328 Modern Dogs. 



of these charming black, or red, or chocolate speci- 

 mens are much smaller than the original whites, 4lb. 

 and 61b. weight each being not unusual, and more- 

 over these "toys " are not snappish and ill-natured, 

 their temperament and disposition being more what 

 one likes to see in a companionable dog. 



That these comparatively new varieties, at any 

 rate new to this country, have a future before them 

 I do not doubt at all ; they are in enthusiastic hands 

 and a specialist club has been formed to look after 

 their interests, which is giving particular attention to 

 the smaller varieties. Her Majesty the Queen has a 

 companionable and handsome little fellow, a beautiful 

 red sable called Marco, and the Right Hon. W. E. 

 Gladstone's favourite dog is a little black specimen 

 which glories in the name of Fritz. Not long 

 ago the club, established in 1891, combined with 

 the Toy Spaniel and other clubs, and had a show 

 of its own, no fewer than fourteen classes for Pome- 

 ranians being provided, and these attracted sixty 

 odd entries, including a number of the most charm- 

 ing specimens ever brought together. 



The royal favourite Marco is now about five 

 years old. This is what Mr. T. Marples, who 

 specially interviewed the little dog at Osborne for 

 the British Fancier, says of him : 



" From a fancier's or exhibition point of view 



