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ears set low and thin in texture, soft and velvety ; nose broad at the 

 base ; mouth large and jaws level. Neck The neck should be very 

 strong, but long and slightly arched, meeting shoulders well knit into 

 the back, which should be straight and joining a wide loin. There should 

 be great depth of heart room, very deep brisket, narrow chest rather 

 than otherwise, shoulders long and slanting. Legs and Feet Should be 

 as nearly like the Foxhound's as possible. There should be really no 

 difference, as they must be straight, the knees big, and the bone should 

 be of goodly size down to the toes, and the feet should be very round 

 and cat-shaped. Hind-quarters A great feature in the Pointer is his 

 hind-quarters. He cannot well be too long in the haunch or strong in 

 the stifle, which should be well bent, and the muscles in the second thigh 

 of a good Pointer are always remarkable. The hocks may be straighter 

 than even in a Foxhound, as, in pulling up sharp on his point, he in a 

 great measure throws his weight on them ; the shank bones below the 

 hock should be short. Colour There have been good ones of all colours. 

 The Derby colours were always liver and whites for their Pointers 

 and black breasted reds for their game-cocks. The Seftons were liver 

 and whites also, and so were the Edges of Strelly, but mostly heavily 

 ticked. Brockton's Bounce was so, and so were Ch. Bang, Mike, and 

 Young Bang. Drake was more of the Derby colour ; dark liver and 

 white. Mr. Whitehouse's were mostly lemon and whites, after Hamlet 

 of that colour, and notable ones of the same hue were Squire, Bang 

 Bang, and Mr. Whitehouse's Pax and Priam, all winners of field trials. 

 There have been several very good black and whites. Mr. Francis's, 

 afterwards Mr. Salter's, Chang was a field trial winner of this colour. 

 A still better one was Mr. S. Becket's Rector, a somewhat mean little 

 dog to look at, but quite extraordinary in his work, as he won the 

 Pointer Puppy Stake at Shrewsbury and the All-Aged Stake three 

 years in succession. Mr. Salter's Romp family were quite remarkable 

 in colour a white ground, heavily shot with black in patches and in 

 ticks. There have never been any better Pointers than these. There 

 have been, and are, good black Pointers also. Height and Size A big 

 Pointer dog stands from 24 inches to 25 inches at the shoulder. Old 

 Ch. Bang and Young Bang were of the former height, and the great 

 bitch, Mr. Lloyd Price's Belle, was 24 inches. For big Pointers 60 

 pounds is about the weight for dogs and 56 pounds bitches ; smaller 

 size, 54 pounds dogs and 48 pounds bitches. There have been some 

 very good ones still smaller. 



