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which may be, perhaps, five or six years. From these he 

 breeds others, which also maintain his fame ; and he ex- 

 pects to be able to continue the same plan with the same 

 blood for fifty, or in some cases, sixty years. He is so 

 wedded to it that he fears any admixture, and for two or 

 three litters he does not require it ; but at last he finds 

 that though his puppies are easily broken to back and 

 stand, they are small, delicate, and easily knocked up, and 

 are mere playthings in the field." 



Than these remarks, as to the points and formation of 

 the pointer, I can add nothing. As I have before ob- 

 served of the setter, of this dog also the medium size is 

 preferable. It is more easily conveyed from place to 

 place, whether in wagon, boat, or railroad car, and, if 

 strongly built and well put together, will stand more work 

 than a heavy, oversized animal. 



As to setters, again, and horses, so of pointers, it may 

 be said that good animals are always of good colors ; still 

 there is a choice, and for reasons apart from real fancy or 

 love of beauty. 



Colors more or less indicate races, and the prevalence 

 of some colors, therefore, indicate more or less admix- 

 tures of blood to be avoided, or sought after, as it may be. 



The pure original pointer colors, as drawn from the 

 original Spanish stock, are plain unmixed liver color, and 

 deep tawny, darker across the shoulders than elsewhere. 



Both of these, therefore, going with the thorough 

 pointer shape, are undeniable. 



To liver and white, with a liver-colored nose, there is 

 no possible objection as to genuineness, while the light 



