MODERN ENGLISH POINTER. 



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"Sancho," a modem Englisli Pointer. 



THE MODERN ENGLISH POINTER. 



This is now one of the most beautiful of all our sporting dogs, 

 dividing with the setter the admiration of all those who enjoy the 

 pleasures attending on the use of the gun. The above engraving 

 is from a dog possessing the extreme degree of development of the 

 head and muzzle that is now sanctioned, but miiting with it a very 

 different frame, legs, and feet from those of the Spanish pointer. 

 Such a dog is a very fast galloper compared with the old-fashioned 

 dog, and will beat out a moderate- sized field while his master is 

 crossing it at a moderate pace. If extreme speed is obtained, many 



