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dice size, and moistened with good stock 
gravy, together with minced lean under- 
done roast beef, with the addition, two or 
three times a week, of a little well-cooked 
green vegetable, varied with rice or suet 
pudding and plain biscuits. Fish may also 
be given occasionally. 
When only two or three dogs are kept, 
table scraps will generally be sufficient, but 
the pernicious habit of feeding at all times, 
and giving sweets, pastry, and rich dainties, 
is most harmful, and must produce disas- 
trous results to the unfortunate animal. 
Two meals a day at regular intervals are 
quite sufficient to keep these little pets 
in the best condition, although puppies 
should be fed four times daily in small 
quantities. After leaving the mother they 
will thrive better if put on dry food, and 
a small portion of scraped or finely minced 
lean meat given them every other day, 
alternately with a chopped hard-boiled egg 
and stale breadcrumbs. 
The Miniature Trawler Spaniel. — 
Among the toy dogs may be classed the 
Miniature Trawler. This breed is some- 
times confounded with the Cocker Spaniel, 
but this is a great mistake, as it is of en- 
tirely different type. It is supposed, with- 
out any certainty, to be descended from 
the original curly King Charles and the old- 
fashioned curly Sussex Spaniel, but the 
precise derivation is not known. Probably 
in early times it was used solely as a sporting 
dog, but at present it is regarded also as 
a toy, and kept as such in growing numbers. 
Recently at Horsham three classes were 
open for these Spaniels, and there were 
twenty-seven entries, the first honours being 
won by Mrs. Covey’s Goblin, a good speci- 
men, although perhaps too long in the fore 
face to be perfectly typical. The Hon. 
Mrs. Lytton’s Luck of St. Anthony is a 
well-known example of the breed. Many 
of these active little dogs are now kept on 
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the Continent; Holland and Italy being 
especially their homes. 
The Miniature Trawler wears a very curly 
coat, which should be silky in texture and 
very glossy. The most approved colour 
is brilliant black with white waistcoat ; 
next in favour is red with white waistcoat, 
then black and white or red and white. The 
best size is from rz inches to 13 inches 
at the shoulder, with a weight of from 12 lb. 
mrs covey's GOBLIN. 
to 15 lb. The head is small and light, with 
very pointed, rather short nose, fine and 
tapery and slightly tip-tilted. The stop is 
well-defined and the skull raised, but flat 
on the top, and not dome-shaped. The 
long ears are set high and carried pricked 
forward, framing the face. The large dark 
eyes are wide apart, and set perfectly 
straight, not obliquely, in the head. What- 
ever the dog’s colour, his nose and lips must 
be black, his neck arched, his back broad 
and short, and his docked tail carried gaily. 
He is square-built, sturdy, compact, but 
not heavy; with smart action and alert 
expression, having the general appearance 
of an exceedingly pretty little sporting dog. 
Possibly, after all, it is an error to place him 
among the toys, for, unlike most toys, he is 
a game little chap, with decidedly sporting 
instincts and an excellent ratter and rab- 
biter. 
