CHAPTER XXVI. 

 SPANIELS OTHER THAN BLACK. 



As CLACSES are provided for " Field Spaniels other 

 than black " (not being Clumbers, Sussex, or 

 cockers), and as such are entered in the Stud 

 Books, allusion must be made to them here. Their 

 varied colouring gives them a hardier appearance 

 than is observable in the blacks ; their coats are 

 often crisper and denser, or maybe they appear to 

 be so in the absence of the raven gloss. It must 

 not be forgotten that they spring from the same 

 strain as the black variety. 



The most common colours are black and tan ; 

 black and white ticked; brown, grey, and white 

 approaching a roan ; liver and white ; black, tan, 

 and white, and any variations that may appear 

 therein. Orange and white are seldom seen, and 

 when this colour does crop up, it is a sign of a 

 not very remote cross with the setter or the Clumber 

 spaniel. 



In respect to general shape and character they 



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