vill CONTENTS—Continued 
CHAPTER XVI—PAGE 271 
Tue WeisH 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 
Ir1sH 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 
Tue 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 tothe 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-McCurde Combination and 
the Dogs They Produced. 
CHAPTER XIX—PAGE 3]I9 
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Tue Retriever: A Dog More Adapted to English than American Shoot- 
ing Methods—Probable Relationship to the Ghesapeake Bay Dog, 
through the Labrador—Descriptions and Points of the Curly and 
Wavy Coated. i 
