viii CONTENTS Continued 



CHAPTER XVI PAGE 271 



THE WELSH SPANIEL OR SPRINGER: Not Entitled to be Considered as 

 Specially Restricted to Wales The Old Type of Leggy Spaniel 

 Common Throughout England. 



CHAPTER XVII PAGE 273 



IRISH WATER SPANIEL: A Striking Dog Devoid of Ancient History The 

 First Description Found in a Scotch Book Mr. Justin McCarthy's 

 Development of the Variety Its Introduction into America and 

 Early Popularity Reasons for its Decline Present Conditions 

 of the Breed as a Show Dog. 



CHAPTER XVIII PAGE 281 



THE POINTER: The Probable Origin Traced to a Dog of the Tracking 

 Hound Type Its Sudden Development Throughout Europe and 

 in England Inconsistent with any Claim of Spanish Origin 

 Shooting Flying Called for the Use of the Hound Dog that Already 

 Stood and Showed Where the Game was and it Became the English 



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"Pointer" Gay's Poetic Reference to the Pointer in 1711 Major 

 Topham on the Ancient Use of the Pointer to Find the Hare for 

 Coursing The Russian Pointer or Setter Colonel Thornton's 

 Use of the Foxhound Cross and His Remarkable Dogs Black 

 Pointers and Dwarf Varieties The Pig Pointer Slut Breeding 

 Throughout England Preceding the Show Period Remarkable 

 Prepotency of Price's Bang in Producing Show and Field Dogs 

 and Forming the Pointer of To-day History of the Breed in 

 America Westminster Kennel Club's Early importations The 

 Graphic Kennels Era The Phenomenal Beaufort Peculiar 

 Judging Methods before the A. K. C. was Started Success of the 

 Westlake and Mott Kennels The Pointer in the Field and its 

 Recognition Enforced by the Dexter-McCurdo Combination and 

 the Dogs They Produced. 



CHAPTER XIX PAGE 319 



THE RETRIEVER: A Dog More Adapted to English than American Shoot- 

 ing Methods Probable Relationship to the Chesapeake Bay Dog, 

 through the Labrador Descriptions and Points of the Curly and 

 Wavy Coated. 



