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In the East the breeders are still ahead in bench 

 form. Mr. Throckmorton's Champion Duke of 

 York and Island Boy, and Mr. Mott's Princess 

 Alice, can, the chances are, beat anything now in 

 the West, as Mr. Westlake's Belle and Startle 

 almost certainly can, while Lansdowne Malt 

 would have no trouble at all in a Western show 

 with anything put down lately. 



The last word about pointer families is sug- 

 gested by the chicken trials in the Northwest this 

 fall (1903). One prominent figure has been Lad 

 of Jingo. He has been himself placed several 

 times, though an old dog for trial work. The 

 feature, however, has been the winning perform- 

 ances of his progeny. Lad's Meally, Alpine Lad, 

 and Copper Coin have all been winners against 

 large fields of the best dogs in training. At the 

 Huron (Dakota) trials. Coin and Meally were 

 third and fourth in a Derby stake of twenty-six 

 starters, pointers and setters; while Lad of Jingo 

 was third and Alpine Lad fourth in the all-age 

 stake of thirty starters, including many previous 

 winners. Mr. Austin has been firm in his faith 

 about Lad in spite of some hard luck, and it is 

 good for sport that a great bird dog is getting the 

 fame he always deserved. Young Rip Rap, too, 

 has been fulfilling expectations by the winnings 

 of Rap's Pointer and Speck's Jingo Boy at these 

 chicken trials. 



