Identifier: newbookofdogcomp01leig (find matches)
Title: The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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rare. With plenty of game about, and thewind in Bangs favour, the bag was alwaysa very big one. Bang had some extraordin-arily good Pointers amongst his numerous was a very good single-handed dog, butjealous with another. As a sire he becamefamous, as the Field Trial Derby winners,Priam and Scamp, were by him out of Teal,by Lord Downes Mars, son of Drake, herdam. Lorts Lill by General Prim, son ofHolford, Bangs dam being by Hamlet, sodoubly bred into the first winners at Southill. THE POINTER. 237 Priam, an extraordinarily good Pointer, wasthe sire of Mr. Salters Paris and Osborn Ale,Field Trial Derby winner of 1884 and 1885.Mr. Salter had an exceptionally good littlebitch also in Romps Baby by Mike, andaltogether the sons and grandsons of Young bold dogs, but not bold enough for theirsporting owner. His Macgregor, a liver andwhite by Sancho, out of Blanche, by Bob,son of Hamlet, was a very grand dog, and hewon at the Sleaford trials. Rap, a lemonand white by Hamlet, out of Lorts Sal,
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MR. H. SAWTELLS BRACE OF SHOW AND WORKING POINTER BITCHES DRAYTON LADY and CH. CORONATION. Photograph by Russell ami Sons Bang were wonderful in keeping up thetraditions of possibly the greatest Pointerfamily ever known. The late Mr. Tom Staffer, of Stand Hill,brought out some capital Pointers of theLord Derby and Sefton strains. He ranMajor in the early field trials, and a verygrand liver and white dog he was, by OldMajor out of Garths Mite, the grand dam ofDrake ; and so when Mr. Staffer bred Majorto Sappho by Drake he was inbreeding toa sort, and the result was Dick, a beautifuldog that he ran in trials, and afterwardssold to Mr. Barclay Field for £60. The last-named gentleman also ran him in trials,and probably few more brilliant Pointers everranged on a moor than Dick. Mr. F. H.Whitehouse got some capital descendantsof Hamlet, and they were always very was another good Pointer, and so wasPriam, by Bob, son of Hamlet. Then therewas Mr. Lloyd Prices Belle, the fastest andmost beau

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