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spot, called the beauty spot, which by in- 
breeding with other varieties is fast being 
lost. Chestnut markings are on the body 
and on the sides of the hind-legs. The 
coat should incline to be curly; the head 
must be flat, not broad, and the muzzle 
should be straight. The chestnut should 
be of a rich colour. 
The four varieties—the King Charles, 
Tricolour or (as he has been called) Charles I. 
Spaniel, the modern Blenheim, and the 
Ruby—have all the same points, differing 
from one another in colour only, and the 
following description of the points as deter- 
mined by the Toy Spaniel Club serves for 
all :-— 
1. Head.—Should be well domed, and in good 
specimens is absolutely semi-globular, some- 
times even extending beyond the half-circle, 
and proj ecting over the eyes, so as nearly to meet 
the upturned nose. 
2. Eyes.—The eyes are set wide apart, with 
the eyelids square to the line of the face, not 
oblique or fox-like. The eyes themselves are 
large, and dark as possible, so as to be generally 
considered black, their enormous pupils, which 
are absolutely of that colour, increasing the 
description. There is always a certain amount 
of weeping shown at the inner angles. This 
is owing to a defect in the lachrymal duct. 
3. Stop.—The “stop” or hollow between the 
eyes is well marked, as in the Bulldog, or even 
more so; some good specimens exhibit a hollow 
deep enough to bury a small marble. 
4. Nose.—The nose must be short and well 
turned up between the eyes, and without any 
indication of artificial displacement afforded by a 
deviation to either side. The colour of the end 
should be black, and it should be both deep and 
wide with open nostrils. 
5. Jaw.—The muzzle must be square and deep, 
and the lower jaw wide between the branches, 
leaving plenty of space for the tongue, and 
for the attachment of the lower lips, which should 
completely conceal the teeth. It should also be 
turned up or “finished,’’ so as to allow of its 
meeting the end of the upper jaw turned up in 
a similar way, as above described. 
6. Ears.—The ears must be long, so as to ap- 
proach the ground. In an average-sized dog they 
measure twenty inches from tip to tip, and some 
reach twenty-two inches, or even a trifle more. 
They should be set low on the head, hang 
flat to the sides of the cheeks, and be heavily 
feathered. In this last respect the King 
Charles is expected to exceed the Blenheim, and 
his ears occasionally extend to twenty-four inches. 
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7. Size.—The most desirable size is indicated by 
the accepted weight of from 7 lb, to Io lb. 
8. Shape.—In compactness of shape these 
Spaniels almost rival the Pug, but the length of 
coat adds greatly to the apparent bulk, as the 
body, when the coat is wetted, looks small in com- 
parison with that dog. Still, it ought to be 
decidedly ‘“‘ cobby,’’ with strong, stout legs, short 
broad back and wide chest. The symmetry of the 
King Charles is of importance, but it is seldom 
that there is any defect in this respect. 
g. Coat.—The coat should be long, silky, soft 
and wavy, but not curly. In the Blenheim there 
should be a profuse mane, extending well down in 
the front of the chest. The feather should be well 
displayed on the ears and feet, and in the latter 
case so thickly as to give the appearance of their 
being webbed. It is also carried well up the 
backs of the legs. In the Black and Tan the 
feather on the ears is very long and profuse, 
exceeding that of the Blenheim by an inch or 
more. The feather on the tail (which is cut to the 
length of three and a half to four inches) should 
be silky, and from five to six inches in length, 
constituting a marked “ flag” of a square shape, 
and not carried above the level of the back. 
to. Colour.—The colour differs with the 
variety. The Black and Tan is a rich glossy 
black and deep mahogany tan; tan spots over 
the eyes, and the usual markings on the muzzle, 
chest, and legs are also required. The Ruby is a 
rich chestnut red, and is whole-coloured. The 
presence of a few white hairs intermixed with the 
black on the chest of a Black and Tan, or inter- 
mixed with the ved on the chest of a Ruby Spaniel, 
shall carry weight against a dog, but shall not in 
itself absolutely disqualify ; but a white patch 
on the chest or white on any other part of a 
Black and Tan or Ruby Spaniel shall bea disqualifi- 
cation. The Blenheim must on no account be 
whole-coloured, but should have a ground of pure 
pearly white, with bright rich chestnut or ruby 
red markings evenly distributed in large patches. 
The ears and cheeks should be red, with a blaze of 
white extending from the nose up the forehead, 
and ending between the ears in a crescentic curve. 
In the centre of this blaze at the top of the fore- 
head there should be a clear “‘ spot” of red, of the 
size of a sixpence. Tan ticks on the fore legs and 
on the white muzzle are desirable. The Tricolour 
should in part have the tan of the Black and Tan, 
with markings like the Blenheim in black instead 
of red on a pearly-white ground. The ears and 
under the tail should also be lined with tan. The 
Tricolovr has no “spot,” that beauty being pecu- 
liarly the property of the Blenheim. 
The All Red King Charles is known by the 
name of “ Ruby Spaniel ’’; the colour of the nose 
is black. The points of the ‘‘ Ruby” are the 
same as those of the “ Black and Tan,” differing 
only in colour. 
