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eminent almost in sustaining the prestige of the West country strain. 

 Such good animals as Graphic, Saddleback, Vesper, Saddleback II., 

 Revel, Beryl, without others that could be named, and equally first 

 class, are quite sufficient to gain a reputation for any kennel. 



Other noted Devonshire pointers are those of Mr. Lloyd-Lloyd, 

 of Totnes, who, as far back as 1875, I fi n( l exhibiting a bitch 

 named Adele. From her, by Mr. Sam Price's Old Bang, he bred 

 Hebe, who, in turn, being put to Lord Downe's Bang II. pro- 

 duced the field trial winners Fatima, Elias, and Hero, whose 

 excellence cannot be gainsaid. Hebe's next litter, with Mr. W. 

 Lort's Naso as their sire, included the good looking brace Totnes 

 and Daphne, and the former, in alliance with Mr. J. Fletcher's 

 Young Ponto, produced Nan, who, when the property of Mr. C. H. 

 Beck, was the dam of Naso of Upton, by many persons con- 

 sidered to be one of the very best pointers ever bred, at any rate, 

 so far as beauty was concerned. 



To Daphne Mr. Lloyd owes much of his early reputation as a 

 successful breeder. Her career on the bench was brilliant. Shown 

 always in the pink of condition, only bitches of extra merit could 

 compete with her, moreover she transmitted to her progeny many 

 of her most taking qualities, and some of the best in the Totnes 

 kennels at the present day are directly descended from her. By 

 her union with Mr. Norrish's great dog Graphic, she produced 

 Zasme, Zero, and Zeus. The latter was a frequent winner 

 at some of our principal shows, and, by mating him back 

 to Old Hebe, Mr. Lloyd bred the remarkably handsome 

 brace of bitches lima and Lady Jane. Many connoisseurs con- 

 sidered Lady Jane the best of the two. She was, however, some 

 years since, sold to a gentleman in Russia, and we have thus lost 

 sight of her. lima is with us still, and has, during the present 

 year, bred a good litter by Mr. Raper's Naso of Strasburg a 

 descendant of Price's old champion Bang. Another good litter 

 which Mr. Lloyd bred from Daphne was that by Mr. Wroth's 

 Don, the best of which were the well-known Totnes Parody and 

 the lemon and white Totnes Onyx. 



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