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CHAPTER LVL 



COCKER SPANIELS. 



THESE engaging members of the Spaniel family are almost extinct as regards purity, but their 

 working capacity has never failed them. As will be seen from Mr. Langdale's remarks, there is 

 more than one family of the breed which has practically been lost sight of. A breed of black or 

 black-and-tan Cockers certainly existed, and has been perpetuated down to recent years, proof of 

 which can be found in the pedigrees which accompany this article. In the first instance \ve give 

 that of Dr. W. W. Boulton's Regent, which is as follows : 



PEDIGREE OF DR. BOULTON'S REGENT (No. 2,162). 



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Mr. A. W. Langdale, who has long been an admirer of these valuable liltlc dogs, has 

 sent us the following for publication : 



" This breed of Spaniel is closely allied with Wales and Devonshire, and, I believe, more used 

 in those parts than anywhere else. It is indeed rare, even in the adjoining country, to find Cocker 

 Spaniels, but few people being apparently aware of their great value. Smaller than their brethren 



