394 THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



1. Nelson, by Bounce out of Bloss 15 guineas. 



2. Nell, by Bounce out of Bloss 16 



3. Drab, by Bounce out of Dido 13 



4. Buzz, by Bounce out of Mab 5 



5. Rake, by Rake out of Die 16 



6. Ben, by Don out of bitch by Rake 21 



7. Belle, by Don out of bitch by Rake ... 16 



8. Czar, by Don out of Sir R. Wilmott's bitch 17 



9. Crack, by Don out of Sir R. Wilmott's bitch 17 



10. Swap, by Duke out of Bloom ... 25 



11. Snake, by Duke out of Bloom 25 



12. Rock, by Rap out of bitch by Lord Mexborough's Romp ... 24 



13. Bang, by Bounce out of Bess 46 



256 guineas. 

 Lots 12 and 13 were shot over in England and Scotland ; the others were well broke. 



It may be remarked that Bloom, the dam of Swap and Snake, had previously been sold 

 for 80 guineas. 



Subsequently to the appearance of Sydenham Edwards's work, all the writers on canine 

 subjects make special reference to the Pointer, and nearly all of them give special directions 

 for his training. From the remarks which appear, it would seem that the large proportion 

 of hound blood which then existed in. the Pointer caused him to be very headstrong in 

 the field, and completely changed the character of the old Spanish Pointer, whose extreme 

 steadiness was one cause of his being so popular with sportsmen. According to the 

 " Sportsman's Cabinet," it will be seen in the quotation given below, that the Pointer was 

 'supposed to have been imported from Spain about the year 1600, but, at the same time, 

 it will be observed that no idea is given as regards the possible period when the Fox- 

 hound cross was first instituted. It is, however, we should imagine, most highly probable 

 that this was not resorted to until the use of firearms in the field became a custom, as 

 when nets only were employed in the pursuit of winged game it is palpable that a slow 

 hunting, keen-scented dog was more valuable to the sportsman than a fast and high- 

 couraged one, who would naturally be more liable to flush the birds. 



The ideas on the elementary education of the Pointer which were held by sportsmen 

 in the early years of this century are thus expressed in the " Sportsman's Cabinet " : 



" The Pointer, notwithstanding the beautiful uniformity of his frame, the docility of his 

 disposition, and his almost unlimited utility, has been less noticed by naturalists than any 

 other individuals of the species ; hence it may be fairly inferred this particular breed was 

 formerly unknown in Britain, and that the stock was originally of foreign extraction. A 

 combination of circumstances tend to justify the predominant opinion that they were first 

 introduced into this country from Spain (very little more than two centuries since), and 

 that the heavy, awkward, slow, and somniferous appearance of the Spanish Pointer is nearly 

 lost in what may be candidly considered the judicious crosses and improved breed of our 

 own. 



"It is no more than thirty or forty years since the breed of Pointers was nearly 

 white, or most variegated with liver-coloured spots ; except the celebrated stock of the then 

 celebrated Duke of Kingston, whose breed of blacks were considered superior to all in the 



