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Horseheath and other meetings in 1876-7, and she, 

 no doubt, got her colour from Francis's strain, 

 which were, as a rule, black and white. Mr. Salter 

 speaks in the highest terms of them, of their 

 great sense, speed, nose, and endurance. He says 

 they are difficult to break because the " ordinary 

 breaker will not give them credit for knowing more 

 than he does ; hence the whip comes in, a thing 

 they never want and never forget." Mr. Herbert 

 Brown has perhaps been most successful in training 

 these pointers. " He never flogged, and patience 

 and careful study told him that, when he and they 

 disagreed in opinion, the dogs were almost always 

 right and he wrong." 



I have repeatedly seen this strain of dogs perform 

 at our English Field Trials, and at times their work 

 could not be surpassed. The dogs had pace, nose, 

 and knowledge the latter often caused their down- 

 fall. However, no pointer kennel of the limited 

 dimensions of Mr. Salter has ever produced such 

 excellent performers as Romp, Mike, Romp's Baby, 

 Monitor, Mainspring (a great winner in America), 

 Malt, Hops, Shandygaff, and some others have 

 proved themselves to be. 



Malt's visit to old Priam (then Sir T. B. Len- 

 nard's) was most successful, for it produced, 

 amongst others, Osborne Ale and Stout that ran 



