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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
mid-century
owners
and
breeders
had
probably
all
the
advantages
of
what
a
past
generation
had
done,
as
there
were
certainly
many
wonderful
Pointers
in
the
'fifties,
'sixties,
and
'seventies,
as
old
men
living
to-day
will
freely
allow.
They
were
produced
very
regularly,
too,
in
a
marvellous
type
of
perfection.
Mr.
William
Arkwright,
of
Sutton
Scarsdale,
Derbyshire,
has
probably
the
best
kennel
in
England
at
the
present
time.
He
discovered
and
revived
an
old
breed
of
the
North
of
England
that
was
black,
and
bred
for
a
great
many
years
by
Mr.
Pape,
of
Carlisle,
and
his
father
before
him.
With
these
Mr.
Arkwright
has
bred
to
the
best
working
strains,
with
the
result
that
he
has
had
many
good
field
trial
winners.
For
a
good
many
years
now
Elias
Bishop,
of
Newton
Abbot,
has
kept
up
the
old
breeds
of
Devon
Pointers,
the
Ch.
Bangs,
the
Mikes,
and
the
Brackenburg
Romps,
and
his
have
been
amongst
the
best
at
the
shows
and
the
field
trials
during
the
past
few
years.
There
are,
of
course,
exceptions
to
the
rule
that
many
of
the
modern
Pointers
do
not
carry
about
them
the
air
of
their
true
business;
but
it
would
appear
that
fewer
people
keep
them
now
than
was
the
case
a
quarter
of
a
century
ago,
owing
to
the
advance
of
quick-shooting,
otherwise
driving,
and
the
consequent
falling
away
of
the
old-fashioned
methods,
both
for
the
stubble
and
the
moor.
However,
there
are
many
still
who
enjoy
the
work
of
dogs,
and
it
would
be
a
sin
indeed
in
the
calendar
of
British
sports
if
the
fine
old
breed
of
Pointer
were
allowed
even
to
deteriorate.
The
apparent
danger
is
that
the
personal
or
individual
element
is
dying
out.
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