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and not curly. In the best specimens the jaws are 

 square, the head massive, with overhanging fore- 

 head ; but this is only to be seen in the larger dogs, 

 those of lolb. or I2lb. weight. In very tiny speci- 

 mens the face is more pointed and foxlike." 



Such is Mr. Grindrod's opinion of what a Japanese 

 spaniel should be in size, colour, &c. ; but I consider 

 that fawns marked in a similar manner are equally as 

 good as the black and whites, and the whole or self- 

 coloured fawns equal, if not superior, to either. 



Mrs. W. H. B. Warner, Northallerton ; Mrs. 

 Grindrod ; Miss V. Thomas, Ealing Dean ; Mr. 

 L. Edwards, Brixton ; and Mr. Lindsay Hogg, 

 London, have from time to time had good specimens 

 of this variety, whilst some years ago, Mr. T. 

 Marples, of Stockport, showed with great success a 

 Japanese called Ming Seng, which weighed 9lb. 



The following are the points and description of the 

 variety as issued by the Toy Spaniel Club : 



POINTS OF JAPANESE TOY SPANIELS. 



" Head and Neck. Should be large for size of 

 animal, very broad, and with slightly rounded skull. 

 The neck should be short and moderately thick. 



" Eyes. The eyes should be large, dark, lustrous, 

 rather prominent, and set wide apart. 



" Muzzle. Must be strong and wide, very short 



