POCKET BEAGLE — POINTER 



The diet should be strengthening, such as strong beef tea 

 with some port wine or brandy in it. Pneumonia is a 

 disease which demands the best medical treatment, and if 

 this cannot be at once procured, Mr. Sewell's "Dog's 

 Medical Dictionary " should be consulted. (See Nursing; 

 Poultices^ 



Pocket Beagle. (See Beagle,) 



Pointer. — Although he has been recognised as an 

 English breed for generations there can be no disputing 

 the fact that the pointer is of foreign extraction, and traces 

 back to the cumbersome Spanish variety. Opinions, how- 

 ever, differ as regards the breeds with which he was crossed, 

 some authorities expressing the conviction that the French 

 pointer, a much lighter variety, was used, whilst others 

 believe in the existence of a foxhound cross. Probably both 

 views are correct ; but be this as it may, the fact remains 

 that the English pointer has existed for many years as an 

 acknowledged distinct breed. As a gun-dog he knows no 

 superior, his only rival being the setter, and between the 

 two the rivalry has always been most keen. The pointer, 

 however, is not as thirsty a dog as the setter, and therefore 

 is capable of getting through a hard day in places where 

 water is scarce better than the latter, which nevertheless 

 is the better dog on stony ground, as the hair between his 

 toes protects them from injury, and as in other respects the 

 two breeds are equally reliable, honours may be regarded 

 as being divided between them. 



The head of the pointer is wide and long, with a stop 

 between the eyes, and a drop at the set on of the muzzle, 

 which must be massive, truncated, and rather dished. It 

 should, in fact, be powerful without being coarse, and well 

 chiselled, the cheeks being flat, and the lips well developed 

 but not pendulous. The nose is large, and either dark liver 

 or yellow in colour, as depends on the colour of the dog, 

 a black nose being disliked. The eyes are of moderate 



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