Short hair?
why short hair and not long?

Good small dogs with longer hair: Britneys, springers, boykins, and Of course smaller Setters.

Good short hair dogs, but not always small: GSP, Eng. Pointers, Weimaraner.

The best fitI can think of for what you want would be a weimaraner. Smaller and short hair, great upland dogs. If you went to a longer coat, maybe a springer or boykin spaniel would work well, maybe a Britney..