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cobby, with strong, stout legs, broad back, and wide chest. 

 We find many specimens weak in the loin and hind legs, 

 but these are not good ones. 



The symmetry of the Toy Spaniels is of some importance, 

 but it is seldom that there is any defect in this direction. 



The coat should be long, silky, soft, and wavy, but not 

 curly. In the Blenheim there should be a profuse mane 

 extending well down the front of the chest. The feather 

 should be well displayed on the ears and feet, where it is so 

 long as to give the appearance of their being webbed. It is 

 also carried well up the backs of the legs. In the King 

 Charles the feather on the ears is very long and profuse, 

 exceeding in length that of the Blenheim by an inch or 

 more. The feather on the tail (which is usually cut to the 

 length of three and a half or four inches) should be silky, 

 and from five to six inches long, making a marked " flag" 

 of a square shape, and not carried above the level of the 

 back. 



The color varies with the breed. The King Charles is a 

 rich, glossy black and deep tan, without any white; tan 

 spots over the eyes and on the cheeks, and tan markings 

 on the legs. The Blenheim must on no account be whole- 

 colored, but must have a ground of pure pearly white, with 

 bright, rich chestnut, or ruby-red markings, evenly distrib- 

 uted in large patches. The ears and cheeks are red, with a 

 blaze of white extending from the nose up to the forehead 

 and ending in a crescentive curve between the ears. In the 

 center of the blaze there should be a clear spot of red, 

 of the size of a sixpence. The Tri-color, or Charles I. 

 Spaniel, must have the tan of the King Charles, with 

 markings like those of the Blenheim, in black instead of 

 red, on a pearly-white ground. The ears and under the 

 tail must also be lined with tan. The Tri-color has no 

 spot, that mark of beauty being peculiarly the property 

 of the Blenheim. The Tri-color is now known as the 

 Prince Charles. The red Toy Spaniels are known as 

 Ruby Spaniels, the points being the same as those of the 

 King Charles, differing only in the matter of color, which 



