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rior dog, but had not the decision and snap in his 

 bird work which the field trials required. In the 

 production of field trial quality he was by no 

 means equal to the smaller dog, subsequently 

 imported by the same club. Bang Bang, an orange- 

 and-white son of Price's Champion Bang. Bang 

 Bang sired Consolation, Roger Williams, and 

 other winners notable both in the field and on 

 the bench. By the late J. M. Tracy, the famous 

 animal painter, Consolation was regarded as the 

 most exquisitely proportioned pointer ever seen 

 in America. 



In 1879 the Rev. Mr. Macdona brought over 

 his young dog, Croxteth, and sold him to Mr. 

 Godeffroy of New York. Croxteth was a large, 

 long-bodied, liver-and-white dog of fast gait, but 

 not what would be called handy in action. He 

 had a peculiarly long and narrow head which was 

 by the old-timers discussed considerably pro and 

 con. Like the " Sefton head " it had both ad- 

 mirers and critics, but the debate was mild and 

 did not last long. As a progenitor Croxteth 

 easily outclassed all of the early large dogs. His 

 son, Trinket's Bang, is still held by some handlers 

 to have been the best field pointer put down in 

 American trials. Another son, Ossian, was a 

 frequent winner. Robert le Diable, a third, was 

 esteemed the handsomest pointer of his day and 

 was a successful dog in the field. Trinket's 



