258 Modern Dogs. 



That strain, of which Wroth's Don is a representative, deserves 

 a passing notice. His dam, Mr. Andrew's Sappho, came directly 

 from the Croxteth kennels, and was by Lord Sefton's Sam 

 his Flirt, while his sire, Mr. Norrish's Old Bob, was equally well 

 bred, being by Mr. Whitehouse's renowned Hamlet Pearl, 

 Hamlet's granddaughter. 



Mr. Norrish's Donald, Revel, and Digby were all of the same 

 family as Wroth's Don. Donald, it will be remembered, won at 

 Birmingham in the small sized dog class in 1879. After scoring a 

 few more prizes, he went to America, where he continued his 

 successful career, and his blood was sought after by some of the 

 most prominent breeders of that country. Revel ran well at the 

 Kennel Club Field Trials at Blandford, and also won on the 

 bench, but unfortunately died when young in Mr. Arkwright's 

 kennels. Digby proved himself sire of Lady Digby, from whom 

 sprang Count de Beauffort's Master Dan, a large-sized dog, whose 

 debut at the Alexandra Palace, where he won first prize, caused 

 quite a flutter. One other representative of this family I must not 

 be forgetting, namely, Mr. Leach's Mina Juno, a daughter of 

 Wroth's Don Fursdon Juno. From Mina Juno came Mr. 

 Norrish's Sandford Vesper and Saddleback Secundus, both by 

 Saddleback. 



A familiar name amongst pointer breeders at the present day is 

 that of Mr.. R. Stawell Bryan, of South Molton. Coming out 

 first as a successful poultry exhibitor, principally in the game and 

 Azeel classes, it was not a very big jump from poultry to pointers ; 

 and all the more easy as he had been a thorough sportsman from 

 his boyhood, and knew practically what a pointer's work should 

 be. Possessing a good strain to start with, he has consistently 

 bred for size, substance, and working characteristics. Well do I 

 remember Beta some ten years ago, when she was on a stud visit 

 to Mr. Leach's grand old Bang II. One of the offspring of this 

 union was Molton Broom, who can surely claim to be the very 

 corner stone of Mr. Bryan's kennels. Her litter brother, Molton 

 Baron, was also extra good, his best progeny at the present day 



