Show origin of pointer not I 1 known writer asserts As with some other breeds the question of the origin of the pointer Is a ma matter ater of controversy A number of 0 authorities contend that the P pointer binter originated on the continent of europe probably in spain and was imported into england the majority of best opinion however fixes england as the birthplace of the breed writes frank F dole in the new york i it Is pointed out that old english englis h writing regarding the pointer antedates writings about a similar breed in other countries furthermore it Is argued erl with plenty of logic that had the breed originated elsewhere it would have had some foreign or semi foreign nume dame but the tact fact that it always has been called the pointer points to its delop development ent in a country where the name pointer would have applied to a dog that pointed it Is not difficult to see the point of that argument with the introduction of firearms resulting in hunting becoming more general than in the days of snaring it became desirable to have a do dog g that would point game without flushing hunter it this was needed to give the hunter with his slow firing muzzle leadin loading weapon time to come up on the game and fix the rest on which the heavy guns of the period had bad to be held it Is probable that a smooth coated bunting dog was first trained for this purpose and that finally with aau sufficient fal c lent training pointing became so much e h or r an instinct that it was not difficult to train puppies along these lines incidentally dogs are not the only animals that have been broken to point game 0 one ne famous instance of a pig trained to point occupies quite a bit of spa space ce in the writings writing of some authorities of the breed |