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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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In
the
eighteenth
and
early
part
of
the
nineteenth
century
the
Spaniel
was
described
by
many
writers
on
sporting
subjects;
but
there
is
a
great
similarity
in
most
of
these
accounts,
each
author
apparently
having
been
content
to
repeat
in
almost
identical
language
what
had
been
said
upon
the
subject
by
his
predecessors,
without
importing
any
originality
or
opinions
of
his
own.
Many
of
these
works,
notwithstanding
this
defect,
are
very
interesting
to
the
student
of
Spaniel
lore,
and
the
perusal
of
Blaine's
Rural
Sports,
Taplin's
Sporting
Dictionary
and
Rural
Repository,
Scott's
Sportsman's
Repository,
and
Needham's
Complete
Sportsman,
can
be
recommended
to
all
who
wish
to
study
the
history
of
the
development
of
the
various
modern
breeds.
The
works
of
the
French
writers,
De
Cominck,
De
Cherville,
Blaze,
and
Megnin,
are
well
worth
reading,
while
of
late
years
the
subject
has
been
treated
very
fully
by
such
British
writers
as
the
late
J.
H.
Walsh
("Stonehenge"),
Mr.
Vero
Shaw,
Mr.
Rawdon
Lee,
Colonel
Claude
Cane,
and
Mr.
C.
A.
Phillips.
Nearly
all
of
the
early
writers,
both
French
and
English,
are
agreed
that
the
breed
came
originally
from
Spain,
and
we
may
assume
that
such
early
authorities
as
Gaston
Phoebus,
Edward
Plantagenet,
and
Dr.
Caius
had
good
reasons
for
telling
us
that
these
dogs
were
called
Spaniels
because
they
came
from
Spain.
The
following
distinct
breeds
or
varieties
are
recognised
by
the
Kennel
Club:
(1)
Irish
Water
Spaniels;
(2)
Water
Spaniels
other
than
Irish;
(3)
Clumber
Spaniels;
(4)
Sussex
Spaniels;
(5)
Field
Spaniels;
(6)
English
Springers;
(7)
Welsh
Springers;
(8)
Cocker
Spaniels.
Each
of
these
varieties
differs
considerably
from
the
others,
and
each
has
its
own
special
advocates
and
admirers,
as
well
as
its
own
particular
sphere
of
work
for
which
it
is
best
fitted,
though
almost
any
Spaniel
can
be
made
into
a
general
utility
dog,
which
is,
perhaps,
one
of
the
main
reasons
for
the
popularity
of
the
breed.
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