34 The Sporting Dog 



best known in history as the sire of Pearl's Fan, 

 she the dam of K. C. Kent and Blackstone, the 

 latter a black-and-white winner on the bench and 

 in the field. 



After the dazzling success of the Dexter dogs, 

 there was not much effort in the way of impor- 

 tation. Home talent was good enough. Occa- 

 sionally a winner out of old-fashioned lines, like 

 Lad of Rush, would come out. He was a liver- 

 and-white dog and a grandson of Lad of Bow. 

 But the overwhelming majority of pointers in the 

 hands of active sportsmen, as well as of field trial 

 handlers, soon began to carry the blood of Main- 

 spring and King of Kent, chiefly through Jingo 

 and Rip Rap. 



Among the variations from the usual course of 

 things should be mentioned Champion Alberta 

 Joe, a magnificent liver-and-white dog, bred and 

 brought out by Mr. Thomas Johnson of Winni- 

 peg, Manitoba. In 1898 he won the North- 

 western Club's championship. Joe may be called 

 an outer line, but, as a matter of fact, he is bred 

 practically the same as the other prominent 

 American pointers. His sire and dam were 

 both brought by Mr. Johnson from Mr. Hey wood 

 Lonsdale's English kennel and trace back directly 

 to Bang, Sam, and Drake like the resto 



An orange-and-white dog which may hereafter 

 achieve some status as a cross for the Jingo and 



