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as she had done in this country before and has 

 done since. 



Also in Shropshire, there is another valued kennel 

 of pointers kept by Colonel Cotes, at Pitsford, and in 

 work they are just as good as any others. It may be 

 stated that the majority of these field trial dogs are, 

 as a rule, rather higher on the leg, and generally 

 built in more racing lines, or not so cobbily and 

 heavily made as the pointers we see winning on the 

 show bench. As a rule, they are good-looking 

 enough for anything, and dogs like Ightfield Dick, 

 and Ightfield Deuce, both shown at the Kennel Club 

 Show, in June, 1892, are particularly smart, in this 

 respect, the first named especially. 



The Rev. W. J. Richardson, in Oxfordshire, and 

 his neighbour, the Rev. J. Pooley, in the same 

 county, ought likewise to be mentioned as owners of 

 pointers of undoubted excellence, Mr. Richardson 

 having been especially successful with dogs of his 

 breeding, both in the field and on the bench ; his 

 dogs are usually of the small or medium sized strains, 

 and excelling in quality. Then, in Northumberland, 

 the Rev. W. Shield has another useful kennel of dogs 

 that can do good field work as well as appear to 

 advantage in the ring. In Kent, Mr. F. Warde has 

 another useful strain ; so have Mr. F. C. Lowe, Sir 

 T. B. Lennard, Mr. J. H. Salter, Mr. W. Arkwright, 



