SPORTING SPANIELS 
structural formation than of actual loss of working instinct. This means 
that the field spaniel of the show type had been bred so heavy in bone and so 
heavy and long in body — to say nothing of his ridiculously short legs — 
that he could not do the work required of him. However much his sporting 
nature prompted him to try, long years of inactivity had brought about 
a distinct loss of natural love for the gun. There was also a loss of in- 
telligence. It is, however, only structural formation which is wrong, and, 
bred on the lines of Clareholm Primus, the field spaniel is certain to 
come into his own once more. 
The Sussex Spaniel seems likely to become more popular, and at Birming- 
ham in January, 1913, Col. Claude Cane, an old admirer of the breed, 
drew a surprisingly good entry, and in his review written to the “ Kennel 
Gazette,” he pays a tribute not only to the entry, but to the breed, in the 
following words: 
“I do not know whether the surprisingly good entry was due 
to my being one of the few old Sussex breeders or to a revived 
interest in this very handsome and useful variety, which is probably 
older and purer in blood than any of the other breeds which find 
favour nowadays. I sincerely trust the latter reason is a true one, 
and that in future we may see this improvement maintained. Har- 
viestoun Daisy, whom I placed first, is a really good bitch, full of 
Sussex type, and of beautiful golden liver in colour. . . . She has a 
true Sussex head and expression, and is quite high enough off the 
ground to be as active as a kitten, in fact she was, with possibly one 
exception, the best mover I had before me all day. Rosehill Rattler, 
second, is a nice dog, and I know that some of the extremists expected 
me to put him at the top. Mr Newington is certainly to be congratu- 
lated on boldly discarding the caterpillar type, but I think he has 
gone too far in Rattler’s case, and in consequence has lost a good 
deal of Sussex character. I should think, however. Rattler ought 
to be a very useful sire. In spite of his length of leg he was not so 
active as the comparatively short-legged winner. . . . There was a 
notable absence of the true Sussex golden liver colour about the 
remainder of the competitors.” 
A Sussex spaniel, to be perfectly pure, must have no white about him. 
The breed, by the way, has quite an interesting history, for it was founded 
in the early part of the last century at Rosehill, Brightling, near Hastings, 
by a Mr Fuller who died in 1847, when his famous kennel was dispersed. 
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