THE ENGLISH WATEK SPANIEL. 303 



Chesapeake Bay dogs, and makes an excellent companion 

 at home as well as in the field. 



The points of the English Water Spaniel are : General 

 appearance, strong, compact, of medium size, leggy by 

 comparison with the Clumber, Sussex, or Black Field 

 Spaniel, and showing great activity. The head is rather 

 long; the brow apparent, but not very prominent; jaws 

 fairly long, and slightly but not too much pointed; the 

 whole face and skull to the occiput covered with short, 

 smooth hair, and no fore-lock as in the Irish Water Spaniel. 

 The eyes fairly full, but not watery; clear, brown-colored, 

 with an intelligent, beseeching expression. The ears long, 

 rather broad, soft, pendulous, and thickly covered with 

 curly hair of greater length than that on the body. The 

 neck short, thick, and muscular. The chest capacious. 

 The barrel stout, and the shoulders wide and strong. The 

 loins strong. The buttocks square, and thighs muscular. 

 The legs rather long, straight, strong of bone, well clothed 

 with muscle; and the feet a good size, rather spreading, 

 without being absolutely splay-footed. The coat over the 

 whole upper part of the body and sides thick and closely 

 curled, flatter on the belly and under the legs, which 

 should, however, be well clad at the back with feathery 

 curls; the prevailing color is liver and white, but whole 

 liver, black, and black and white, are also described by 

 some writers. The tail is usually decked rather thick and 

 covered with curls. 



Appended is the standard and points of judging the 

 English Water Spaniel as adopted by the English Water 

 Spaniel Club : 



Value. Value. 



Head, jaw, and eyes 20 Feet 5 



Ears...* 5 Stern 10 



Neck 5 Coat 15 



Body 10 General appearance 10 



Fore legs 10 



Hind legs 10 Total 100 



NEGATIVE POINTS. 



Feather on stern 10 



Top-knot 10 



Total.. . 20 



