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The cocker is a sturdy, 
robust little dog with a 
silken coat that varies 
widely m color 
A SPLENDID DOG from SPAIN 
Is the Cocker Spaniel, a Merry Small Fellow Who Is at IIo7ne Alike 
in the House and Hunting Field 
ROBERT S. LEMMON 
are called spaniels because their 
J_ kind came from Spain, notwithstand¬ 
ing that there are many in other countries. 
. . . They love well their master, and follow 
him without losing, although they be in a 
crowd of men, and commonly they go before 
their master, running and wagging their tail.” 
Thus Gaston de Foix in his “Livre de 
Chasse”, written about 1385. And while 
there have been changes in the spaniel’s 
l)hysical appearance since those days, his dis¬ 
position and character have remained un¬ 
altered. The French count, himself an 
authority on hunts and hunting, has given 
us an accurate summary of as splendid a 
little dog as ever retrieved the birds his 
master shot or qualified in the widely dif¬ 
ferent role of all-around house dog, play¬ 
mate and devoted friend. 
These dogs of which de E'oix wrote were 
of a breed from which our leading spaniel 
types of today were developed. Thev were 
bird hunting dogs, of course, but as time went 
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Tauskey 
A splendid black specimen was Cham¬ 
pion Pony Oho, a Canadian bred dog 
A black and white coat 
more or less "ticked” is 
often found in cockers 
There is a strong suggestion 
of the English setter in the 
dog’s appearance 
levids 
"They are called spaniels because their kind came from Spain, notwithUand'.ng that there are many in other countries. . . . They love well 
their master, and follow him without losing .... and commonly they go before their master, running and wagging their tail” 
