other place frequented in its season by members of the great world, 

 and there you will see him in force, escorting his beloved mistress 

 with all the assurance in the world. So gay and irresponsible is 

 his action that you might well describe him as the butterfly of the 

 canine race. No doubt the demand from the general public, 

 regarded from the point of view of the expert, is not wholly without 

 its drawbacks, for the patent reason that, in the efforts to cope with 

 this demand breeders are not always particular about keeping up 

 the level. Having this fact in mind it is encouraging to think there 

 are not more bad ones about. 



If Darwin had been living the story of the Pomeranian would 

 have furnished him with some admirable illustrations of the variations 

 that man is capable of producing in the canidce within the space of 

 a comparatively few years. Half a century ago the dogs that were 

 imported into this country were mainly white, weighing twenty 

 pounds or more. If we enquired into their origin the conclusion 

 would be forced upon us that they were of sub-Arctic extraction, 

 the resemblance to the dogs of the colder regions rendering any 

 other conclusion impossible. We note the similarity in coat, the 

 foxy-shaped head, the tightly-curled tail, and the erect ears. 



One has not to be very old to recall the gradual reduction in 

 size, going side by side with the introduction of new and beautiful 

 colours, which are mostly of great brilliance and purity. There 



