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soft, and wavy, but not curly. In the Blenheim there 

 should be a profuse mane, extending well down in the 

 front of the chest. The feather should be well dis- 

 played on the ears and feet, where it is so long as to give 

 the appearance of their being webbed. It is also carried 

 well up the backs of the legs. In the King Charles the 

 feather on the ears is very long and profuse, exceeding 

 that of the Blenheim by an inch or more. The feather 

 on the tail (which is cut to the length of about 3^ ins. to 

 4 ins.) should be silky, and from 5 ins. to 6 ins. in length, 

 constituting a marked " flag " of a square shape, and 

 not carried above the level of the back. Colour. The 

 colour varies with the breed. The King Charles is a 

 lich, glossy black, and deep tan ; tan spots over the 

 eyes and on cheeks, and the usual markings on the legs 

 are also required. The Ruby Spaniel is a rich chestnut 

 red. The presence of a few white hairs intermixed with 

 the black on the chest of a King Charles, or intermixed 

 with the red on the chest of a Ruby Spaniel, shall carry 

 very great weight against a dog, but shall not in itself 

 absolutely disqualify ; but a white patch on the chest, 

 or white on any other part of a King Charles or Ruby 

 Spaniel shall be a disqualification. The Blenheim must 

 not on any account be whole-coloured, but should have 

 a ground of pure pearly white, with bright, rich chest- 

 nut or ruby-red marking evenly distributed in large 

 patches. 



The ears and cheeks should be red, with a blaze of 

 white extending from the nose up to the forehead, and 

 ending between the ears in a crescentive curve. In 

 the centre of this blaze there should be a clear " spot" 

 of red of the size of a sixpence. The tricolour, or 

 Charles the First Spaniel, should have the tan of the 

 King Charles, with markings like the Blenheim in black 

 instead of red on a pearly-white ground. The ears and 

 under the tail should also be lined with tan. The tri- 

 colour has no spot, that beauty being peculiarly the 

 property of the Blenheim. 



The only name by which the tricolour, or black, 



