Show Origin r in of Pointer Not Known Writer Asserts As with some other breeds the ques ques- question question tion of the origin of the th pointer Is n matter of controversy A number of authorities contend that the pointer originated orl 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. F Dole In the New York Trib Herald unc tine It Is pointed out that old English en lIsh writing regarding re arding the pointer antedates writings about a similar breed In other countries Furthermore It Is argued ar with plenty of logic that had the breed originated elsewhere It would have had hall some foreign forel n or foreign semi name hut but the tile fact that It It always has been called the pointer points to Its development In a country where the name pointer would ha e applied to a dog that point paint ed It Is not to see the point of that argument ar With the Introduction of firearms re re- resulting resulting resulting In hunting becoming more gen gen- general eral than In the days das of snaring It be he- became carne came desirable to have a dog do that would point game jame without flushing It This was needed to give I e the hunter with his tiring slow muzzle loading weapon time to come up on the game Jame and anel fix the rest on which the heavy guns of the period had to be held h el It t Is probable that a n smooth coated hunt hunt- huntIng hunting Ing dog do was i-as first trained for this pur pur- purpose purpose pose and that finally with sufficient training pointing became so much ot or otan oran 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 One famous Instance of a n pig trained to point occupies quite a hIt bit of space In the writings of some author author- authorities authorIties ties of ot the breed |