430 Modern Dogs. 



spaniel ; his curl was indeed more of a ringlet, with not a particle 

 of topknot ; the feathering on legs was not so abundant as is seen 

 on the Irish water spaniel, and was of the right texture for work. 

 Another smart English water spaniel I remember well was Flo, 

 also born in 1869, a winner for several years at Birmingham. Flo 

 was a daughter of Rover, the dog I have just given a description 

 of, and was bred by Mr. Bullock, but nearly always shown by the 

 Hon. Capt. Arbuthnott. This bitch was liver in colour, but of a 

 lighter shade, and not so bright in hue as her sire. Her body 

 was longer, but nothing like so square as Rover's, and she was, 

 perhaps, rather high on the legs, and lacked the workmanlike and 

 typical outline of her sire. A liver and white ticked dog named 

 Don, shown by a Mr. Crisp, was placed over her at one of the 

 Curzon Hall shows, and later this dog did some important 

 winning, but Rover often beat him, and was a long way the more 

 typical of the two. Don's pedigree was never very clearly 

 denned, and, although he had a lot of good sound English water 

 spaniel points about him, he had also points about him that one 

 could see favoured the ordinary springer, or land spaniel ; or, in 

 other words, Don was not so distinctly typical of the variety as 

 Rover, Flo, and others from the then famous Bilston kennels. 



These dogs mentioned by Mr. Farrow, and which 

 I recollect perfectly well myself, may be said to be 

 about the most typical of their race of modern times. 

 Similar animals are not produced now, but if there 

 be any one anxious to resuscitate this once favourite 

 dog, there is plenty of material for him to commence 

 working upon, and it would not take long to re- 

 introduce the variety, though perhaps a dog of such 

 excellence as Rover would not be produced for 

 some time to come. 



