274 DOGS AND ALL ABOUT THEM 



or dark), blue (as pale as possible), orange (which should be as deep and 

 even in colour as possible), beaver, or cream. Dogs, other than white, 

 with white foot or feet, leg or legs, are decidedly objectionable and 

 should be discouraged, and cannot compete as whole coloured specimens. 

 In parti-coloured dogs the colours should be evenly distributed on the 

 body in patches ; a dog with white or tan feet or chest would not be a 

 parti-colour. Shaded sables should be shaded throughout with three 

 or more colours, the hairs to be as " uniformly shaded " as possible, 

 with no patches of self colour. In mixed classes where whole coloured 

 and parti-coloured Pomeranians compete together, the preference 

 should, if in other points they are equal, be given to the whole coloured 

 specimens. Where classification is not by colours the following is 

 recommended for adoption by show committees : 1. Not exceeding 

 7 Ib. (Pomeranian Miniatures). 2. Exceeding 7 Ib. (Pomeranians). 

 3. Pomeranians and Pomeranian Miniatures mixed. 



The early type of a Pomeranian was that of a dog varying 

 from 10 Ib. or 12 Ib. weight up to 20 Ib. weight, or even more, 

 and some few of about 12 Ib. and over are still to be met with ; 

 but the tendency among present-day breeders is to get them 

 as small as possible, so that diminutive specimens weighing 

 less than 5 Ib. are now quite common, and always fetch higher 

 prices than the heavier ones. The dividing weight, as arranged 

 some ten years ago by the Pomeranian Club, is 8 Ib., and the 

 Kennel Club has recently divided the breed into two classes 

 of Pomeranians and Pomeranians Miniature. 



As a rule the white specimens adhere more nearly to the 

 primitive type, and are generally over 8 Ib. in weight, but 

 through the exertions of many breeders, several are now to be 

 seen under this limit. 



The principal breeders of this colour in England to-day are 

 Miss Hamilton of Rozelle, Miss Chell, Miss Lee-Roberts, Mrs. 

 Pope, and Mrs. Goodall-Copestake. The first two whites to 

 become full champions under Kennel Club rules were Rob of 

 Rozelle and Konig of Rozelle, both belonging to Miss Hamilton 

 of Rozelle. 



More black Pomeranians have been bred in England than of 

 any other colour, and during the last fifteen years the number 

 of good specimens that have appeared at our great exhibitions 

 has been legion. There do not seem to be so many really 

 good ones to-day as heretofore ; this is explained, perhaps, 



