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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 pomters, 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 
