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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
black
members
of
the
family
have
always
been
given
the
pride
of
place,
and
accounted
of
most
importance,
though
latterly
their
parti-coloured
brethren
seem
to
have
rather
overtaken
them.
Among
the
really
old
writers
there
is
one
mention,
and
one
only,
of
Spaniels
of
a
black
colour.
Arcussia
speaks
of
them,
and
of
their
being
used
in
connection
with
the
sport
of
hawking,
but
from
his
time
up
to
the
middle
of
the
nineteenth
century,
though
many
colours
are
spoken
of
as
being
appropriate
to
the
various
breeds
of
Spaniels,
no
author
mentions
black.
The
first
strain
of
blacks
of
which
we
know
much
belonged
to
Mr.
F.
Burdett,
and
was
obtained
from
a
Mr.
Footman,
of
Lutterworth,
Leicestershire,
who
was
supposed
to
have
owned
them
for
some
time.
Mr.
Burdett's
Bob
and
Frank
may
be
found
at
the
head
of
very
many
of
the
best
pedigrees.
At
his
death
most
of
his
Spaniels
became
the
property
of
Mr.
Jones,
of
Oscott,
and
Mr.
Phineas
Bullock,
of
Bilston,
the
latter
of
whom
was
most
extraordinarily
successful,
and
owned
a
kennel
of
Field
Spaniels
which
was
practically
unbeatable
between
the
dates
of
the
first
Birmingham
Show
in
1861
and
the
publication
of
the
first
volume
of
the
Kennel
Club's
Stud
Book
in
1874,
many,
if
not
most,
of
the
dogs
which
won
for
other
owners
having
been
bred
by
him.
His
Nellie
and
Bob,
who
won
the
chief
prizes
year
after
year
at
all
the
leading
shows,
were
probably
the
two
best
specimens
of
their
day.
Another
most
successful
breeder
was
Mr.
W.
W.
Boulton,
of
Beverley,
whose
kennel
produced
many
celebrated
dogs,
including
Beverlac,
said
to
be
the
largest
Field
Spaniel
ever
exhibited,
and
Rolf,
whose
union
with
Belle
produced
four
bitches
who
were
destined,
when
mated
with
Nigger,
a
dog
of
Mr.
Bullock's
breeding,
to
form
the
foundation
of
the
equally
if
not
more
famous
kennel
belonging
to
Mr.
T.
Jacobs,
of
Newton
Abbot.
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