7 6 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



being able to stand so much hard work, in the covers, 

 as the more old fashioned sort, but they are, many of 

 them, very beautiful dogs, and of high quality, and, 

 what is also of importance to breeders, they command 

 very high prices. I heard of an instance, not very long 

 since, when a buyer was found for five or six specimens 

 of the Black Field Spaniel, at £1,100, and another gave 

 £400 for a single dog. I know all the three parties, 

 that is, the seller and the two buyers, in these transac- 

 tions, and believe them to be bond fide and true, in sub- 

 stance and fact, so that Spaniel breeding evidently can 

 be made to pay. Although I sometimes see some of 

 the old liver and white, roan, blue and black Spaniels 

 about, I certainly think they are not so popular as 

 they were some years since. As a rule they are 

 tractable, good tempered, " born sportsmen," particu- 

 larly fond of a ramble amongst country lanes and 

 hedgerows, and capital companions for all, attaching 

 themselves readily to ladies and children, and making 

 themselves " at home " as members of the household, 

 though always ready for their own proper work, out- 

 side, when called upon. 



Sporting Spaniel Points. — I will here give the show 

 points of the several Sporting Spaniels, commencing 

 with the Clumber. The points of this breed are as 

 follows : — He should be long, low, and heavy, weight 

 varies, but averages about forty to forty-five pounds. 

 Colour, white, of a creamy shade, with orange or lemon 

 markings ; actual liver colour, or the very pale lemon, 

 once made a point of, are now objected to by some 



