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Lalla Rookh, Meteor, Drake, Pilot, Munson's Bang, Bravo, 

 Bow, Beaufort, Robert le Diable, Fritz, Rue, Robin Adair, 

 Jilt, Rhona, Modesty, Rosa, Bracket, Meally, Revel III., 

 Tammany, Duke of Bergen, Consolation, Nick of Naso, 

 Bang-Grace, Seph G., Bloomo, Young Beulah, Neversink, 

 Tuck, Patti M., Duke of Hessen, Yanderbilt, Puck, Hamlet- 

 Sleaford, Naso of Devonshire, Penelope, Wanda, Stella, 

 Sensation, Jimmie, Shirley, Amine, Clover, Springbok, 

 Bangso, Malite, Jersey Bang-Bang, Roger Williams, May- 

 flower, Naso of Kippen, Lad of Bow, Lass of Bow, Lucky- 

 stone, Madstone, Glauca, Gladys, Kate VIII., Golden Rod, 

 Duke of Vernon, Graphite, Lord Graphic, Brake, Leba- 

 non, Tory White, Transit, Belle Randolph, Cicely, Lap ford- 

 Pearl, Woolton Game, Queen Fan, Pommery Sec, Ossining, 

 Tribulation, Miss Freedom, Merry Legs, Stella B., Sally 

 Brass II., Meally' s Baby, Glamorgan, Lady Tammany, and 

 numbers of others whom space will not permit us to men- 

 tion. 



Among the organizations that are entitled to great credit 

 for the efforts that they put forth, about 1877, for the im- 

 provement of the Pointer in America, are the St. Louis 

 Kennel Club in the West, and the Westminster Kennel 

 Club in the East, each composed of wealthy, representative 

 sportsmen, having the true interests of the breed at heart. 

 These gentlemen imported, at heavy expense, some of the 

 choicest English blood, and by its injection into the veins 

 of our already excellent strains of dogs, vastly raised the 

 standard of the American Pointer. 



The St. Louis Kennel Club's stud dogs, Champion Faust 

 and Champion Bow, were two of the best Pointers of their 

 day, and have further established their claims to distinction 

 by proving their prepotency through a long line of worthy 

 descendants. Champion Sleaford also added greatly to the 

 reputation which the club had achieved as the importers 

 and breeders of some of the best Pointers that America has 

 seen, adding to their bench qualifications that still more 

 desirable characteristic, superior excellence in the field. 



The Westminster Kennel Club was among the first to 



