Word: pointers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...players. Last week, with the town jammed to the last spare room by the annual pilgrimage of top U.S. dog men, Grand Junction's waitresses, its housewives, its postmaster, and the room clerk at its lone hotel had a new canine hero-a small (46 Ibs.) but dashing pointer-named Shore's Brownie Doone...
...three-hour field trials, dogs are judged not only for the number of birds or coveys they find but on their speed, range and obedience, their thoroughness in hunting, their style and manners in pointing, and their steadiness under gunfire. Last year's national champion, a pointer bitch named Sierra Joan, performed beautifully; so did a Winston-Salem, N.C. dog named Fast Delivery...
Babson grabbed an early 6 to 0 lead, but Wilson ordered a full-court press. The consequent Harvard drive, capped by Forrest Hansen's two-pointer, sent the Crimson ahead to stay...
...basement, 3½-year-old Trick perked up for the final of the Westminster Kennel Club. Most of his five rivals, survivors of more than 2,500 carefully sifted pooches, were considerably more formidable in size and mien. Finalist Judge George H. Hartman moved from the sleek pointer (best of the sporting dogs) to the shaggy Afghan (best of the hounds), examining each dog with quick hand and practiced eye. When he got to the handsome imported German shepherd (working-dog winner), the handler slipped off the lead and the dog stood unattended, facing the judge with a pride...
...shepherd and the pointer were beautiful in long-legged motion; Trick, skimming nonchalantly through his paces, was a smooth and jaunty little Scotty. Judge Hartman didn't take long to decide. He picked up the blue ribbon and pointed to Trick. Said Hartman: "Not only one of the greatest dogs I have ever judged, but one of the greatest I have ever seen...