JlfEASUREAIENTS OF TOY SPANIEJ.S. I 7 I 



The Nose must be black. 



The Body is cloddy and compact. 



The Legs inclined to be short, and with the backs well coated with long silky hair, 

 or "feather" as it is termed. 



Feet, large and well covered with hair. 



The Coat in both breeds must be long and silky ; without curl, which is a fault. 



Size, about 10 pounds, or a little more in a King Charles ; but the Blenheims weigh 

 rather less. It is not, therefore, desirable to have the King Charles much under 10 pounds 

 weight. 



Colour. In the King Charles : black-and-tan or black-tan-and-white. Blenheims : red-and- 

 white. In this breed a red spot on the forehead is esteemed a decided characteristic, and should 

 always be looked for in good specimens, as its absence is a blemish. 



General appearance is that of an intelligent nimble little dog, which combines activity 

 with a daintiness peculiar to good breeding and aristocratic connections. 



The dogs we have chosen to illustrate the breed in all four colours are for the black- 

 and-tan King Charles, Mr. Joseph Nave's Covent Garden Charlie, whose sire is Young Jumbo 

 and dam Daisy Age, 2 years and 9 months ; weight, 16 Ibs. ; he measures from nose to 

 stop, three-quarters of an inch ; from stop to occiput, 4 inches ; length ot bacK, 14 inches ; 

 girth of muzzle, 7| inches; girth of skull, 13 inches; girth of neck, 12 inches; girth round 

 brisket, 18 inches; girth round shoulders, 18 inches; girth of loins, 15 inches; girth round 

 forearm, 5 inches; girth round pastern, 3^ inches; height at .shoulder, 15 inches; height at 

 elbows, 7i inches; height at loins, 14 inches; length of ears from tip to tip, 22 inches; feather 

 on fore-legs, 6 inches. 



In the black-tan-and-white King Charles, Miss Violet Cameron's Conrad, age about 

 three years. His breeder and pedigree are unknown, as Conrad was purchased, when quite 

 a puppy, from a dealer in London who had no certain pedigree with him. He is an own 

 brother to Mrs. Russell Earp's well-known Tweedledee, and in fact the whole litter was one 

 of unusual merit. Conrad measures : From nose to stop, three-quarters of an inch ; stop 

 to occipital bone, 4 inches; length of back, \2\ inches; girth of muzzle, Sj inches; girth of skull, 

 II inches; girth of neck, 9} inches; girth round brisket, 17 inches; girth round shoulders, 

 15 inches; girth round loins, 13^ inches; girth of forearm, 4 inches; girth round pastern, 

 2f inches; height at shoulder, 10 inches; height at elbow, 5^ inches; height at loins, 

 IO| inches. 



For the red Spaniel, Mr. Joseph Nave's Sepperl by Hillus out of the owner's Fanny (both 

 Llack-and-tans). He is six years old, and weighs 15 Ib. ; measuring from nose to stop, i inch; 

 from stop to occiput, 5 inches ; length of back, 16 inches ; girth of muzzle, 7 inches ; girth of 

 skull, 13 inches; girth of neck, 12 inches; girth of brisket, 18 inches; girth round chest, 18 

 inches; girth of loins, 15 inches; girth of forearm, 5 inches; girth of pastern, 4 inches; 

 height at shoulder, 15 inches; height at elbow, 7| inches ; height at loins, 14 inches. 



And for the red-and-white Blenheim, Mrs. J. W. Berrie's Bawbee, who is four years old, 

 and weighs 10 Ib. 2 oz. Bawbee measures from nose to stop, f inch ; from stop to occiput, 

 4 inches; length of back, 10 inches; girth of muzzle, 6 inches; girth of skull, \\\ inches ; 

 girth of neck, 12 inches; girth round brisket, 19 inches; girth round shoulders, 19 inches; 

 girth of loins, \2\ inches; girth of forearm, 4| inches; girth of pastern, 3 inches; height at 

 shoulder, 12 inches; height at elbow, 5! inches; height at loins, io inches. 



