viii CONTENTS— Conlinued 



CHAPTER XVI — PAGE 271 



The Welsh Spaniel or Springer: Not Entitled to be Considered as 

 Specially Restricted to Wales — The Old Type of Leggy Spaniel 

 Common Throughout England. 



chapter XVII — PAGE 273 



Irish Water Spaniel: A Striking Dog Devoid of Ancient History^ — The 

 First Description Found in a Scotch Book — Mr. Justin McCarthy's 

 Development of the Variety — Its Introduction into America and 

 Early Popularity — Reasons for its Decline — Present Conditions 

 of the Breed as a Show Dog. 



chapter XVIII — PAGE 281 



The Pointer: The Probable Origin Traced to a Dog of the Tracking 

 Hound Type — Its Sudden Development Throughout Europe and 

 in England Inconsistent with any Claim of Spanish Origin — 

 Shooting Flying Called for .the Use of the Hound Dog that Already 

 Stood and Showed Where the Game was and it Became the English 

 "Pointer" — Gay's Poetic Reference to the Pointer in 1711 — Major 

 Topham on the Ancient Use of the Pointer to Find the Hare for 

 Coursing — ^The Russian Pointer or Setter — Colonel Thornton's 

 Use of the Foxhound Cross and His Remarkable Dogs — Black 

 Pointers and Dwarf Varieties — The Pig Pointer Slut — Breeding 

 Throughout England Preceding the Show Period — Remarkable 

 Prepotency of Price's Bang in Producing Show and Field Dogs 

 and Forming the Pointer of To-day — History of the Breed in 

 America — ^Westminster Kennel Club's Early importations — ^The 

 Graphic Kennels Era — The Phenomenal Beaufort — Peculiar 

 Judging Methods before the A. K. C. was Started — Success of the 

 Westlake and Mott Kennels — The Pointer in the Field and its 

 Recognition Enforced by the Dexter-McCurdo Combination and 

 the Dogs They Produced. 



CHAPTER XIX — page 319 



The Retriever: A Dog More Adapted to English than American Shoot- 

 ing Methods — Probable Relationship to the Chesapeake Bay Dog, 

 through the Labrador — Descriptions and Points of the Curly and 

 Wavy Coated . 



