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varieties, and the reference to the early establish- 

 ment of dog clubs is likewise useful. Possibly some 

 of the handsome collars won at these early club 

 shows are still to be found, and I am certain they 

 would compare more than favourably with the 

 valueless silver medals some of the modern cham- 

 pions have to be contented with, as provided by 

 show committees, although our popular Toy Spaniel 

 Club appears to be unusually liberal in the prizes it 

 provides for its own members. 



No doubt from continual in-breeding, the peculiarly 

 short faces and round skulls so much admired in the 

 modern type of toy spaniel are procured, and not 

 from any cross with the still shorter faced Japanese 

 spaniel, which has been with us for a considerable 

 number of years, nor with the pug dog, as has been 

 suggested in some quarters. So far as I can make 

 out there are not the remotest grounds for such 

 statements. Our toy spaniel has been bred within 

 its own variety, and possesses attributes distinct from 

 those of the pug and of any other strain, with which 

 an out cross would no doubt have interfered. 



As I have said, the present King Charles spaniel 

 must be black and tan, deep in black, and rich in 

 tan, and the Blenheim is an orange and white 

 marked dog, which ought to have an evenly coloured 

 face, with a white blaze up the centre, widening 



