Celebrating a Setter Centennial 2: Hartsbourne History

[Henk ten Klooster]

Many words are written over Hartsbourne and their first breeder mrs Eileen Walker. But not many pictures are published apart from traditionals (shows). Celebrating a Setter Centennial means sharing, so here on request some from around 1950. They were made by a Dutch baroness, visiting the kennels in Foresters, Stanmore Common. Most Irish, nowadays umpteen times in extended pedigrees were pictured like Popsy, Tobias, Masterstroke, Meadowsweet (above), Sweetness and Flame. Last was a legendary shower of hail: small white dots all over a redcoat. Enjoy! (Under: mrs Eileen Walker with pups, 1950)

A Dutch visitor apparently enjoying to be photographed.

Hartsbourne Sweetness, one of the two lucky house-dogs.

Hartsbourne Masterstroke.

If you want to see more - Popsy, Penny, Tobias, Masterstroke and Flame plus the American Hartsbourne Senor of Shadowood- tell it and I'll scan them.

[Myra Thomas-Rhodes]

Yes please, Henk! They are wonderful

[Dee Rance]

Thanks as always very informative love to see the old pictures

[Carmel Murphy]

Wonderful photos Henk! Lots more please?

[ursula wilby]

Great dogs and such a wonderful hairstyle on the puppy-picture!

[Henk ten Klooster]

Your wish is my command:-) Above Sh Ch Hartsbourne Bedelia (Tobias x Popsy).

Setterjoy in Hartsbourne gardens

Hartsbourne Senor of Shadowood (sire of Popsy)

Senor (called Mickey) again

Ch Hartsbourne Popsy

Sh Ch Hartsbourne Tobias

Hartsbourne Flame (shower of hail)

Hartsbourne pups 1950

Enjoy!

[Dee Rance]

Thanks again Henk I had Hartsbourne Popsy in my first dogs pedigree...I have a form 10 generations back, it has a lot of the Hartsbourne lines in it....

[Katariina Roiha]

How "normal" looking setters! Thanks Henk!

[Melinda Auld]

Fabulous photos!

[Drago and Beata]

Super !!

[Sharyn Latchford]

Just wonderful photos

Sharyn