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was a black in colour, he was most removed from the dog-show 

 black field spaniels and all of them, and may safely be called by 

 the re-created term "springer." 



But meantime there have been other good although not 

 remarkable dogs at the field trials. Mr. Eversfield has had 

 many, Mr. Alexander has always been hard to beat, Mr. Phillips 

 has had some excellent clumbers, as also has Mr. Winton 

 Smith, besides Beechgrove Bee already spoken of, and Mr. B. J. 

 Warwick has had good dogs. Mr. A. T. Williams, of Neath, 

 has had good teams of red-and-white springers, which have, as 

 far as the shows are concerned, monopolised the classes for this 

 one colour. It is said to have been bred true to this red-and- 

 white mixture for many years in a few families in South Wales. 

 At the same time, there were other families in South Wales 

 which bred spaniels of many colours for the woodcocks and the 

 very stiff coverts of the South- West corner, or Little England 

 beyond Wales, as it was called. Thirty-five years ago the 

 author shot over black-and-white, liver-and-white, and red-and- 

 white dogs, all from the same litters, and these were the most 

 determined hunters and the quickest stayers then known. But 

 as the author knows of none now representative of them 

 except the red-and-white Welsh springers, these may be taken 

 for the type, and they are undoubted hard workers and quite 

 careless of bramble and gorse. 



Retrieving spaniels have been very highly spoken of by as 

 practical big bag-makers as the late Sir Fred Milbank, who 

 used them for grouse driving. All the breeds above named 

 retrieve well except the Welsh springers, none of which have 

 been broken with that intention, so far as is known to the 

 author. Mr. Williams only works spaniels in coverts and in 

 teams, and believes that a retriever proper is the best for his 

 own work. 



It is not possible to have several spaniels seeking dead at 

 one time unless they are all within sight ; but there is no fear of 

 tearing the game when the dogs can be seen, as they can be 

 upon a moor, or in open cover, or in fields. 



The difference of opinion between sportsmen as to which 



