KENNEL DEPARTMENT 
The purpose of this department is to give advice to those interested 
in dogs. The manager will gladly answer any troublesome questions. 
Address “Kennel Department” and enclose a self-addressed envelope. 
THE VIKING 
KENNELS 
BREEDERS and 
IMPORTERS OF 
OLD ENGLISH 
SHEEP DOGS 
The Most Intelligent and Alert of all Dogs 
Also Airedale-Terrier, French Bulldogs, French 
Poodles, German Shepherd, Fox Terrier and 
others. All pedigreed stock. 
All Dogs Guaranteed 
MRS.THOS.W. LARSEN Newburgh, N.Y. 
For Sale 
A Splendid Specimen of Watch 
Dog and True Friend Combined 
Pure bred German Terriers, male and female. 
Also Italian Greyhound, female. Toy variety. 
Healthy and strong. 6 pounds. For pet only. 
Reliable Correspondence. 
Ralph’s Toy Kennels Hami ^ n a m™ r e a MT d Park 
Cocker Spaniels 
Are ideal playfellows for children 
and unsurpassed companions for 
adults. 
I have for sale a complete assort¬ 
ment of pure-bred puppies and 
grown dogs that are splendid speci¬ 
mens of the breed. Some extra fine 
red male puppies. Plio'ographs, 
pedigrees and careful descriptions. 
Chamberlain Hill Kennels 
R “ b Findlay, Ohio 
Real Spaniels 
Real Thoroughbreds for a thousand 
years. Our Spaniels are well- 
known ideal dogs for children and 
homes. Aristocratic, small, healthy 
brainy, loving and reliable; beauti¬ 
fully colored and marked. Our 
Cockers are fancy marked. Over 
60 blues won. Puppies and young 
trained dogs now. 
VAN DYCK KENNELS, registered 
Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 
Dalehurst Kennels 
(Registered) 
Cocker Spaniels 
Black, Red and Parti-Colored 
GEO. L. LaRUE, Miamisburg, Ohio 
Airedale 
Terrier 
Puppies 
BRAE BURN FARM, Lake Forest, III. 
The MIDK1FF COCKER SPANIELS 
Are the most adaptable pets, companions and house 
dogs. Our breeding is of the highest standard of 
efficiency in quality, breeding and intelligence. 
And while we are the largest and most successful 
breeders and exhibitors of the breed in the world, we 
sell our puppies and matured dogs at a very moderate 
price. For full particulars, state your wants to 
THE MIDRIFF KENNELS, Dallas, Pa. 
SUITABLE 
CHRISTMAS 
GIFTS 
Reasonable Prices 
SCOTTISH 
TERRIERS 
For Sale and at Stud— 
Make BestCompanions. 
Equally at Home in 
House or Stable. 
Bernardsville, N. J. 
PEKINGESE the dogs of Fashion 
ALSO POMERANIANS 
A splendid variety of these attractive and fashionable little dogs 
bred from prize-winning stock is offered for sale by the Ta-Wang 
Kennels. 
Guaranteed sound and healthy. 
Prices reasonable. Grown stock 
and puppies shipped anywhere 
successfully. Call or write. Ad¬ 
dress L. Markendorff, 135 West 
87th Street. New York. Tele¬ 
phone, Schuyler 8285. 
CHOW-CHOWS 
Pedigreed Chow Puppies, male 
and female.forsale at moderate 
prices. Best breeding; Im¬ 
ported champion stock. 
Bred in Old Kentucky. 
For further particulars address COL. NELSON J. EDWARDS, Covington, Ky. 
Toy Cocker Spaniels 
Six months old, black and white and $OC eac h 
blue roans — pedigreed stock. Price 
J.B. MEEKER 
SAGINAW FARM 
Chelsea-on-Hudson, New York 
American Kennels 
Most up-to-date, largest establishment of its 
kind. St. Bernards, Great Danes, Jumbo 
Black Newfoundlands, S15 up; English Bulls, 
grown and puppies, also Bitches in welp, 
Boston Terriers, French Bulls, S15 up; Scotch 
Collies all ages, S7.50 up- Irish Terriers, 
Airedales, $15 up; white Esquimouxs, S15 
up;Toy FoxTerriers, $5 up; Bull Terriers, $10 
up; Toy white silk Poodles, the real small 
kind, from 3-pound parents, smallest ob¬ 
tainable, $15, all pedigreed stock; Toy Pom¬ 
eranians and Pekingese Spaniels, grown and 
puppies, $20 up. Everything for the dog. 
State wants. We ship anywhere. 233 Third Ave. New York City. 
A TOY 
is merely a plaything to be broken 
and forgotten; a real live pet. more 
of a plaything, teaches a child 
affection and kindness. 
A Persian kitten is the ideal pet. 
BLACK SHORT HAIRED CAT¬ 
TERY, 
22 Oradell, N. J. 
New York Office Dept. 0, 112 Carnegie Hall 
Telephone. 3691 Columbus 
“Farr’s Hardy PIants”^H“ 
J process. Surely you 
will want a copy, but it will be neecssary to reserve it at once. It 
will be sent free as soon as ready. Bertrand H. Farr, Wyo- 
missing Nurseries, 106 Garfield Ave., Wyomissing, Penna. 
' » ASBESTOS ROOFING 5 
Never needs coating. An excellent fire protection. 
Write for Illustrated Catalog. 
M. w. Johng-Manvllle Co. New York and every large city 
SHETLAND PONIES 
PONIES 
A strong, sturdy, good natured Shetland 
Pony will make happy childhood days for 
your boy or girl. 
Driving or riding brings health and 
rosy cheeks, and develops the 
child’s self-reliance. 
Guaranteed. Price $75 up. 
Write for catalogue — full de¬ 
scription of ponies. 
BELLE MEADE FARM 
Box 3 Markham, Va. 
340 
The Merry Little Cocker 
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crease, extends half way up the skull, 
gradually disappearing. His muzzle 
should be deep, with square-cut lips. He 
must have clean cheeks, and his foreface, 
under the eyes, must be well filled in. His 
eyes, while large, must never be goggley. 
Their expression is one of benign intelli¬ 
gence. His ears must be long and rounded, 
thin in leather and of sufficient length to 
just meet at his nose. 
Many underbred cockers—and unfor¬ 
tunately the country is full of such untypi¬ 
cal specimens — are snippy-nosed, pop- 
eyed, short-eared beasts, with legs a 
couple of sizes too long. Most of these 
have coats that are distinctly curly, and 
their ignorant owners are wont to point 
with pride to these ringlets, as a special 
mark of beauty and excellence. The 
cocker, like the setter, should have a flat 
coat with just the bare suggestion of a 
wave. In texture it should be like silk, 
and it must be dense, with well-developed 
feathering along the backs of the legs and 
the tail. The modern cocker comes in all 
the colors of Joseph's coat. Any color is 
a good color, provided only it is sound, but 
washy, indefinite shades are taboo. Solid 
blacks are always popular, and a bright, 
warm red is the favorite shade of many. 
Livers, however, have almost disappeared, 
and to-day find no favor. The parti- 
colors have of late years, thanks largely to 
the beautiful specimens shown by Mr. W. 
T. Payne, Mr. H. K. Bloodgood and Mrs. 
Frank, come to the fore. Black and 
whites, particularly when the white is in¬ 
timately mixed with black hairs, so it 
seems bluish, and flecked with black spots, 
are a beautiful color, and red and whites 
are also pretty. There have been several 
good buff, or mustard-colored, dogs, and 
every now and then we hear of a pure 
white, but these latter have been freakish 
novelties, though Simcoe Purity possessed 
quality enough to win at the Canadian 
shows half a dozen years ago. 
The cocker spaniel has reached a high 
state of perfection in America, and it is 
not alone because of the difference in type 
developed here that we have long since 
ceased to import show dogs and breeding 
stock from England. Whatever may be 
said against the American cocker fancier 
for having reduced the size of the dog, no 
one can deny that he has produced a bet¬ 
ter-looking dog than is met with in the 
British kennels. The merry little cocker 
stands to-day at the head of his family so 
far as popularity goes. His lighter, more 
airy disposition is more pleasing than the 
more sedate ways and serious character of 
his bigger brothers, while his superior 
activity and great soundness is a handicap 
over the delicate toys. 
