456 Modern Dogs. 



new tenant of the shooting, but eventually sold, and 

 realised high prices. There were seven of them so 

 disposed of, but it was from the dog and bitch 

 selected by Relf, named respectively George and 

 Romp, that the strain, as far as it goes, survives at 

 the present time. 



It has been stated that the original strain from 

 Rosehill was lost through an outbreak of rabies in 

 the kennels necessitating entire destruction of the 

 spaniels. This was not the case. Many years 

 before Mr. Fuller's death, there was such an outbreak 

 amongst the hounds southern hounds they were. 

 These were destroyed, and with them some of the 

 spaniels, but by no means the whole of the latter. 



In addition to the Rosehill strain, Dr. Williams, of 

 Hayward's Heath, had some excellent Sussex 

 spaniels, so had Mr. Farmer at Cowfold, but it is 

 more than ten years since the first named wrote that 

 he had not a single specimen in his kennel, and did not 

 know where to find any of the pure breed. However, 

 thanks to such gentlemen as I have named, .and the 

 trouble they have taken to retain what blood 

 remained, the complete extinction of the pure Sussex 

 spaniel is now improbable. 



Some fourteen years ago the best bred dogs were 

 Mr. Newington's Laurie, born in 1877, and which 

 came to an untimelv end by swallowing a cork ; Mr. 



