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respectively first and third in the Field Derby in 

 1885, and she herself had won at Stratford-on-Avon 

 the year before. * To Naso of Upton she bred 

 Shandygaff and others. Some other crosses did 

 not appear to "nick" so well, and since then she 

 has failed to breed. It is a great pity that this 

 same strain had not been kept in more than one 

 kennel. It would have allowed some in-breeding, 

 and I am afraid that, in the long run, it may be lost. 



The dog Mike, from 1874 to 1876, won nine 

 prizes at field trials, six of them firsts, the remaining 

 three he divided with other dogs. During the same 

 period he was successful on the show bench, com- 

 mencing with a second at the Alexandra Palace 

 in 1875, and a first at the Crystal Palace next year. 

 Mike died in 1884, leaving behind him a reputation 

 as one of the hardiest and best pointers that ever 

 ran, and I am not aware that any other pointer has 

 approached his record, both in the field and on the 

 bench. 



Somewhat at random, I have mentioned these 

 names in order to show that the pointer, in all its 

 excellence, is a common commodity, although a 

 valuable one with us. His pedigree is rigorously 

 kept in the stud books, and his performances in the 

 spring are studiously repeated in the columns of the 

 Field, and to give the names of all the best dogs 



