THE POINTER DRAKE. 



411 



DRAKE was purchased at Sir R. Garth's sale, July \^th, 1874, for 150 Guineas. Died April 22nd, 1877. 



'("Mr Cornwall Lei-h's M-irs / Mr. Corbett's Pallas. 



/Mr. Comberpatch's Don. ] J s> t Mr. Cornwall Leigh's Peg. 



(. Mr. Comberpatch's Moll. 



/Owen Hill's Joker. { M- Marriotfs Bounce. 



DRAKE. 



Rap. - 



'. ( Lord Sefton's f Capt. White's Mo 



f Lord Lichfield's Mona. < Major. \Lord Sefton's Jilt 

 ( Lord Derby's Belle. 



( Lord Lichfield's Jasper. 



\ (Mr. Bentley's Tell. 



Uord Lichfield's Juno. $; gSJgg^^ ^ 



(.Dog of Mr. Stanhope's, name unknown. 



r. Marriott's Nell. 



Lord Sefton's f Capt. White's Monarch 

 " "ajor. 

 Derby'; 



( Mr. Newton's Ranger.* 



Ruth. 



Doll. 1 ,,.. /Mr. Burdett's Drake (from Lord Derby's Kennels). 

 \ Daisy (from Lord Derby's Kennels). 



Pedigree of Mr. Newton's RANGER. 



Sire, Sir T. Whichcote's Ranger. Dam, Mr. Foster's Ruth. 

 Dog of Mr. Stanhope's. Mr. Odlin's Dido. | Mr. Newbatt's George. Mr. Newbatt's Nell. 



Lord H. Bentinck's Jovial. Lord Craven's Venus. 

 Mr. Edge's Rake. Lord Villiers' Marcus. Lord Craven's Bess. 

 Sir H. Goodrich's Jewel. Mr. Twibell's Jewel (Laxten Kennels). 



MEASUREMENTS OF DRAKE, TAKEN OCTOBER 25, 1874. 



Round chest ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2ft. sin. 



Nose to root of tail ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 o 



Height at shoulder ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 i 



Head, skull-bone to nose ... ... ... ... ... ... o 8 



Round face, under eyes ... ... ... ... ... ... o 11 



Round thigh ... ... ... ..'. ... ... ... i 2 



Round loin ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i ic 



Round skull ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i 4J 



Skull-bone to shoulder-blade ... ... ... ... ... ... o 8$ 



Drake's performances were: ist prize, Puppy Stakes, Stafford Trials, 1868; ist prize, 

 All Aged Stakes, ditto, ditto ; ist Prize, Braces (with Mars), ditto, ditto ; ist prize, Champion 

 Cup, ditto, 1869; ist prize, Champion Cup, Shrewsbury Trials, 1870. Drake was sire of the 

 winners of the ist, 2nd, and 3rd prizes, Puppy Stakes, Shrewsbury, 1874; ^ so of the 

 winner, Dandy Drake, and grandsire of second and third in 1878 ; also of Beau, Mallard, 

 Romp, Lucky Sixpence, and Gipsy and Yellow Drakes, of Luck of Edenhall (winner of 

 the Field Trial, Derby, 1879), and of Tick, in the Rhiwlas Kennels, as well as Lord 

 Downe's Bang, Drake II., Mars, G*race, Jill, and Bounce ; Lord Derby's Drake and Duchess ; 

 Lord Lichfield's Daisy ; Mr. Barclay Field's Riot, and Mr. Price's Rose ; Sir R. Garth's 

 Mite II. ; and many other Field Trial and Show Bench winners. Is also grandsire to Mr. 

 Pilkington's Garnet and Faust ; Mr. Barclay Field's Drake and Pride, and many others. We 

 may here state that Faust was sold to America last year for the large sum of ^450. 



Considerable judgment is required in selecting a Pointer, for to no breed of dog is 

 the axiom of " handsome is as handsome does " more applicable. Many of the very best 

 Field Trial dogs of modern days having been singularly lacking in quality, additional 

 importance has been given to the belief already in existence that in the matter of a 



Mr. Newton's Ranger, "Champion Pointer of England," awarded Prize at Leeds, July i6th ; Birmingham, 

 December 2nd, 1861 ; Preston, September 2nd, 1862 ; Ashburnham Hall, Chelsea, March 23rd ; and Paris, 

 May 4th, 1863. 



