BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 



EDWARD DEXTER. 



Little can be said in a brief notice of one who so endeared himself to the true 

 sportsmen of America, and particularly those whose favorites are pointers, as Mr. Ed- 

 ward Dexter, remembered by many as "Uncle Ned." 



A courteous gentleman always, his delights, until failing strength prevented, 

 was to be in attendance at the trials of the Eastern, Central. Continental and U. S. 

 Clubs, meeting his friends in pleasant rivalry, ever ready to take the true sportsman's 

 delight in congratulating owners of winning dogs, setters or pointers, receiving in a 

 modest way the hearty congratulations of his friends on his own success, 



Assisted by Capt. McMurdo, he laid the foundation for a strain of pointers that 

 became famous long before his death, in June, 1901, at the ripe old age of seventy- 

 five years. Hops, Mainspring, King of Kent, Pontiac, etc., were the foundation of 

 his kennel, and from these came Jingo, Selah, Rip Rap, Delhi, India, Nabob, Tippoo, 

 Maid of Kent, Ranee, Mainstay, Tapster, Zig-Zag, Wild Damon and others, mostly 

 winners in his own kennels, followed by others as the principal winners in our trials 

 since, inheriting this blood direct. Mr. Dexter, while patronizing the separate stakes 

 for pointers, always preferred that his entries should be in competition with pointers 

 and setters in stakes open for all, in our foremost trials where competition was best. 



He did much towards the final abolishing of the separate stakes for pointers, 

 contending that the pointer was able to prove his merit in the strongest competition. 

 His fame and that of his kennel is world-wide, having no mercenary consideration 

 in the breeding business. 



He was a gentleman of the old school, honored and respected by all who came 

 in contact with his fine spirit of manhood and integrity. 



In sincere admiration of him, and as a tribute to him, we give him first place 

 in this book as a means of keeping him fresh in the memory of Sportsmen who knew 

 him, as well as those of the hereafter. 



