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success, imported Royd Monarch and won the special for the best field 

 spaniel. It cannot be said that the quality of the spaniels shown this year 

 was equal to what it had been a short time prior. Royd Monarch was 

 in our opinion not the equal of Judex, or his sire Glencairn and one or 

 two others that might be named; but when it comes to a question of the 

 best sire it is a different story, for there Royd Monarch is an easy winner. 

 Miss Anabel Green was then an exhibitor, as she is still as Mrs. Evans, 

 and in addition to field spaniels she was also interested in Irish water 

 spaniels. Another welcome addition about this time was Mr. C. T. Mead, 

 of Toronto, his best being the bitch Woolton Dagmar, which, like most 

 of his winners, was imported. 



Royd Monarch passed into the kennels of Mr. Viti, and at New York 

 in 1898 he suffered defeat from Woolton Baron, who, notwithstanding his 

 having won at New York in 1897, was priced at ;^50, which was just half 

 the price asked by Mr. Mead for his Woolton Wonder, placed fourth to 

 Baron. A very faithful servant to a good owner made his appearance 

 in this same show, Mr. Keasbey's now well-known Saybrook Popcorn, a 

 good all-round dog that has kept on improving in character and has had a 

 deservedly successful career. He is a son of the Sussex spaniel Coleshill 

 Rufus, imported by the Hempstead Farm and bought from that kennel by 

 Mr. Keasbey in 1894. Although Popcorn might be shown in a class for 

 Sussex on account of his being a liver dog, yet he is hardly of that variety, 

 for his dam was black and tan, and by that good English dog the black 

 Moonstone, while the rest of her breeding seems to be mainly black blood. 

 He is certainly a well-bred dog, and at the present time ranks as one of the 

 successful sires of the large-spaniel fancy. 



A decided impetus was given to field spaniels when the Swiss Mountain 

 Kennels, of Germantown, long and favourably known in connection with 

 cocker spaniels as well as St. Bernards, got together a very strong kennel. 

 At the head was EndclifFe Bishop, a dog imported by Mr. George Thomas, 

 as the prefix implies. With this dog were several very good bitches, the 

 best being a black named Wansbeck Chloe and a black and tan named 

 Banner Hazel. Endcliffe Bishop we consider very close to being the best 

 field spaniel we have ever had, notwithstanding the fact that he has some- 

 times been defeated for specials. In his class he has never won anything 

 but first. He has the correct head with well-placed ears; is long in the 

 body without the least slackness; is especially good in front, and his coat 



