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land and thirteen in the United States, including third 

 prize in the Eastern Field Trials, and the cup for the best 

 Pointer, in 1880. He was a dog of most excellent quality, 

 lemon-and-white in color, and has produced many noted 

 descendants. 



He was one of the first dogs of note that was brought to 

 America, and his importation marked the beginning of the 

 interest in the development of the Pointer that has culmi- 

 nated in our present high standard of excellence. He was 

 imported in 1876, having been selected and purchased, for 



CROXTETH. 

 Owned by Mr. A. E. Godeffroy, Neversink Lodge Kennels, Guymard, N. Y. 



the Westminster Kennel Club, by Mr. George De Forest 

 Grant. His field qualities were of a high order, many of 

 his fine attitudes on point having been preserved by brush 

 and pencil. He died of old age, at Babylon, Long Island, 

 in June, 1887. 



Following close upon Sensation was Croxteth. He was 

 bred by the well-known English sportsman, E-ev. J. Gum- 

 ming Macdona, in January, 1878, from whom he was pur- 

 chased by Mr. A. E. Godeffroy, of New York. When first 

 imported, he was in very poor condition, and did not show 

 up well at the New York Exhibition of 1880, where he was 



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