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varieties on the Continent. Those of Ger- 

 many are extremely interesting and quite 

 dissimilar from any breed we have in Eng- 

 land. There are two very distinct kinds, 

 a smooth-coated and a wire-haired, and of 

 these there are local and sub-varieties. 



The smooth-coated German Pointer, 

 or Kurzhaariger Vorstehhund, is a ro- 

 bust dog of shapely frame, standing from 

 23 to 25 inches at the shoulder. His 



of the breed are shown in the portraits of 

 Patti and Pommery von Reuden. 



The rough-coated variety is of Griffon 

 type, with a square and full muzzle, the 

 eyes set well back, and the ears set low ; a 

 muscular and symmetrical dog, with a 

 harsh, wiry coat of brown and white, with 

 brown speckles. 



A popular and useful gun-dog on the 

 Continent, and especially in Germany, is the 



GERMAN POINTERS PATTI VON REUDEN AND POMMERY VON REUDEN. 



chief peculiarity in English eyes is his 

 docked tail and his colouring of pure coffee- 

 brown or brown and white in equal propor- 

 tions, the white freely spotted with brown. 

 The head is lightly modelled, with a broad 

 forehead, the skull slightly domed and rising 

 to a peak, the stop well denned, and the 

 muzzle broad and square. The eyes are 

 dark and oval, with a serious expression. 

 The open nostrils and long nasal bone seem 

 to indicate his keen scent. The ears are fairly 

 long and broad, lying without folds close to 

 the head. His chest is broad and deep, with 

 ribs well arched. The back is rather short, 

 and the legs are long, giving him a racy 

 appearance. The stern is always docked 

 to about half its length. Typical examples 

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Poodle-Pointer, which is especially good at 

 the work of retrieving. He is a large-sized, 

 wiry-coated dog, with an average height of 

 24 inches at the shoulder. The head is of 

 good length, with a long and broad muzzle, 

 not snipy, like that of the Poodle, and with 

 a prominent nasal bone. The moustache 

 and eyebrows are very marked, and the 

 ears are long, lying close to the head, and 

 covered with hair as a protection from 

 thorns and bent grass. The eyes are large 

 and clear, yellow or yellow-brown in colour. 

 The neck is of good length and muscular, 

 the chest full and deep, the ribs well arched, 

 the back short and straight, the loins 

 muscular ; other characteristics are his 

 powerful hindquarters, his slender and 



