426 Modern Dogs. 



Irish water spaniel is the only dog of his variety 

 not subjected to the custom of having his tail 

 docked or shortened. 



The weight of the Irish water spaniel should be 

 from 5olb. to 6olb., or, maybe, a trifle over the latter 

 figures. Colonel the Hon. Le Poer Trench's well- 

 known dog Shaun, at five years old, scales 64lb. ; 

 his young dog Shamus, at one and a half years 

 old, 63lb. ; his bitch Harp, at eight and a half years 

 old, 54lb. ; and the three and a half years old Erin, 

 6ilb. These three dogs are amongst the best speci- 

 mens of their variety before the public at the present 

 time, and so it is interesting to be able to give their 

 several weights. 



