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stairs, and so took a survey of the table 
through the open doorway. 
Mr. J. W. Berrie, writing of the modern 
Blenheim, says that it “possesses pro- 
perties and organs more nearly resembling 
those of the human head than any other 
kind of dog, having Individuality, Eventu- 
ality, Comparison, and Causality very largely 
developed.” 
In going back to a period long before 
the last century was half-way through, 
we find that a great number of these orna- 
mental pets were in the hands of working 
men living in the East-End of London, 
and the competition among them to own 
the best was very keen. They held minia- 
ture dog shows at small taverns, and paraded 
their dogs on the sanded floor of tap-rooms, 
their owners sitting around smoking long 
churchwarden pipes. The value of good 
specimens in those early days appears to 
have been from £5 to £250, which latter 
sum is said to have been refused by a com- 
paratively poor man for a small black and 
tan with very long ears, and a nose much 
too long for our present-day fancy. Among 
the names of some old prominent breeders 
and exhibitors may be mentioned those of 
C. Aistrop, J. Garwood, J. A. Buggs, and 
Mrs. Forder. 
The writer well remembers a visit to 
J. Garwood, who lived up a mews off Gray’s 
Inn Road, some thirty years ago. This old 
man lived quite alone except for the com- 
panionship of some twenty little Spaniels, 
who shared equally with him, and who, 
at his bidding, came out of mysterious 
corners and hiding-places. To J. Garwood 
must be given credit for the foundation 
of the pedigree of many of our present 
champions. J. A. Buggs was the owner 
and breeder of the grand King Charles 
Spaniels Alexander the Great and Bend d’Or. 
Mrs. Forder made her name famous with a 
beautiful King Charles by name Young 
Jumbo, and a small Blenheim, Duke of Bow, 
who was the possessor of a perfect spot, 
very profuse coat, and long ears. In Tri- 
colours F. Keener was prominent with a 
very fine specimen called Napoleon, and to 
the credit of Ned Short must be placed the 
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ancestors of the best Tricolours of the 
present day, as descending from two ex- 
cellent dogs he bred and owned in Block 
and Block II. It is not in the memory of 
the writer that these two dogs were ever 
on the show bench, but their names figure 
in the pedigrees of prominent winners, one 
in particular being Ch. Prince of Tedding- 
ton, probably one of the finest specimens. 
of the breed on record. Among other 
successful breeders and exhibitors about 
this period were George Coren, Mrs. Bevan, 
H. Arnold, Mrs. Bagnall, and S. A. Julius. 
In Blenheims the well-known Champions 
Flossie and Bowsie took the lead, and 
to the credit of the latter may be placed 
the foundation of many winners of the 
present day. 
It is interesting to note, on looking over a 
catalogue of the Kennel Club Show, that in 
1884 the classes for Toy Spaniels numbered 
five, with two championship prizes, one 
each for Blenheims and Black and Tans, 
and the total entries were 19. At this 
date neither Tricolours nor Rubies were 
recognised as a separate variety by the 
Kennel Club, and they had no place in the 
register of breeds until the year r1go2. 
At the Kennel Club show in 1904 thirty- 
one classes were provided and eight chal- 
lenge certificate prizes were given, the 
entries numbering Iog. 
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, and Miss E. Taylor. 
The novice fancier, desirous of breeding 
