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Henk ten Klooster's Blog – February 2009 Archive (3)

Celebrating a Setter Centennial 3: Stepping into Setterparadise

After Rex (1) came Astrid (Lady) paid for by delivering newspapers. Chasing Lady’s family meant meeting O’Cuchulains, descendants of Hartsbournes (2) stamping Dutch setter history. Reports and pictures made as thirteen years old kid show this was like stepping into setter paradise. Celebrating a Setter Centennial is sharing thrills, enjoy setters of the sixties! Especially Shandon, my favorite. If you want more… Continue

Added by Henk ten Klooster on February 19, 2009 at 4:30pm — 6 Comments

Celebrating a Setter Centennial 2: Hartsbourne History

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,… Continue

Added by Henk ten Klooster on February 12, 2009 at 6:56am — 25 Comments

Celebrating a setter centennial

Cleaning up old pictures, it appeared I’m celebrating a centennial in Irish setters.

Fifty years ago me (around four years) and my brother Wim emptied our saving boxes and bought Rex. His mischief inspired me to write as a kid plus making pictures, books are still there. That is why I have to thank my Irish setters because that inspiration lead to my daily bread (reporter now editor) lifelong plus interest for their history teacher of… Continue

Added by Henk ten Klooster on February 5, 2009 at 7:07am — 19 Comments