252 Modern Dogs. 



when her owner received injuries that resulted in his 

 death. 



The peculiar character of the pointer may be 

 proved by the example of this bitch, and there is 

 no doubt that, when roused, the pointer is far more 

 determined than the setter, and can better hold his 

 own in fight than the longer-coated dog. When 

 Peg was quite a puppy, it was her misfortune to be 

 run over by one of those cyclists who in their road 

 races become such a nuisance, and so bring discredit 

 upon a useful and healthy pastime. The bitch was 

 not much hurt, but she bore bicycles a grudge ever 

 after, and unless her owner had her hard at his heels 

 when a " machine " approached, Peg went for it 

 with a vengeance, and never failed to upset the 

 luckless rider, often to his injury, and, on more than 

 one occasion, to the cost of Mr. Maw. It was 

 strange that this bitch, so well trained and broken 

 on game, staunch and obedient to perfection, should 

 be quite oblivious to, and heedless of, her owner's 

 whistle and voice when the ring of the cycle bell was 

 heard, or the machine itself loomed in the distance. 



Whilst on these lemon and white or orange and 

 white pointers, it may be as well to mention another 

 strain, though this was more successful on the bench 

 than in the field. This belonged to Mr. C. W. 

 Brierley, then living near Manchester, but who now 



