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Rip Rap dogs is Senator P. He won two cham- 

 pionships, one on the Pacific coast and one in 

 Manitoba. He is descended from the English 

 leading families through California lines different 

 from those of the favorite Americans. Senator 

 P. is a good-looking dog and a sterling field trial 

 performer, though he scarcely ranks in brilliance 

 with the greatest. 



A recent English importation is Sally Brass, 

 an extremely stylish and merry little pointer which 

 won a place in the Eastern Club trials of 1901 

 and aroused the warmest encomiums on account 

 of her attractive style, though her speed was not 

 exactly first class. She was brought over by Mr. 

 S. C. Bradley for Mr. George Crocker, those two 

 gentlemen having a theory that they can make 

 some new history with both pointer and setter 

 blood from England. 



One of the standing discontents of a busy man 

 is that he cannot attend many field trials. These 

 interesting rivalries bring together bird dogs of 

 chosen powers, and, as no two of the trial grounds 

 are just alike in topography and cover, he who 

 wishes to understand all the merits and defects 

 of great dogs would like to see as often as pos- 

 sible the running of stake events. Among my 

 regrets on this score is that I never saw Rip Rap 

 in the field. On the bench he was a specimen to 

 attract a sportsman rather than a fancier. He 



