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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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It
was
Mr.
Jacobs
who,
by
judiciously
mating
his
Sussex
sires
Bachelor,
Bachelor
III.,
and
others
with
these
black-bred
bitches,
established
the
strain
which
in
his
hands
and
in
those
of
his
successors,
Captain
S.
M.
Thomas
and
Mr.
Moses
Woolland,
carried
all
before
it
for
many
years,
and
is
still
easily
at
the
top
of
the
tree,
being
the
most
sought
for
and
highly
prized
of
all
on
account
of
its
"quality."
If
Black
Spaniels
are
not
quite
so
popular
at
present
as
they
were
some
years
ago,
the
fault
lies
with
those
breeders,
exhibitors,
and
judges
(the
latter
being
most
to
blame)
who
encouraged
the
absurd
craze
for
excessive
length
of
body
and
shortness
of
leg
which
not
very
long
ago
threatened
to
transform
the
whole
breed
into
a
race
of
cripples,
and
to
bring
it
into
contempt
and
derision
among
all
practical
men.
No
breed
or
variety
of
dog
has
suffered
more
from
the
injudicious
fads
and
crazes
of
those
showmen
who
are
not
sportsmen
also.
At
one
time
among
a
certain
class
of
judges,
length
and
lowness
was
everything,
and
soundness,
activity,
and
symmetry
simply
did
not
count.
As
happens
to
all
absurd
crazes
of
this
kind
when
carried
to
exaggeration,
public
opinion
has
proved
too
much
for
it,
but
not
before
a
great
deal
of
harm
has
been
done
to
a
breed
which
is
certainly
ornamental,
and
can
be
most
useful
as
well.
Most
of
the
prize-winners
of
the
present
day
are
sound,
useful
dogs
capable
of
work,
and
it
is
to
be
hoped
that
judges
will
combine
to
keep
them
so.
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