THE COCKER SPANIEL. 



Avoid the long-headed, long-bodied, and short, crooked- 

 legged dog as you would a serpent, for it is a physical 

 impossibility for them to do good work; also avoid a dog 

 with a light- colored eye. For my part, I always prefer a 

 bitch, as they learn easier, are more faithful, and never 

 want to roam in quest of sexual pleasures. 



Following is the American Spaniel Club's standard for 

 Cocker Spaniels: 



Value. Value. 



General appearance 10 Length 5 



Head 15 Legs and feet 15 



Eyes 5 Coat 10 



Ears 10 Tail 5 



Neck and shoulders 10 



Body 15 Total , 100 



A Cocker Spaniel must not weigh more than twenty - 

 eight pounds nor less than eighteen pounds. 



General appearance, symmetry, etc. (value 10). A 

 Cocker Spaniel should be eminently a well-built, graceful, 

 and active dog, and should show strength without heavi- 

 ness or clumsiness. Any of the Spaniel colors is allowable, 

 but beauty of color and marking must be taken into con- 

 sideration. 



Head (value 15) should be of fair length, muzzle cut off 

 square, tapering gradually from the eye, but not snipy. 

 Skull rising in a graceful curve from the stop, and with the 

 same outline at the occiput, the curve-line being natter, but 

 still curving at the middle of the skull. The head should 

 be narrowest at the eyes and broadest at the set-on of ears, 

 and viewed from the front, the outline between the ears 

 should be a nearly perfect segment of a circle. The stop 

 is marked, and a groove runs up the skull, gradually be* 

 coming less apparent, till lost about half-way to the occiput. 

 This prevents the domed King Charles skull, and there 

 should not be the heaviness of the large Field Spaniel, but 

 a light, graceful, well-balanced head. Jaws level, neither 

 undershot nor pig- jawed; teeth strong and regular. 



Eyes (value 5) round and moderately full. They should 

 correspond in color with the coat. 



Ears (value 10) lobular, set on low; leather fine and not 



