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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



German Lonc-Haiijf.d Hintinc Dog 



hound, raised chiefly in the north and northwest 

 of Germany, ought to be considered more as 

 beaters of game, or coursers. Hunting having 

 been much changed and modified in the lapse 

 of ages, these dogs are to-da_\- in the background 

 of the large race we are now considering. 



Pet doi^s. " Have women no children that 

 they caress those beasts?" asked a Roman 

 emperor, on observing the e.xcessive care 

 given by women to little 

 dogs ; whence we may 

 conclude that the habit (jf 

 having pet dogs is as old 

 as civilization, perhaps 

 older. Ladies especially, 

 in all lands, had such 

 dogs, and it is not sur- 

 prising that those who 

 had the time petted and 

 spoiled the little beasts, 

 which slept not only in 

 the laps of their mis- 

 tresses but even in their 



beds. All this could not fail to injure the favorite 

 races. They became sickly, capricious, feeble, 

 and melancholy. Some little amelioration of 

 their state came about when King Charles I 

 conceived an affection for small black and 



Children of Charles I {Van Dyck) 



Ijli.nhi;l\i Sfa.niel 

 Photo J. T. Xe^vnlan, Berkhampstead 



brown spaniels, and the court, as well as all the 

 nobililw f<illowed his princely example. The 

 great artist Van Dyck painted them on his 

 canvas, and other painters took good care to 

 place one beside the great personages who 

 patronized them. 



The King Charles spaniel still exists, and 

 was soon followed by the Prince Charles and 

 the Blenheim spaniels. These three species 

 differ chiefly in color. The first is black and 

 tan, with no white on him ; the second should 

 be white, with black and brown markings ; the 

 third, named Blenheim, from the residence and 

 famous victory of the 

 Duke of Marlborough, 

 is reddish, with white 

 spots. A fourth species, 

 the ruby spaniel, wholly 

 red, completes the quar- 

 tet of this pretty little 

 tribe whose apple-shaped 

 heads, short snub noses, 

 and whole body structure 

 plainly indicate innu- 

 merable crossings. The 

 spaniels of to-day are cer- 

 tainly agreeable pleasure 



