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Luke White and Bang-Bang. John White and Tammany. Capt. H. McMurdo and Mainspring. 



Wm. Tallman and Beaufort. Hart Haight and Donald II. 



be it from me to disparage them in any 

 way, for some of the best shooting I 

 have ever had has been with setters. 

 The names of Henry, and Diomed, and 

 Young Di, are second to those of none 

 of the dogs I have owned. 



Still, I have always maintained that 

 in hot and dry weather the pointer ex- 

 cels the setter ; that his scenting powers, 

 as a rule, are more exquisite, as well as 

 his bird sense ; and that he retains his 

 breaking and training better. I believe 

 a man is best equipped for shooting 

 when he has a good dog of each breed 

 to work with. This is a mere matter 

 of opinion, however, so let us return to 

 the pointers. 



I will not attempt to be oracular ; 

 I doubt whether my judgment is good. 

 All I will do is to tell you what my 

 observation of and experience with 

 these highly bred pointers has been, 

 for the last 17 years; what I have at- 

 tempted, what I have accomplished, and 

 what I think of the different dogs that 

 have been prominent. 



In 1877, the late Geo. C. Colburn 

 presented me with a son of Sensation, 

 named " Tom." The latter was out of 

 Colburn's Belle. She was of the old 



" Edge " stock, a famous strain. Like 

 most of Sensation's offspring, Tom 

 was a "soft" dog. He had not much 

 endurance and could not stand briars, 

 yet he had a nose that could almost 

 smell birds in the next county. Tom's 

 offspring, from pointers of native strains 

 were fine. He furnished quality and the 

 native endurance. 



The following year Mr. A. H. Moore, 

 of Philadelphia, gave me Beulah. There 

 was nothing "soft" about her. If, in- 

 stead of being a kennel dog she had been 

 owned, from her youth, by some gentle- 

 man in the country, Beulah would have 

 been a top sawyer in the field. She 

 was a good one even when I became 

 her owner. She was one of the famous 

 Flake Lily litter, which included Rush, 

 Rose and Ruby, besides herself. Beulah 

 was not as pretty as Rush or Rose, but 

 was built like a lioness, and her splendid 

 physique showed itself in her progeny. 

 She had been bred to Bow before I owned 

 her, and Beaufort and Bellona were of 

 that cross. My first effort with her 

 was crossing her with Tom. The result 

 was nothing remarkable, but I think 

 that was because I gave the puppies to 

 men who were not sportsmen. 



