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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Colonel
Claude
Cane's
kennel
of
Sussex,
started
from
a
"Woolland-bred"
foundation,
has
been
going
for
some
seventeen
years,
the
best
he
has
shown
being
Jonathan
Swift,
Celbridge
Eldorado,
and
Celbridge
Chrysolite.
The
breed
has
always
had
a
good
character
for
work,
and
most
of
the
older
writers
who
mention
them
speak
of
Sussex
Spaniels
in
very
eulogistic
terms.
They
are
rather
slow
workers,
but
thoroughly
conscientious
and
painstaking,
and
are
not
afraid
of
any
amount
of
thick
covert,
through
which
they
will
force
their
way,
and
seldom
leave
anything
behind
them.
A
well-bred
Sussex
Spaniel
is
a
very
handsome
dog.
Indeed,
his
beautiful
colour
alone
is
enough
to
make
his
appearance
an
attractive
one,
even
if
he
were
unsymmetrical
and
ungainly
in
his
proportions.
This
colour,
known
as
golden
liver,
is
peculiar
to
the
breed,
and
is
the
great
touchstone
and
hall-mark
of
purity
of
blood.
No
other
dog
has
exactly
the
same
shade
of
coat,
which
the
word
"liver"
hardly
describes
exactly,
as
it
is
totally
different
from
the
ordinary
liver
colour
of
an
Irishman,
a
Pointer,
or
even
a
liver
Field
Spaniel.
It
is
rather
a
golden
chestnut
with
a
regular
metallic
sheen
as
of
burnished
metal,
showing
more
especially
on
the
head
and
face
and
everywhere
where
the
hair
is
short.
This
is
very
apparent
when
a
dog
gets
his
new
coat.
In
time,
of
course,
it
is
liable
to
get
somewhat
bleached
by
sun
and
weather,
when
it
turns
almost
yellow.
Every
expert
knows
this
colour
well,
and
looks
for
it
at
once
when
judging
a
class
of
Sussex.
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