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the third or fourth cross that the Terrier shape comes out predominant. This is all a matter 

 of chance, and the exact reverse may just as probably happen, although the Terrier was quite 

 free from the stain of the Bull, which is seldom the case. 



The points of the Bull-Terrier vary in accordance with the degree of each strain in the 

 specimen examined. There should not be either the projection of the under jaw, or the 

 crooked fore legs, or the small and weak hind -quarters; and until these are lost, or nearly so, 

 the crossing should be continued on the Terrier side. The perfect Bull-Terrier, may, there 

 fore, be defined as the Terrier with as much Bull as can be combined with the absence of the 

 above points, and showing the full head (not of course equal to that of the Bull-dog), the 

 strong jaw, the well-developed chest, powerful shoulders, and thin fine tail of the Bull-dog, 

 accompanied by the light neck, active frame, strong loin, and fuller proportions of the hind, 

 quarter of the Terrier. A dog of this kind should be capable of a fast pace, and will stand 



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POINTER &quot;RUSH,&quot; OWNED BY EDMUND ORGILL, BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



any moderate amount of road work. The height varies from ten inches to sixteen, or even 

 twenty. The color most admired is white, cither pure or patched with black, blue, red, fawn, 

 or brindle, sometimes black and tan. or self-colored.&quot; 



The Pointer. Among sportsmen, the Pointer and the Setter seem to be equally 

 admired, they being the most beautiful and valuable of all sporting dogs. With the New 

 foundland, St. Bernard, Collie, and many other varieties, they belong to the Spaniel class, yet 

 the Pointer seems more remotely removed from this class than any other breed belonging to 

 it. He possesses a more delicate scent than any other of the field dogs, and in pointing game 

 he has no superior. They are exceedingly intelligent animals, and though taking naturally to 

 the hunting and pointing of game, they must be carefully trained for this purpose, in order 

 to be perfectly reliable. It is stated by reliable authority that both Pointers and Setters have 

 been known to refuse to work longer when loaned to a poor marksman who made repeated 



