Two pointerswent galloping across the field and the contest was on.
The names of famous dogs were mentioned, both pointers and setters, and there was much speculation in the paper as to the prospects of winning.
I hope it won't rain," said he, "because a wet coat bothers a setter and gives the pointers the advantage.
I bet he doesn't know more about setters and pointers than Sam Bumpus does," said Ernest, loyally.
I have seen some of the most famous pointers and setters that ever lived run at Grand Junction and win their deathless laurels.
So when this young fellow stepped in from goodness knows where, some of the Pointers christened him Young Si for a joke, and he never gets anything else.
Little Ev was the last of the Pointers to see him tramping along the road to the station in the dusk of the autumn twilight.
That the object of the Society be to promote the Breeding of pure Pointers and Setters, and to develop and bring to perfection their natural qualities.
According to accounts, the Spanish Pointers had a remarkable degree of scenting power, never missing their game.
The amateurs, too, had something to say on their side; they were apt to accuse West-Pointers as a class of a cringing belief that the South was invincible.
She doesn't like children, you know, and father has joked so much about the Pointers that she is quite rampant at the mere idea of a child in the house.
We always have things on hand for the Pointers as they come along, and can soon fit Dulce out.
The dogs were scattered, and prowling around singly or in couples; and only one of the pointers and Snip were really on the ditch.
I say it was not allowable; I do not say it was not done, for sometimes, of course, thepointers would come, and we could not make them go back.
The following pointers will be helpful to the beginner as well as to a seasoned rider: (1) Mount (straddle) motorcycle to obtain firm grip on handle bars.
Give me my brace of pointers and setters, and let me shoot my game to points; there is some pleasure in that.
Old pointers are apt to hunt the hedgerows of a field before they begin to quarter the ground.
Some of my readers may like to know that the best breaker of pointers I have yet met with is Mr. Lucas, one of the keepers of Richmond Park.
The old pointerswere either nearly white or variegated with large liver-coloured patches.
He perfectly understands his business, and turns out his pointers in a way which few can equal.
Thus, the existing races of English pointers are greatly more accomplished in their required duties than the original race of Spanish pointers.
Three pointers were taken out grouse-shooting in Ireland.
Pointers have been known to go out by themselves for the purpose of finding game, and when they have succeeded, have returned to their master, and by significant signs and gestures have led them directly to the spot.
The following is a proof of the perfection to which pointers may be brought.
The mental faculties of pointers are extremely acute.
The two pointers act together just like the minute and hour hands on a clock.
Hiram was told, when he asked, the names of the ten, and pointers and swing teams were indicated.
With the leaders and the swings pulling to the left and turning into the cross street, and the pointers heaving slightly to the right, the long string made the turn, and the wagon rolled around the corner in the middle of the street.
So much so, that some rabid newspaper correspondents complained because the West Pointers treated the southerners with too much consideration.
The West Pointers were strict with the negroes, there was no idleness; the negro had to work; and the officers always took the side of the white.
On the ride the plainsman gave Bob many valuable pointersabout what to do if trouble broke out in the herd, and for getting along with the other cowboys.
You can practice up on the delivery of them, and Larry will give you some pointers about the best way to say them.
I suppose you'll be giving mepointers pretty soon.
But if you need help, draw a line through the Pointers backward, away from the Pole star, about forty degrees, and it will come a little west of the Sickle.
To do this, look at the Pointers and try to measure off about a fifth of the distance between them.
Shoot a white string right through the Pointers and hit the Pole star.
Draw a line half-way between the two Pointersand keep on till you come to the first bright star.
I think I can give you quite a few pointers in that time.
He says he will get us the proper outfit, and before we start he'll have a professional photographer, who has made a study of landscapes, give us pointers on how to get the best results.
Thus, a man who intends keeping pointers naturally tries to get as good dogs as he can, and afterwards breeds from his own best dogs, but he has no wish or expectation of permanently altering the breed.
He produced out of this vehicle the twopointers which Harriet had been anxious to see; and, on a signal from her hand, he brought them up to the window where she was standing.
I hope Lord Raymond will come over one morning to tell me about the pointers his keeper is training for Uncle Singleton.
You could give a woman pointers by the dozen about a man, Mawruss, and swear to 'em with six affidavits yet, and what good would it do?
Then why don't some one give her a couple pointers about that feller, Abe?
A feller could get a whole lot of pointers riding up and down in an elevator with a lawyer.
The different actions of pointers and setters might have been adduced in the same class, as might the peculiar manner of hunting of the spaniel.
They are all astronomically correct; and as in the real sky the Pointersindicate the Pole Star, so these all point to one spot in the wall where usually the serdab is to be found!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pointers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.