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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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There
is
evidence,
through
portraits,
that
Pointers
had
been
altogether
changed
by
the
year
1800,
but
it
is
possible
that
the
breed
then
had
been
continued
by
selection
rather
than
by
crossing
for
a
couple
of
decades,
as
it
is
quite
certain
that
by
1815
sportsmen
were
still
dissatisfied
with
the
want
of
pace
in
the
Pointer,
and
many
sportsmen
are
known
to
have
crossed
their
Pointers
with
Foxhounds
at
about
that
time.
By
1835
the
old
Spanish
Pointer
had
been
left
behind,
and
the
English
dog
was
a
perfect
model
for
pace,
stamina,
resolution,
and
nerve.
The
breed
was
exactly
adapted
to
the
requirements
of
that
day,
which
was
not
quite
as
fast
as
the
present.
Men
shot
with
good
Joe
Mantons,
did
their
own
loading,
and
walked
to
their
dogs,
working
them
right
and
left
by
hand
and
whistle.
The
dogs
beat
their
ground
methodically,
their
heads
at
the
right
level
for
body
scent,
and
when
they
came
on
game,
down
they
were;
the
dog
that
had
got
it
pointing,
and
the
other
barking
or
awaiting
developments.
There
was
nothing
more
beautiful
than
the
work
of
a
well-bred
and
well-broken
brace
of
Pointers,
or
more
perfect
than
the
way
a
man
got
his
shots
from
them.
There
was
nothing
slow
about
them,
but
on
the
contrary
they
went
a
great
pace,
seemed
to
shoot
into
the
very
currents
of
air
for
scent,
and
yet
there
was
no
impatience
about
them
such
as
might
have
been
expected
from
the
Foxhound
cross.
The
truth
of
it
was
that
the
capacity
to
concentrate
the
whole
attention
on
the
object
found
was
so
intense
as
to
have
lessened
every
other
propensity.
The
rush
of
the
Foxhound
had
been
absorbed
by
the
additional
force
of
the
Pointer
character.
There
has
been
nothing
at
all
like
it
in
canine
culture,
and
it
came
out
so
wonderfully
after
men
had
been
shooting
in
the
above
manner
for
about
forty
years.
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