312 The Dog Book 



By judicious mating Mr. Mott succeeded in keeping well to the front up 

 to the time of his retiring a year ago. For some time most of the dogs 

 named were shown in Mr. Brokaw's name, that gentleman having purchased 

 them, Mr. Mott still having them in charge; and when Mr. Brokaw gave 

 up exhibiting some of the best were repurchased by their breeder. 



At this time the Strideaway line began to attract attention, and 

 through Dustaway and his descendants it is an excellent strain, breeding 

 true and producing dogs of merit. Another strain that also came before 

 the public in the nineties, and has bred on and improved, is that of Mr. 

 R. E. Westlake, now of Mill City, Pa. It is about twenty years since 

 we judged at a small show at Wilkesbarre and there met an enthusiastic 

 pointer exhibitor who proved to be Mr. Westlake. Acting upon Mr. 

 Mason's advice, he had purchased a pointer which was bred to Beaufort, 

 and from Westlake Grace's first litter two first-prize puppies resulted. 

 Mr. Charles Heath had also befriended the man who was not afraid to 

 ask for information, and perhaps to him more than anyone else is due the 

 present position of the Westlakes, for his watchword was: "Improve 

 your brood bitches by careful selection." The first selection from this 

 Beaufort litter was the peculiarly-named bitch Beau Beaufort, who was 

 bred to Robert le Diable, and from that litter Molly Beaufort was picked 

 out as the best. Molly was so like her sire in colour and markings and 

 her owner thought so much of her, that he entered her in three classes 

 at New York. He was sent out without a mention, came in for the second 

 class and again got the gate. He was on hand early for the third class, 

 when the judge asked him what was the use of his coming in again. The 

 reason for the success of the kennels may be surmised in the answer: "Well, 

 sir, I have paid for three classes, and if the chain holds out I propose going 

 through the programme." Then he asked if he had not a pointer worth 

 noticing. "Yes," was the answer, "if you had not clipped her tail." The 

 tail being clipped was certainly not the novice exhibitor's doing, but it 

 served its turn, and when on the top of that came an offer which was raised 

 to $300 and refused, the young man from the coal regions went home with 

 a very large amount of food for thought. At New York arrangements 

 had been made to breed Molly to Lad of Kent, and from this mating came 

 no less than ten winners, three of which became champions: Belle Westlake, 

 Westlake's Startle and Daisy Bell. Westlake Startle won the Brokaw 

 Challenge Cup, which called for five wins to take it outright. She was 



