Betsy.
She is described by her owner as
a sweet little worker" but as
Tom Halves of Westport has her
in charge, she can not be both pet
and hunting companion for Mr..
Robinson. He is so proud of her
that he commissioned Randolf
Coates to paint her portrait.
Mr.. Coates had sympathetic
interest in this work, because, al
though ne is one of Indiana's
foremost artists, he finds other oc-
cupation in the fall woods than
catching with his brush the
beauty of autumn colorings. He
also is an ardent huntsman, al
though his equipment interest
centers more in guns than dogs.
He owns Paul Rainey's elephant
gun, and antique pistols and
handmade rifles of marvellous
workmanship. The painting of
Betsy here shown combines his
two chief interests-painting and
hunting.
Mr.. Robinson gets more enjoy
ment from the actions afield of
his beloved dog than from his own
skill as a marksman. A dogs per-
feet response to a long and care
full course of training is joy to
hunters heart. The intelligence
Shown by a good hunting dog is
remarkable, and undoubtedly he
redity as well as training plays
an important part in the perfect
behavior. The English setter has
been hunting dog for centuries.
CASTOR de Folk, feudal mon
arch in 1857, wrote a treatise on
hunting dogs, in which he said:
They are called hound for the
hawk, or spaynels, for their kind
came from Spain.
THEY love we'll their master
Il and their right craft is of
the partridge and quail"
Martin Luther wrote in 1921
about hunting for partridge with
dogs and DR.. John Rays, founder
Of Caius college, Cambridge, gave
as classification for hunting dogs
in 1850, Those used for the net
called settlers, those used in hawk
ing and those for the water also
bring us our bouts and arrows out
of the water There is also this
day among us a new kind of dogs
brought out of France, for we
Englishmen are marvellous greedy,
gaSping gluttons after novelties
they bee speckled all over with
black and white and affordith a
Seemly show of complynesse."
From that day to this, hunting
dogs have been kept by landed
men of England. On ancient es-
tates, owned by one family con-
tinuously for generations, old
strains have been perpetuated, al
though old paintings prove that
the setter of the seventeenth CEN
fury was not the distinct breed it
is today.
Although primarily hunting
dog the setter makes an excel
lent pet. His long silky coat in
Vltes stroking and his loving, ap-
pealing eyes win a reciprocal af-
lection. He is an intelligent.
kindly, trustworthy aristocrat. the
characteristics in a companion.
either dog or man, which are
prime requisites for hunting or
for life.