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Club show in 1904 thirty-one classes were provided and eight 

 challenge certificate prizes were given, the entries numbering 

 109. 



The formation of the Toy Spaniel Club in 1885, and the 

 impetus given to breeders and exhibitors by the numerous 

 shows with good classification, have caused this beautiful 

 breed to become more popular year by year. Fifty years ago 

 the owners might be almost counted on the fingers of one's 

 hands ; now probably the days of the year would hardly cover 

 them. 



Among the most successful exhibitors of late years have 

 been the Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morrison, the Hon. Mrs. Lytton, 

 Mrs. Graves, Mrs. L. H. Thompson, Miss Young, Mrs. H. B. 

 Looker, Mrs. Privette, Miss Hall, the Misses Clarkson and 

 Grantham, Mrs. Dean, Mr. H. Taylor, Mrs. Bright, Mrs. 

 Adamson, Miss Spofforth, Mrs. Hope Paterson, Mrs. Lydia 

 Jenkins, and Miss E. Taylor. 



The novice fancier, desirous of breeding for profit, exhibition, 

 or pleasure, when price is an object for consideration, is often 

 better advised to purchase a healthy puppy from a breeder of 

 repute rather than to be deluded with the notion that a good 

 adult can be purchased for a few pounds, or to be carried away 

 with the idea that a cheap, indifferently bred specimen will 

 produce first-class stock. It takes years to breed out bad 

 points, but good blood will tell. 



When you are purchasing a bitch with the intention of 

 breeding, many inquiries should be made as to the stock from 

 which she comes. This will influence the selection of the sire 

 to whom she is to be mated, and he should excel in the points 

 in which she is deficient. It is absolutely necessary to have 

 perfectly healthy animals, and if the female be young, and small 

 stock is desired, her mate should be several years her senior. 

 A plain specimen of the right blood is quite likely to produce 

 good results to the breeder ; for example, should there be two 

 female puppies in a well-bred litter, one remarkable as 

 promising to have all the requirements for a coming champion, 



