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distinguished by their respective colours as the " liver and 

 white " and the " lemon and white." These two colours 

 compose 95 per cent, of the pointers kept in Great Britain, the 

 remainder being whole liver (very rare from not being admired) 

 and whole blacks, a celebrated kind of which has long been 

 highly valued in the North of England. Mr. Edge, Mr. Moore 

 of Appleby, Lord Sefton, Lord Derby, Lord H. Bentinck, Mr. 

 Antrobus, Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, Sir E. Garth, Mr. E. J. LI. 

 Price of Bala, and Mr. S. Price of Devonshire, have been the 

 most prominent breeders of the liver and whites, and until about 

 twelve years ago that colour was the favourite one; but in 1865 

 Mr. Whitehouse exhibited a beautiful lemon and white at the first 

 field trial, which did his work so well as to command the admira- 

 tion of the judges and spectators ; and the late Mr. Lang of 

 Cockspur Street, well known as a thorough sportsman, also extol- 

 ling the breed, the fashion changed, and "Hamlet," "Bob," "Major," 

 and others " of that ilk," had a good time of it. Sir E. Garth, 

 however, stuck to his colours, and producing his wonderful dog 

 "Drake " year after year at the field trials, where he was able to 

 beat all comers, a return has recently been effected towards the 

 old direction, partly caused by this marvellous and exceptional 

 animal, but aided greatly by Mr. E. J. LI. Price's " Belle " and by 

 Mr. S. Price's " Bang," who, though not so fast as those two 

 flyers, is fast enough for real work. With the exception of Mr. 

 Whitehouse, no other breeder has shown any prominent lemon 

 and whites, and he has not produced anything approaching to 

 either of the above three dogs. " Hamlet " was in his day a 

 very good performer, but not quite first class ; and the same may 

 be said of his descendants, a good many of whom have at various 

 times appeared in public. Hence it is not wonderful that the 

 fashion should have again changed, and that the liver and white 



