. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. FOREIGN GUN-DOGS AND TERRIERS. 497 varieties on the Continent. Those of Ger- many are extremely interesting and quite dissimilar from any breed we have in Eng- land. There are two very distinct kinds, a smooth-coated and a wire-haired, and of these there are local and sub-varieties. The smooth-coated German Pointer, or Kurzhaariger Vorstehhund, is a ro- bust dog of shapely frame, standing from 23 to 25 inches
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. FOREIGN GUN-DOGS AND TERRIERS. 497 varieties on the Continent. Those of Ger- many are extremely interesting and quite dissimilar from any breed we have in Eng- land. There are two very distinct kinds, a smooth-coated and a wire-haired, and of these there are local and sub-varieties. The smooth-coated German Pointer, or Kurzhaariger Vorstehhund, is a ro- bust dog of shapely frame, standing from 23 to 25 inches at the shoulder. His of the breed are shown in the portraits of Patti and Pommery von Reuden. The rough-coated variety is of Griffon type, with a square and full muzzle, the eyes set well back, and the ears set low ; a muscular and symmetrical dog, with a harsh, wiry coat of brown and white, with brown speckles. A popular and useful gun-dog on the Continent, and especially in Germany, is the. GERMAN POINTERS PATTI VON REUDEN AND POMIVIERY VON REUDEN. chief peculiarity in English eyes is his docked tail and his colouring of pure coffee- brown or brown and white in equal propor- tions, the white freely spotted with brown. The head is lightly modelled, with a broad forehead, the skull slightly domed and rising to a peak, the stop well defined, and the muzzle broad and square. The eyes are dark and oval, with a serious expression. The open nostrils and long nasal bone seem to indicate his keen scent. The ears are fairly long and broad, lying without folds close to the head. His chest is broad and deep, with ribs well arched. The back is rather short, and the legs are long, giving him a racy appearance. The stern is always docked to about half its length. Typical examples 63 Poodle-Pointer, which is especially good at the work of retrieving. He is a large-sized, wiry-coated dog, with an average height of 24 inches at the shoulder. The head is of good length, with a long and broad mu
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