THE POINTER. 



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In working condition, he weighs about fifty-two pounds, 

 measuring four and one-fourth inches from end of nose to 

 corner of eye; between ears, five and one-half inches, and 

 in height, twenty-two and one-fourth inches at shoulder. 



A dog of excellent quality, that has recently been devel- 

 oped in the West, is Mr. P. T. Madison's Ossian, by Crox- 

 teth-Amine. He was bred by Mr. John S. Wise, in May, 

 1886, and trained by Capt. D. E. Rose, of Lawrenceburg, 

 Tenn. His field winnings are: Divided third in Eastern 



PATTI M. 

 Owned by C. M. Munhall, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Field Trials Club's Derby, in 1887; third in same club's all- 

 aged stake, in 1888; second in Southern Field Trial Club's 

 all -aged Pointer stake, in 1888; and first in Indiana Ken- 

 nel Club's all-aged Pointer stake, in 1889. He has been 

 shown but twice on the bench, winning second in open class, 

 Indianapolis, 1889, and first at Indianapolis, 1890. Ossian 

 is a high-headed, stylish, liver, white, and ticked Pointer, 

 weighing about sixty pounds, with plenty of bone and mus 

 cle, strong and enduring, and obedient and tractable in the 

 field. 



