What type of dog is this?

[mjr]

..., definately a "Sooner" I used to raise them.

Were they fast? Or is that just folklore?

 

[tork'd]

my grandpa had a sooner he called later...

 

[walnutred]

I think you're wrong about it being a pointer. Look at the slightly raised left rear leg. That's just an old hound getting ready to relieve itself.

 

[J Rich]

It's a Blue Tick Hound.

 

[Poodle Soup]

Poodle... before the soup.