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greater endurance and staying qualities. If re- 

 trieving from water came into plav, the setter 

 also would have the preference. As to which of 

 the two breeds has the best nose, and which is 

 the better bird finder, nothing can be said with 

 a degree of certainty — they are equal, but there 



Royal Sports. — Pointers in Action. 



is a vast difference in individuals. The same is 

 true as to retfiining inculcated training." 



The pointer is the older breed, being a prod- 

 uct of the middle ages. He bobs up, ever and 

 anon, in the history of hunting down to the 

 present. There has been now and again some 

 inclination to cross the pointer and fox hounds, 



