"Rip Rap" was one of the first white and black Pointers to make a big mark in the field trial world. For many years prior to his appearance, black in a Pointer was frowned upon with suspicion, but it was not long before this prejudice was dispelled. So prominently did his name become associated with the white and blacks that to this day many of those not so well informed as they consider themselves refer to every white and black Pointer as a "Rip Rap". Rip Rap sired 19 field trial winners, many of them fine producers. His best son was "Young Rip Rap", a brilliant performer and a successful sire." -- The Sportsman's Bookshelf, Volume XIII, Hunting Dogs and Their Uses: The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, PA, 1951

"When Messrs. Dexter and McMurdo selected "Hops" to breed to "King of Kent" they did so with a view to the further intensification of the "Bang" blood, ... The union produced the phenomenal "Rip Rap", undoubtedly the best field trial pointer ever produced up to that time. But "Rip Rap" was not a prodigy, for from that same union came the peerless "Maid of Kent" and also "Tapster" and "Zig Zag". This mating did not produce the handsomest offspring it is true, for the "King of Kent - Hops" products were sadly lacking in that satiny smoothness of finish so conspicuous in some of the other lines of breeding, but all of them had field trial ability far and away ahead of anything yet seen in America." -- A.F. Hochwalt, 1923, The Modern Pointer

"All during these years (1890's) the Charlottesville Kennels were using him ("Rip Rap") regularly at stud, and they were campaigning his puppies without fear or favor. As a result they placed nine of his progeny in field trials. But others were also breeding to him, and in all, "Rip Rap" sired nineteen field trial winners. The nine campainged by the Charlottesville Kennels were: "Selah", "Delhi", "Tippoo", "India", "Nabob", "Warlock", "Ranee", "Nana", and "Khartoum". The other ten were: "Ripsaw", "Lady Peg II", "Ripple", "Daisy Rip Rap", "Ripsey", "Ripstone", "Mollie", "Zephyr II", "Rap's Ranger", and "Young Rip Rap". -- Hochwalt, 1923, The Modern Pointer

"The litter of which "Rip Rap" was one, was whelped on May 20, 1888. The puppies were a plain-looking lot, and many a breeder accustomed to the rich, satiny, white and liver coats of the bench show strains prevailing at that period, might have hesitated in bringing to maturity such a plebeian-looking lot of pointers as this litter by "King of Kent" and "Hops" appeared to be in their infancy days. Messrs. Dexter and McMurdo had no misgivings of this kind, however. They knew their blood lines; they were well acquainted with the performances of the individuals that made up the pedigree of these plain puppies, and they had every reason to believe that the nucleus of the pointer's future success was bound up in this line of breeding. That their hopes were all founded subsequent events proved most conclusively. One puppy from this very first litter was destined to perform brilliant deeds in the field trials. This was "Rip Rap", a youngster which showed phenomenal precocity, and he was selected to battle for the honors of the Charlottesville Kennels in the derbys of the ensuing year -- the season of 1889 and '90." -- A.F. Hochwalt, 1923, The Modern Pointer

"He was a white, black and ticked dog. Not many years previous to that period black in a pointer was looked upon as a stain on the escutcheon. The liver and whites and the lemon and whites had the vogue, and a pointer of any other color was regarded with suspicion. "Osborne Ale" and other white and blacks were coming prominently before the public, however, hence the existing prejudice was soon forgotten, especially in contemplating the brilliant success that "Rip Rap" gathered unto himself. He was of medium size, rather plain in head, light in eye and coarse in stern. His coat was of the pin-wire variety, entirely devoid of that satiny finish seen in the Graphics. To the bench show man, "Rip Rap" was not at all attractive, and viewing him among the flashier ones, the sawdust-ring judge, lacking the experience of the real sportsman, would promptly pass him by, for his good utility parts could not carry him through in this kind of competition. "Rip Rap", on the bench or in his kennel, was a most undemonstrative dog, and one would not recognize in the ordinary specimen as he appeared on the bench, the wonderful "Rip Rap", the hero of many a hard-fought battle in the field, where he usually came out with flying colors. -- A.F. Hochwalt, 1923, The Modern Pointer

""Rip Rap" appeared in public the first time in the derby of the Eastern field trials held at High Point, N. C., in 1889. Here he won second to the setter "Rowdy Rod" in a field of fourteen starters, of which ten were setters. In the all-age pointer stake of the same club's trials he won first in a field of sixteen starters." -- A.F. Hochwalt, 1923, The Modern Pointer

""Maid of Kent", ... the youngest sister of "Rip Rap", was whelped in the spring of 1890; consequently she was a year younger than her illustrious brother. Her record is not so formidable as her borther's but she was not given the same opportunities. Many good judges, however, thought she was "Rip Rap's" equal in every way; and, indeed, she was a brilliant performer, possessing all that dash, courage, eagerness and snap in going to her game that is characteristic of the familly. She won a divided third in her derby year in the trials of the Eastern Club which took place in November, 1890, and the year following she won first in the same club's all-age pointer stake. Her most brilliant performance, however, was when she ran unplaced in the Subscription stake in which "Antonio" was given the decision over her. "Maid of Kent" left no progeny. Messrs. Dexter and McMurdo, believing in the intensification of the good qualities of this line of breeding, on one occasion mated her with her brother, but the puppies all died very young. "Maid of Kent" herself did not live to a ripe old age. -- A.F. Hochwalt, 1923, The Modern Pointer