126 A COUNTRY READER. 



Foxhound. This dog has been most carefully 

 bred ; it is said to be the most perfect specimen 

 of the dog races. It is built so as to. combine 

 speed with great powers of endurance or staying 

 power. A pack of foxhounds (26 couples) once 

 sold for the large and exceptional sum of 5219 

 guineas. 



The average weight of the single dog is from 

 70 to 80 Ibs. 



Pointer. This dog, it is said, was first 

 brought into this country from Spain and 

 France about the year 1720. It was much 

 thicker and clumsier than the present dog. 



In America and Canada, the pointer is trained 

 to fetch game or retrieve, while in this country the 

 dog is trained to point, or stand game. Average 

 weight about 50 Ibs. 



Retriever is a good-looking, all-round, saga- 

 cious dog, and makes an excellent companion ; 

 one variety is curly in its coat, another variety 

 is flat or wavy in the coat. 



This dog should have a kindly and sensible 

 look in his face, for the work that he is put to 

 requires more cleverness than that of most other 

 sporting dogs. 



It is a pretty sight to see a beautifully coated 

 black retriever searching for the missing wounded 

 game, and, when he finds it, pick it up with 

 so tender a mouth that he hardly disturbs a 



