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sums. At the same auction the old dogs sold almost 

 as well, Dingle bringing 63 guineas ; Lilac and 

 Lake, 61 guineas each ; Moffatt, 55 guineas ; and 

 Druid, 46 guineas. 



All the dogs offered by auction do not realise the 

 good figures one would expect, and it was almost 

 sad to see the kennel of the late Mr. T. Statter 

 dispersed one Friday afternoon in June, 1892, for 

 almost an old song seven brace of pointers, as 

 good as man could produce, and upon which their 

 late owner had spent much money and much thought, 

 realising only 143 guineas. His setters brought 

 even a lower average. 



Another celebrated kennel of pointers is to be 

 found near Whitchurch, Salop, and owned by Mr. 

 Heywood Lonsdale, of Ightfield Hall. The Ightfield 

 pointers have, during the past few years, been more 

 successful than any others in field trial work at the 

 English trials. But this has not satisfied their 

 owner, for, in 1890, a team of his was sent over 

 to America for field competition there. Notwith- 

 standing the fact that the English dogs had never 

 had an opportunity of hunting quail, the game 

 bird of America, as the partridge is here, they 

 soon took a liking to their new quarry, and ac- 

 quitted themselves most satisfactorily, the liver and 

 white bitch, Deuce, taking the highest honours, 



