158 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



Mr. Campbell Newington, stuck most gallantly to him all 

 through. 



Mr. Campbell Newington has been breeding Sussex Spaniels 

 lor over a quarter of a century with an enthusiasm 

 and tenacity worthy of the warmest admiration, and his 

 strain is probably the purest, and more full of the original 

 blood than any other. His kennel has always maintained a 

 very high standard of excellence, and many famous show 

 specimens have come from it, notably Rosehill Ruler II. (a 

 splendid Sussex, scarcely inferior to Bridford Giddie), Romu- 

 lus, Roein, Rita, Rush, Rock, Rag, and Ranji, and many 

 others of almost equal merit. 



Colonel Claude Cane's kennel of Sussex, started from a 

 41 Woolland-bred " foundation, has been going for some 

 seventeen years, the best he has shown being Jonathan 

 Swift, Celbridge Eldorado, and Celbridge Chrysolite. 



The breed has always had a good character for work, and 

 most of the older writers who mention them speak of Sussex 

 Spaniels in very eulogistic terms. They are rather slow 

 workers, but thoroughly conscientious and painstaking, 

 and are not afraid of any amount of thick covert, through 

 which they will force their way, and seldom leave anything 

 behind them. 



A well-bred Sussex Spaniel is a very handsome dog. Indeed, 

 his beautiful colour alone is enough to make his appearance an 

 attractive one, even if he were unsymmetrical and ungainly in 

 his proportions 



This colour, known as golden liver, is peculiar to the breed, 

 and is the great touchstone and hall-mark of purity of blood. 

 No other dog has exactly the same shade of coat, which the 

 word " liver " hardly describes exactly, as it is totally dif- 

 ferent from the ordinary liver colour of an Irishman, a Pointer, 

 or even a liver Field Spaniel. It is rather a golden chestnut 

 with a regular metallic sheen as of burnished metal, showing 

 more especially on the head and face and everywhere where 

 the hair is short. This is very apparent when a dog gets 



