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call " modern improvements in the way of sport." 

 But the introduction of dog shows gave him a fillip, and 

 the establishment of field trials raised his social status 

 higher than ever. When the great Daniel Lambert, 

 great in more ways than in obesity, had a noted 

 strain of black pointers about 1840, he was contented 

 to give a puppy away to a friend, or to sell one for a 

 matter of five pounds or even less, and little more 

 could he obtain for a fully grown dog. No one 

 disputed the excellence of his kennel, yet, at its 

 disposal on his death, six brace and a half of pointers 

 realised but 256 guineas, the highest figure, 46 

 guineas, being obtained for lot 13, a dog called Bang, 

 and said to be very good in the field. Swap and 

 Snake, unbroken, from one of Webbe Edge's bitches 

 called Bloom, who had been sold for 80 guineas at the 

 Edge sale, realised 25 guineas each. The three latter 

 not at all bad prices, when the period and other 

 matters are taken into consideration. 



Even so long ago as this, the Earl of Derby, at 

 Knowsley, had, and was obtaining, a kennel of good 

 pointers ; at Edenhall, in Cumberland, the Mus- 

 graves had some excellent dogs ; so had Lord 

 Mexborough, the late Marquis of Westminster, Lord 

 Lichfield, Lord Henry Bentinck, Sir E. Antrobus, 

 and last, but by no means least, Mr. Webbe Edge, of 

 Stretley Hall, Nottingham. 



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