130 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
are over the gate. The engraving heading this article is from a 
well-known portrait of the old-fashioned dog, and exhibits him in 
his best form, with a strong loin and plenty of propelling power ; 
but though I have seen some scores of the breed in my early 
sporting days, I never met with such a frame among them. The 
head, however, is quite correct, and I have little doubt that the 
original of the portrait was an exceptional animal in respect of 
body and legs. He is represented with his tail docked, as was 
invariably the practice in the early part of this century, owing to 
the constant lashing of it frequently causing it to bleed, to the 
great annoyance of the shooter and the loss of strength by 
the dog. 
II—THE MODERN ENGLISH POINTER. 
It is possible that this comparatively light and elegant animal 
has been produced by careful selection from the original Spanish 
pointer above described, but it is more probable that in all cases a 
cross directly with the greyhound, or indirectly with that breed 
through the foxhound, has been resorted to. In any case, the 
result is a dog still pointing steadily, and, in many cases, with 
true cataleptic rigidity, but showing the pace and endurance of 
the foxhound, and indeed being almost as fast as a slow greyhound. 
Instead of the loose heavy frame’ of the Spanish dog, we have a 
beautiful compact shape, with sloping shoulders, straight muscular 
limbs, and a dash which is quite distinct from the inertness of the 
imported animal. The head is still square and heavy as compared 
with the greyhound, and slightly more so than that of the foxhound, 
but flews, dewlap, and throatiness have disappeared, and the aspect 
is now light and sprightly, instead of being heavy and somnolent. 
In good strains the high style of hunting for the body-scent is 
retained, but too often it is replaced by the hound-like gallop, 
with head down and stern trailing quietly behind, which indicates 
that the breeder, after resorting to the hound for pace and endur- 
ance, has not been careful to reject those puppies in whom the 
hound’s partiality for the foot-scent has been retained. There is 
no excuse for this stupidity, because every breeder ought to be 
aware that when he puts two different animals together, though 
the offspring will, as a rule, partake of the qualities of both, he can 
