26 The Sporting Dog 



same English field trial blood, the principal com- 

 ponents of which were Whitehouse s celebrated 

 lemon-and-white Hamlet, that dog's grandson, 

 Price's Champion Bang, Sir Richard Garth's 

 Drake, and Lord Sefton's Sam. Some antiqua- 

 rians talk of the Edge blood and the Sefton-Edge 

 combination, but that is mere pedantry and, while 

 interesting, is of no material importance. Of 

 considerably more significance is the Devonshire 

 blood, through Dr. Salter's Romp, which entered 

 into the breeding of Mainspring and Hops. 

 From an article by Mr. H. S. Bevan, whose 

 relatives were connected with the handling of 

 Dr. Salter's dogs, I gather that the black-and- 

 white color, with irregular ticking, came into Mr. 

 Dexter's kennel from Princess Kate, through this 

 same Romp. Prior to the appearance here of 

 Rip Rap, the black-and-white color, as once in 

 England, had been unfashionable to such an 

 extent that its appearance was hailed as evidence 

 of impure blood, but Rip Rap's transcendent 

 merit made the color actually fashionable, and so 

 quickly that nobody had a chance to argue about 

 it. From that time to this the black-and-white, 

 lemon-and-white, and liver-and-white have been 

 of equal dignity. 



Sensation, a large and very handsome dog, was 

 imported by the Westminster Kennel Club. He 

 was, both in looks and in pointing ability, a supe- 



