The Irish Setter - Its History, Temperament And Training (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)

The red gun dog of Ireland, from ancestry to field trial - with a Cecil Aldin frontispiece of the great Sulhamsted champion.

Leonard E. Naylor's The Irish Setter - It's History, Temperament And Training, published in London in 1932, is a working breeder's book in eleven chapters: the ancestry and the famous old strains, the winners and the names that made them, how to choose a dog, the breed in the house, the standard description, training for sport and for field trials, the famous modern strains, hints on breeding and on showing, ailments and remedies, and a closing chapter on where the breed was going.

The frontispiece is Cecil Aldin's sketch of Field Trial Champion Sulhamsted Sheilin D'or - Sulhamsted being the dominant field-trial kennel of the interwar years, and Aldin a sporting artist collected in his own right.

This edition features:

• The complete 1932 text in eleven chapters, from ancestry to field trial • A frontispiece sketch by Cecil Aldin of Field Trial Champion Sulhamsted Sheilin D'or • Training for sport and for trials, with hints on breeding and showing • Photographs of the famous dogs of the interwar years

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E-bog: 17. september 2020