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shire, viz., Bow Bells, by Bang out of Leech's Belle ; Mr. White- 

 house's Rapid is another Devonshire-bred dog of recent celebrity, 

 being by Clang out of Romp. 



Up to the time of the institution of dog shows, the lemon and 

 whites were little valued in comparison with the liver and whites ; 

 but Mr. H. Gilbert's Bob and Major (the latter sold to Mr. Smith, 

 of Tettenhall, on Mr. Gilbert's death in 1862), brought the lemon 

 and whites into notice on show bench ; while a son of Bob. 

 Mr. Whitehouse's Hamlet, already alluded to, took 90 points out 

 of a possible 100 at the Bedford trials. Mr. Whitehouse's Hamlet 

 also took several prizes on the show bench, and his stock have 

 quite superseded that of Major, which, handsome as they are 

 admitted to be, have not shown much capacity for the work 

 demanded from them in the field. Mr. Whitehouse has bred 

 from this dog Priam, Rap, Joke, Flirt, and Nina, all winners ; 

 besides Macgregor, who is by Sancho out of a grand-daughter of 

 Hamlet. From these successes in the twofold direction of beauty 

 and goodness in the field, Hamlet was in high fashion until the 

 appearance of Sir R. Garth's Drake, since which the contest 

 between the stock of those two dogs has been maintained with 

 varying results, there being little difference in the number of wins 

 between Viscount Downe's Bang II., Mars, Grace II., and 

 Drake II., together with Mr. Lloyd Price's Mallard and Beau, and 

 Mr. Statters Dick ; and, on the other hand, Mr. Whitehouse's 

 Priam, Rap, Pax, Nora, and Blanche. Besides these may be 

 mentioned Mr. Brackenbury's Romp and her produce by Chang, 

 Mr. Whitehouses Rapid, and Mr. Fairhead's Romp. 



I have made this quotation as some proof of what I 

 had written as to there being nothing in the colour of 

 a pointer that would indicate either pace, staunchness, 

 or stamina, and Mr. Whitehouse, by sticking con- 

 sistently to the orange or lemon and whites, has 

 convinced most people that the dogs of this colour 



