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spaniels originally appear, and a good '"stock" 

 Blenheim or King Charles will bring in quite a little 

 income to his owner. These working men often 

 enough refuse 20 and ^30 apiece for their 

 favourites, and it is indeed a moderate specimen 

 that will not bring more than a five pound note. 



I believe to the working classes of the East End 

 we are indebted for the present excellence and 

 popularity of the toy spaniels. Few are bred of any 

 note whatever either at Blenheim Palace or in the 

 neighbourhood of Marl borough. The Dukes of 

 Norfolk have not taken any interest in them for a 

 generation or two, and they are no longer favourites 

 in the royal home at Windsor. Still, the breed 

 survives, and under the fostering care of the 

 specialist club will no doubt continue to improve. 

 At their shows now, over a hundred specimens may 

 be exhibited, and if such do not bring sums so 

 exorbitant as the more fashionable collie and fox 

 terrier, not long ago 80 was given for the King 

 Charles Spaniel Laureate, and I know one or two 

 Blenheims which are worth quite as much Mr. 

 Garrod's May Queen II., for instance. 



Retracing our steps a few years, we find in 187 i 

 Mr. C. Dawson's Frisky, Mrs. Lee's Jumbo, and Mr. 

 Garwood's Hyllus, all animals of high stamp, and 

 three years later Mr. Forder brought out a King 



