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Originally Posted by William Maynard
Great Pictures. I did a quick search on the Old Hemlock bloodline and it states that the breed did cross with Spanish Pointer and Springer Spaniel as well as Water Spaniels. You can see the Spaniel breed in the shape of it's head. Beautiful dog.
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well - the English Setter was originally created from those outcrosses back in the 16 and 1700's. The setter was a set breed by the early 1800s when Laverack and Llewellin lines came about. Most modern English setters will trace back to one of them.
George started with a Ryman Setter named Blue in the 1930's, and brought in one bench English Setter line for size and form and also several other small private setter lines. Look at the setters on a D or better Parker - the well done ones would fit right in our line. That was Georges goal - the old style foot hunting Setter that was being replaced by the smaller faster trial type.