Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...H. P. Green, T. Harrington, P. E. Le Gros, J. Smith, and Captain Moreton Thomas. Although Dr. Spurgin did not exhibit a great deal he was very successful with both "Alonzo" and "Fop," and also with a pretty black, white and tan bitch, "Fanciful," by "Bosco." Another very beautiful brace of the same colour were exhibited by Mr. H. P. Green in "Go Bang" and "Gracey," who traced their origin to Dr. Spurgin's blood through "Fop." Mr. Morgan's "Primrose Girl," a blue roan who won many prizes, might almost be called an accident, as she was by "Lord Bute," a black, his dam, "Jewess," being also of that colour, as well as her own sister, "Peeress," but if we go four generations back we come to "Alonzo" in the male line, and her dam has "Fop" for grandsire. The liver, roan and tan, "Chesterton Foss," which was exhibited by Mr. C. C. Lawrence, and the blue roan and tan, "Fashion," both bred by Major Willett, claim "Fop" as their sire, as also the blue roan, "Chesterton Gaiety," and "Tyneside Flirt," the Birmingham winner of 1887, the latter, though owned by Mr. R. J. Aynsley, having been bred by Dr. Spurgin out of "Fanciful." I have mentioned these well-known winners in proof of the fact that all the best dogs some twenty years ago came either directly or indirectly from Dr. Spurgin's "Alonzo." The next of his line to leave a lasting impression on the breed was his great grandson "Alva Dash" (K.C.S.B. 31,459), a liver, white and tan, bred by Mr. Robinson out of " Meg," a bitch who had no extended pedigree. In nearly every litter this bitch bred there ...
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