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title and then dividing by colour, but it is good enough as it is among the 

 common people and let us retain at least one of the varieties as a relic of the 

 Merry Monarch who dearly loved a spaniel. 



When it comes down to the facts of the case all these toy spaniels, except 

 Blenheims or Marlboroughs were known as King Charles up to quite modern 

 times. The first volume of the English stud book divided toy spaniels into 

 Blenheim and King Charles and kept that up until quite recently. The 

 ruby and the tricolour were merely varieties, while the distinctive name of 

 Prince Charles, as it now is, only dates back to about 1880. The tricolour 

 had been neglected in the fashion for black and tans and there was at that 

 time a revival in interest in the particolour, which in part became a discussion 

 as to giving them a distinct name. This discussion took place in Country, 

 the kennel department of which was edited by Hugh Dalziel, and when it 

 was suggested to give them the name of Prince Charlie it was adopted 

 without a dissenting vote. The dog was named after the Bonnie Prince 

 Charlie and not after any Charles, but quite recently, when those who took 

 part in the christening were no longer active in the fancy the name became 

 changed and Prince Charles it now is and will remain. The extracts we 

 have given show that this dog was known and called a King Charles at the 

 beginning of the last century. 



When the first English shows were held all colours were shown in one 

 class, Blenheims alone being distinct. Then a division by weight was in- 

 troduced at the London shows, the first demarkation being at seven pounds. 

 This was raised to ten pounds at the third London show of 1865, but at all 

 other English shows but one class was given. The reason for the better 

 classification at the London shows was that toy spaniels were particularly 

 a London fancy, just as much as the large black and tan terriers were a 

 Manchester fancy and bull terriers were leaders about Birmingham. The 

 East End of London, among the Spitalfields weavers, was the hotbed of the 

 fancy, but it was by no means confined to that section and at the numerous 

 public-house shows, which were far more frequent in London than dog shows 

 such as we know about, the dogs shown by the members and visitors were 

 almost entirely toys, and mainly spaniels, with terriers a close second. It 

 was these patient breeders who introduced and built up the exaggerations 

 we have to-day to an even more marked degree. 



Some writers attribute the King Charles head to the introduction of the 

 Blenheim and in some quotations already given references will be found to 



