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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



MRS. A. PRIVETT'S 

 BLACK AND TAN 



CH. ROCOCO 



BY NONPA'EIL 

 MISS CHUMP. 



been so much inter-bred 

 has been reputed to contain the four 

 kinds, but this would be of very rare 

 occurrence. The 

 Blenheim is now 

 often crossed 

 with the Tri- 

 colour, when the 

 litters consist of 

 puppies quite 

 true to the two 

 types. The 

 crossing of the 

 King Charles 

 with the Ruby 

 is also attended 

 with very good 

 results, the tan 



is only within the last 

 quarter of a century 

 that this variety has 

 existed. It seems to 

 have originally appeared 

 in a litter of King Charles 

 puppies, when it was 

 looked upon as a freak 

 of nature, taking for its 

 entire colour only the 

 tan markings and losing 

 the black ground. 



The different varieties 

 of Toy Spaniels have 

 that a litter markings on 



MISS TAYLOR'S 

 BLENHEIM CH. 

 FAIRY SPRITE 

 BY CH. CLEVEDON 



MAGNET QUEENIE 



BRICHTEYES. 



Photo: Russell. 



the King Charles be- 

 coming very bright and the colour of 

 the Ruby also being improved. Neither 

 of these specimens 

 should be crossed 

 with either the 

 Blenheim or the 

 Tricolour, as white 

 must not appear 

 in either the King 

 Charles or the 

 Ruby Spaniel. 



It is regretted 

 by some of the 

 admirers of these 

 dogs that custom 

 has ordained that 

 ^ their tails should 



LADY HULTON'S 

 BLENHEIM CH. JOY 



-OEEPOENE ROSE. 

 'iy Kussell. 



MRS. C. 

 MATTHEWS' 



ROSCOE 

 BY CH. CLEVEDON 

 MAGNET 

 PRINCESS MOLIIE. 



be docked. As 

 portrayed in early pic- 

 tures of the King Charles 

 and the Blenheim varie- 

 ties, the tails are long, 

 well flagged, and inclined 

 to curve gracefully over 

 the back, and in none 

 of the pictures of the 

 supposed ancestors of 

 our present Toy Spaniels 



HON. MRS. MCLAREN 

 MORRISON'S BLACK 

 AND TAN CH. 

 LAUREATE 



BY MARQUISE 



MISS DORE. 



