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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



breeds, though certainh- the best working 

 Spaniel I have ever owned myself was one 

 of this tj'pe about seventeen or eighteen 

 years ago, before it became fashionable, 

 and before Spaniel trials were thought of. 

 The description of the breed is as follows : — 



1. Head. — Skull long and rather narrow : a 

 stop ; the muzzle broad and long to the end. 



2. Eyes. — Rather small, bright, intelligent. 



MR. HARRY JONES CH. FANSOME 

 BY PUNCH BEECHGROVE CHRISSY. 



3. Ears. — Long, low-set. lobular. 



4. Neck. — Lean, long, and slightly arched. 



5. Body (including Size and Symmetry). — 

 Fairly heavy body ; legs rather longer than the 

 other Field Spaniels, but not so long as in Irish ; 

 medium size. 



6. Nose. — Large and soft. 



7. Shoulder and Chest. — Shoulders long and 

 sloping ; chest deep and fairly broad. 



8. Back and Loin. — Back flat and strong ; 

 loin rather long, flat and strong. 



9. Hindquarters. — I-ong ; hocks well let down ; 

 stifles moderately bent, not twisted inward or 

 outward. 



10. Stern. — Low carried, i.f. not above the 

 level of the back. 



11. Feet and Legs. — Strong boned, inclining to 

 shortness ; feet large and rather flat, 



12. Coat. — Not woolly, not curly, but may be 

 broken. 



13. Colour. — Liver and white, black and white, 



14. Genera' Appearance. — .\n active, useful, 

 and medium-sized dog. 



I think it would have been as well to 

 have fixed some approximate standard of 

 size or weight. " Medium sized " is rather 

 vague, and to have used the word " waved " 

 in place of " broken," in referring to the 



coat ; and I cannot see the object of flat 

 feet. 



Since the above was written, the following 

 revised description of the English Springer 

 has been issued bv the Sporting Spaniel 

 Society : — 



1. Skull. — Long and slightly arched on top, 

 fairly broad, with a stop, and well-developed 

 temples. 



2. Jaws. — Long and broad, not snipy, with 

 plenty of thin lip. 



3. Eyes. — Medium size, not too full, but bright 

 and intelligent, of a rich brown. 



4. Ears. — Of fair length, low set, and lobular 

 m shape. 



5. Neck. — Long, strong, and slightly arched. 



6. Shoulders. — Long and sloping. 



7. Forelegs. — Of a moderate length, straight, 

 with flat strong bone. 



8. Body. — Strong, with well-sprung ribs, good 

 giith. and chest deep and fairly broad, 



9. Loin. — Rather long, strong, and slightly 

 arched. 



10. Hindquarters and Hindlegs. — Very mus- 

 cukir, hocks well let down, stifles moderately 

 bent, and not twisted inwards or outwards. 



11. Feet. — Strong and compact. 



12. Stern. — Low carried, not above the level 

 of the back, and with a vibratory motion. 



13. Coat. — Thick and smooth or very slightly 

 wavy, it must not be too long. The feathering 

 must be only moderate on the ears, and scanty 

 on the legs, but continued down to the heels. 



14. Colour. — Liver and white and black and 

 white (with or without tan), fawn and white, 

 yellow and white, also roans and self colours of 

 all these tints. The pied colours are preferable, 

 however, as more easily seen in cover. 



15. General Appearance. — An active compact 

 dog, upstanding, but by no means stilty. His 

 height at shoulder should about equal his length 

 from the top of the withers to the root of tlie 

 tail. 



Vni. The Welsh Springer.— Like the 



Enghsli Springer, the Welsh Springer has 

 only very recently 

 come into exist- 

 ence — officially, 

 that is to say ; 

 but his admirers 

 claim for him 

 that he has ex- 

 isted as a sepa- 

 rate breed for 

 along t i m c . 



though not CH. LONGMYND MYFANWY. 



