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present style of show dog as the type, are closely identical ; the greatest 

 difference is, of course, the colour, in which good specimens of each 

 present a striking and pleasing contrast. In the Blenheim the depth and 

 richness of the red, the purity of the white, and the distribution and 

 distinctness of the markings are important. A broad blaze up the fore- 

 head and over the skull, with the red spot or lozenge in the centre, the 

 cheeks and ears being, red, although generally of a paler shade than on the 

 body markings ; the neck and front of chest, where the hair is longer, and 

 called the mane, pure white, which is also the body colour, and the deep red 

 markings on back, sides, &c., are esteemed by the picturesqueness of their 

 distribution. The pale colour is now by some exhibitors valued, and 

 such specimens are called mace coloured. The coat should be free from 

 curl, a fault which some inherit from the King Charles spaniel ; it should 

 be abundant all over the body, and long, soft, and silky on the front of 

 chest, ears, legs, feet, and tail. 



The size ranges from 51b. to lOlb. ; I think below 71b. or 81b. they are 

 too puny and wanting in physique to give pleasure as pets, and likely to 

 require too much nursing ; to this, of course, there are exceptions. The 

 following are the weights and measurements of two of Mr. J. W. Berrie's, a 

 gentleman who has given much attention to the breeding of Blenheims : 



Mr. J. W. Berrie's The Earl : Age, 3 years ; weight, 8lb. ; height 

 at shoulder, llin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 19in. ; length of 

 tail, Sin. (cut) ; girth of chest, 16in. ; girth of loin, ll|in. ; girth of 

 head, llin. ; girth of forearm, 4iin. ; length of head from occiput to tip 

 of nose, Sin. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, Gin. ; 

 ears from tip to tip, 19jin. ; from stop to tip of nose, fin. 



Mr. J. W. Berrie's Little Blossom : Age, 7 years ; weight, lOlb. ; height 

 at shoulder, lOin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 18in. ; length of tail, 

 Sin. (cut) ; girth of chest, 17in. ; girth of loin, 12in. ; girth of head, 

 lOfin ; girth of forearm, 4in. ; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 

 Sin. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 5|in. ; ears 

 from tip to tip, 17Jin. ; from stop to tip of nose, |in. 



