THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



head, 9 inches; girth of muzzle, 8i inches; girth of skull, 18 inches; height at shoulder, 

 24 inches; girth of chest, 28 inches; girth of loin, 21 inches; girth of forearm, 9 inches. 



The following are amongst her performances, from which it will be seen that she, in the 

 course of her illustrious career, has succeeded in lowering the colours of Mr. Purcell 

 Llewellyn's Countess and Mr. Macdona's Champion Ranger : County Stakes for All-Aged 

 Bitches at Vaynol Field Trials, 1872, and with Judy of the Bangor Stakes for Pointer 

 Braces at the same meeting. Won also the County Stakes for Aged Pointer Bitches, at the 

 National Pointer and Setter Field Trials, held at Combermere, Shrewsbury, April 291!!, 

 1873, and with her daughter Grecian Bend, won the Acton Reynald Stakes for Pointer 

 Braces, at the same meeting; also at the Grouse Field Trials, 1873, second with Roman 

 Fall, her son, in the Penllyn Stakes for Braces, August I3th, 1873, and ist in the Rhiwlas 

 Stakes for All-Aged Pointers and Setters, August i6th, beating Mr. Macdona's Ranger, Mr. 

 Llewellyn's Countess and Flax, Mr. Statter's Rob Roy, and other celebrated animals, after 

 which performance she was withdrawn from public competition and put to breeding purposes 

 only. Appended are the points she made in the Rhiwlas Stakes, 1873, and County Stakes, 

 Vaynol, 1872 : 



RHIWLAS STAKES, 1873. 



FULL MARKS, a feat only once accomplished, except by Belle. 



MEASUREMENTS OF BELLE, TAKEN MARCH 13, 1874.* 

 Round chest 

 Nose to root of tail 

 Height at shoulder ... 

 Head, skull-bone to nose 

 Round face, under eyes 

 Round thigh 

 Round loin 

 Round skull 

 Skull-bone to shoulder-blade .. 



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Whilst alluding to famous Pointers, and Drake especially, the pedigree of this great 

 dog should not be omitted. We therefore give it, and also a short history of the crack, 

 as they appear in Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price's Kennel List. 



These are taken from the Rhiulas Kennel List, forwarded us by Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price. 



