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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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In
the
'seventies
the
name
of
Drake,
Bang,
or
Garnet
were
like
household
words.
People
talked
of
the
great
Pointers.
They
were
spoken
of
in
club
chat
or
gossip;
written
about;
and
the
prospects
of
the
moors
were
much
associated
with
the
up-to-date
characters
of
the
Pointers
and
Setters.
There
is
very
little
of
this
sort
of
talk
now-a-days.
Guns
are
more
critically
spoken
of.
There
is,
however,
a
wide
enough
world
to
supply
with
first-class
Pointers.
In
England's
numerous
colonies
it
may
be
much
more
fitting
to
shoot
over
dogs.
It
has
been
tried
in
South
Africa
with
marvellous
results.
Descendants
of
Bang
have
delighted
the
lone
colonist
on
Cape
partridge
and
quails,
and
Pointers
suit
the
climate,
whereas
Setters
do
not.
The
Pointer
is
a
noble
breed
to
take
up,
as
those
still
in
middle
life
have
seen
its
extraordinary
merit
whenever
bred
in
the
right
way.
As
to
the
essential
points
of
the
breed,
they
may
be
set
down
as
follows:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
