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many years. The best young Spaniel in the bitch division is, 

 perhaps, Cloisonne, whelped in 1885, and bred by an old Spaniel 

 breeder, Mr. Dexter. She, however, was easily beaten at Warwick 

 this year by Squaw. Mr. Bryden brought out a nice young bitch, 

 and which he was very unfortunate to lose so early, in Beverley 

 Domino, whelped July, 1885. Tn ' s bitch was considerably above 

 the average, and must have done a lot of winning had she lived. 

 She beat Cloisonne, under Mr. Shirley, at the Kennel Club's 

 Summer Show last year (1886). Kingston Jet, whelped May, 1885, 

 bred and owned by Mr. Fred Smith, is a useful young bitch ; and 

 the same may be said of Staley Belle, whelped July, 1885, bred by 

 Mr. Bryden, and now owned by Mr. W. Dyson. Gipping Floss, 

 whelped November, 1885, and bred by Mr. P. P. Phelps present 

 owner of the small Black Spaniel Champion Miss Obo, bred by 

 myself, and selected and drawn by Mr. R. H. Moore, the Strand, 

 at the request of the Kennel Club, for an illustration for the 

 Kennel Gazette is a Black Spaniel possessing extra Spaniel quality. 

 She is, however, a little undersized. I bought her off her dam, 

 Coy (15,840). Coy died a young bitch a great pity, as she was 

 the best Black Spaniel ever sent out from the famous Northampton 

 kennel of Spaniels owned by Mr. H. B. Spurgin. The three young 

 bitches I have named i.e. Kingston Jet, Staley Belle, and Gipping 

 Floss although above the average, must have some luck if either 

 of them win the title of champion. 



Mr. T. Jacobs, of Newton Abbot, who owns a large kennel of 

 Spaniels, must be held responsible for the crossing of the Sussex 

 and Black Spaniel in the winning show-dogs of to-day to a greater 

 extent than any other breeder, and he states his reasons for doing 

 so in the following terms, communicated to me: 'I crossed the 

 Sussex and Black Spaniel, thinking to improve the type of both. 

 I wanted more bone, longer body, and shorter legs in the Black 

 variety, and longer heads in the Sussex.' Mr. Jacobs is of opinion 

 that there are no real Sussex Spaniels now existing worth notice, 

 and he contends that the name Sussex should be dropped, and 

 classes for liver-coloured Spaniels take their place ; for he holds 

 that all Sussex pedigrees and blood have been lost in the crosses 

 that have produced the present golden-liver-coloured show dogs, 

 which he considers far better in shape, longer in head, and better 

 because straighter in leg, than the Sussex shown during the palmy 

 days of this breed at our exhibitions. I am glad to give Mr. Jacobs's 

 views, although I cannot adopt them." 



Here is a description of the Field Spaniel, adapted from that 

 of the Sporting Spaniel Society : 



Skull. Long, not too wide, and well chiselled, projecting in a well-defined 

 manner at the eyebrows, having the occipital bone developed. 



