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useful size, indeed, with a workmanlike and sensible 

 appearance, with the addition of beauty in colouring and 

 coat ; his ears, too, are very good. Following his success 

 at Liverpool, at the Collie Club show held at the end of 

 February, Christopher was placed over his sire, Metchley 

 Wonder, for the challenge prize, and there attracted the 

 attention of Mr. Mitchell Harrison, of the United States. 

 In due course a bargain was struck, Christopher changing 

 hands for 700 in cash and two other dogs, Dublin Scott 

 and Charleroi II., valued at 150 apiece, so it may be said 

 that the extraordinary price of 1000 was given for this 

 handsome son of Peggie II. This is by far the highest price 

 ever paid for a purely fancy dog, excepting for a St. Bernard ; 

 such a sum has seldom been given for a greyhound, and 

 never for a pointer, setter, or any other sporting dog, except- 

 ing in the case of a greyhound. Ormskirk Amazement 

 is by many judges considered the dog of the day I believe 

 there are at least half-a-dozen living now, in March, 1890, 

 that can beat him. He is handsome in colour and markings, 

 possesses extraordinary coat and frill, is a nice-sized 

 symmetrical dog, and his ears are all right. To many he is 

 attractive by the extraordinary length of his head, produced 

 by his upper jaw and teeth projecting very much in front of 

 the lower ones. He is sadly " over-shot," or " pig-jawed," 

 and how far this defect is to be taken into consideration 

 judges must consider when making their awards. Some of 

 the bitches from the Ormskirk kennel are likewise 

 amazingly excellent, including Ormskirk Dolly, first at 

 Birmingham, in 1889, where she was claimed by Mr. Percy 

 Heaton, at the catalogue price of 100. At the next big 

 show, which came off at Liverpool, with her name changed 

 to Keepsake, she was, however, beaten by a bitch bred by 



