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however, the setters have gone ahead, both at Shrewsbury and Horseheath. At the 

 former trials the two breeds did not come together, but as far as could be judged 

 without this, the setters were far superior to the pointers ; and at Horseheath, where 

 the same dogs were entered in the Horseheath Stakes, the setters ha.d the advantage, 

 two of each breed being left in for the last two rounds, and Dash II. winning 

 the first prize, Mr. Whitehouse's Rapid (pointer) being second. Mr. G. Brewis's 

 dog also won the club cup which was open to both breeds, Blue Bell III. being 

 second to him. 



Among pointers there are no national divisions corresponding with those of the 

 setters. There are, however, two distinct varieties, strongly marked by colour, viz., 

 the lemon and white and the liver and white, besides the black and white, the whole 

 liver, and the whole black strains ; but these last are not common in the present 

 day, and the appearance of one on the show bench is almost as rare as a black swan. 

 Among the liver and whites the dogs are often too heavy for much speed or 

 endurance a remarkable exception being the celebrated Drake, bred by Sir R. 

 Garth, and sold by him at a high figure in his seventh season to Mr. R. J. Lloyd 

 Price, of Bala, at which advanced age he went as fast, and showed as good a nose 

 as most puppies even of high class. This dog was in his day the fastest and most 

 wonderful animal that ever quartered a field, and his race up to a brace of birds at 

 Shrewsbury in the field trials of 1868, when the ground was so dry as to cause 

 a cloud of dust to rise on his dropping to their scent, was a sight which will probably 

 never be seen again. He was truly a phenomenon among pointers. His extra- 

 ordinary pace compelled his dropping in this way, for otherwise he could not have 

 stopped himself in time, but when he had lost pace in his seventh season he began 

 frequently to stand up, as represented by Mr. Baker, who never saw him till 

 then. In appearance he is not taking, having a plain head with a somewhat 

 throaty neck ; but his frame is all through good, and there is no lumber about him. 

 He could not, therefore, be considered a model for imitation, and consequently 

 I have added a very beautiful and racing bitch to represent the strain in which 

 this sex is generally to be preferred for work, being lighter and more active. 

 This bitch, Mr. Lloyd Price's Belle, was bred by Lord H. Bentinck, and was bought 

 by Mr. Price for 10Z. after winning a third prize at Manchester. She was at first 

 fearfully headstrong, and chased hares for many weeks persistently, being far 

 beyond her puppyhood and unbroken; but the perseverance of a young, and 

 till then unknown, breaker, Anstey, overcame these defects, and being tried in 

 private to be good, she was entered at Vaynol field trials in 1872, when she won 

 the prize for braces, and also that for bitches, being left in to contest the disputed 

 point of priority in the two breeds with Mr. Whitehouse's Priam against Mr. 

 Llewellyn's Countess and Nellie, both setters. In this trial she succumbed to 

 Countess, but turned the tables on her at Bala in 1873. Being possessed of this 

 beautiful and excellent bitch, Mr. Lloyd Price naturally desired to match her, 

 and Drake being put up to auction, together with the whole .of Sir R. Garth's 

 kennel, he was purchased in his seventh season for 1501., and retained by his new 

 owner for his own use alone. Previously, however, Drake had got several dogs 



