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hardly perceptible stain of game borne to him on the breeze; his glorious 

 attitude as he becomes (directly his wide-spread nostrils assure him he is right) 

 stiff and motionless, with limbs wide-spread, head aloft, stern high-held, and 

 his implicit obedience to the lessons he learnt perhaps two or three seasons past 

 all these wonderful gifts put him on a level with that paragon of Hounds 

 with which he claims relationship. 



And such is the Pointer of the present day, as he is to be found in the 

 kennels of Mr. Whitehouse, of Ipsley Court, in Warwickshire; of Lord Lich- 

 field, Mr. Garth, Mr. Vernon Derbyshire, or Mr. Brockton, of Ferndon, a bet- 

 ter dog than whose Bounce I never saw on game. 



THE POINTER IN AMERICA. 



The Pointer has always occupied a high place in the 

 esteem of American sportsmen. This is not only owing to 

 his attractive form and fine field qualities, but also to the 

 fact that in southern sections of the country, where field 

 sports were most indulged in during the earlier years of our 

 national existence, his short coat, his ability to go without 

 water for a longer time than the Setter, and his superior 

 nose in a warm, dry climate, entitled him to preference. 



Many dogs of fine quality were imported from abroad by 

 our Southern friends long prior to the war, and by judicious 

 interbreeding with our excellent native strains, families of 

 Pointers were established there which were not inferior, in 

 any respect, to the best imported strains. By degrees these 

 became generally disseminated throughout the country, 

 where other fine strains had also been established, so that 

 the American Pointer became noted for his superiority and 

 general excellence as a sporting dog. 



Among the earlier importations of Pointers, of which we 

 have any record, was Sefton, by Star, out of Lord Sef- 

 ton's Sam; Star by Cotter, out of Macdona's Miranda. 

 This dog was white, with liver-colored ears, and was im- 

 ported by Dr. N". Rowe, now editor of the American Field. 

 In 1867, Sir Frederick Bruce, the English Minister, imported 

 the liver-and-white dog George, from the Duke of Beau- 

 fort's kennels, which, together with Captain Graf ton's 

 imported black-and-white dog Peg, subsequently became 

 the property of Dr. A. R. Strachan, of New York. In the 

 same year, Mr. S. G. Phelps, of East Hartford, Conn., 



