blue-ticked

Derby, or quite succeeded in getting his special strain of blue-ticked pointers to breed absolutely true to type.

Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900

He had never perhaps regretted anything, unless it were that he had not yet won the Derby, or quite succeeded in getting his special strain of blue-ticked pointers to breed absolutely true to type.

The Patrician John Galsworthy 1900

-- and more stirring still when the blue-ticked dog, catching the body-scent, slowed down, flag whipping madly, and began to crawl into the wind.

The Firing Line 1899