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ever brought out, and Lewis C. Morris, tlie cham- 

 pion of to-day (Fishel's Frank-Bessatina). 



This gives a fair line on the pointer families 

 in the lead to-day, and the sportsman wishing 

 to breed his bitch can choose from any of 

 them not of his own direct line and avoid in- 

 breeding, yet get a high-class field dog for the 

 sire. 



Now, who won in the 1916 big field events ? Be- 

 ginning with the United States Field Trials, held 

 at Grand Junction, Tenn., first was won by Joe 

 Muncie, a white and lemon setter dog by Jack 

 Muncie ex Miss Mathews. Second place was 

 taken by Lewis C. Morris, the Fishel's Frank 

 pointer just described. Third was won by Secur- 

 ity, the pointer combination of Hard Cash and 

 Alford's John via Alford's Royal Rags. In the 

 Derby, the dogs whelped after January 1st of the 

 year previous, insuring the competitors to be pup- 

 pies in their first year, first was won by Kirk's 

 Buss (Wise's Ruby's Sport-Kirk's Maude), a 

 Llewellin-Laverack white and orange setter dog; 

 second by Naponechee (Dan Piedmont-Lady 

 Reyno), a Llewellin; while third was divided be- 

 tween Commissioners O'Crahu (Commissioner- 

 Count Whitestone's Lady Alice), which places 

 him, and Rap's Pansy Blossom (Manitoba Rap- 



