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the paler lemon with a tendency towards whiteness 

 is not good nor nice. Black and white pointers are 

 handsome, and, possibly, were some breeders to intro- 

 duce three or four perfect specimens on the show 

 bench they might put the noses of the liver and 

 whites out of joint. Liver and white heavily ticked 

 is not a bad colour, but, as it nearly approaches whole 

 colours, liver and black because they are less easy to 

 distinguish whilst being worked than the others is 

 not to be recommended, and in the ring ought to be 

 handicapped accordingly. The best colours are liver 

 and white, orange and white, lemon and white and 

 black and white, having the precedence as written. 

 I should allot the points of the pointer as follows: 



Value. Value. 



Grand Total 100. 



Perhaps I might be deemed guilty of a serious 

 omission were I to overlook the fact that American 

 and foreign admirers of the pointer have been more 

 successful in producing good animals from stock 



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