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THE XEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



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MRS A. ( 



BLACK . 

 _ CH. ROCOCO 



r> BY NONPAREIL 



J- MISS CHUMP. 



is onlv within the last 

 quarter of a century 

 tliat this varict\- has 

 e.xisted. 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 Tov Spaniels have 

 been so much inter-bred that a litter markings on 



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t-LORS 

 BLENHEIM CH. 

 FAIRY SPRITE 

 8V CH, CLEVfOOl 



M4CNET QUEENIE 



BRICHTEYES. 



has been reputed to contain the four 



kinds, but this would be of very rare 



occurrence. The 



Blenheim is now 



often crossed 



w 1 1 h the T r i- 



colour, when the 



litters consist of 



puppies quite 



true to the two 



types. The 



crossing of the 



King Ch arles 



witli the Ruby 



is also attended 



with very good 



results, the tan 



the Iving Charles be- 

 coming very bright and the colour of 

 the Rub}' 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 



MATTHEWS' 



ROSCOE 



BY CH, CLEVEDON 



M4CNET 



PRINCESS MO'-IIL 



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 cur\'e gracefully over 

 the back, and in none 

 of the pictures of the 

 supposed ancestors of 

 our present Toy Spaniels 



