406 Modern Dogs. 



Youatt (1845) illustrates and describes him. The 

 variety has, however, been improved off the face of 

 the earth, so will soon be forgotten. 



The Spaniel Club, established in 1885, nas issued 

 its description of the spaniel in his varieties in a 

 most exhaustive form, and this includes, besides 

 those already mentioned, and more, fully alluded to 

 further on, the Norfolk spaniel. In the case of the 

 cocker, divisions are made, the " black" and the 

 "any other colour" being separated, making, indeed, 

 the two varieties out of the one. Why this 

 has been done it is difficult to imagine, unless 

 because members of the club are desirous of bring- 

 ing into the cocker classes little black spaniels 

 altogether of the modern type ; and such are not 

 cockers at all. They are miniature specimens of 

 the ordinary black field spaniels, and are bred from 

 that stock. 



The Norfolk spaniel is not now acknowledged 

 by the public as a variety, though it is by the 

 Spaniel Club. I have already said that the English 

 water spaniel is pretty nearly extinct, and I have not 

 seen one on the show bench for very many years. 

 However, to give completeness, I have appended 

 all the points and descriptions issued by the Club, 

 and they will no doubt prove of value for reference in 

 the future. 



