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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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But
in
any
case
the
Pomeranian
dog,
so
called,
has
been
a
native
of
various
parts
of
Europe
from
very
early
times.
His
advent
into
England
has
been
of
comparatively
recent
date,
at
least
in
any
great
numbers,
so
far
as
can
be
ascertained,
since
no
ancient
records
exist
on
this
question.
Gainsborough,
however,
painted
the
famous
actress,
Mrs.
Robinson,
with
a
large
white
Pomeranian
sitting
by
her
side.
In
Rees'
Encyclopedia,
published
in
1816,
a
good
picture
of
a
white
Pomeranian
is
given
with
a
fairly
truthful
description.
In
this
work
he
is
said
to
be
"larger
than
the
common
sheep
dog."
Rees
gives
his
name
as
Canis
Pomeranius,
from
Linnaeus,
and
Chien
Loup,
from
Buffon.
From
these
examples,
therefore,
we
may
infer
that
the
large
Pomeranian,
or
Wolf
Spitz,
was
already
known
in
England
towards
the
end
of
the
eighteenth
century
at
least.
There
are,
however,
no
systematic
registers
of
Pomeranians
prior
to
the
year
1870.
Even
ten
years
later
than
this
last
date,
so
little
was
the
breed
appreciated
that
a
well-known
writer
on
dogs
began
an
article
on
the
Pomeranian
with
the
words
"The
Pomeranian
is
admittedly
one
of
the
least
interesting
dogs
in
existence,
and
consequently
his
supporters
are
few
and
far
between."
The
founders
of
the
Kennel
Club
held
their
first
dog
show
in
1870,
and
in
that
year
only
three
Pomeranians
were
exhibited.
For
the
next
twenty
years
little
or
no
permanent
increase
occurred
in
the
numbers
of
Pomeranians
entered
at
the
chief
dog
show
in
England.
The
largest
entry
took
place
in
1881,
when
there
were
fifteen;
but
in
1890
there
was
not
a
single
Pomeranian
shown.
From
this
time,
however,
the
numbers
rapidly
increased.
Commencing
in
1891
with
fourteen,
increasing
in
1901
to
sixty,
it
culminated
in
1905
with
the
record
number
of
one
hundred
and
twenty-five.
Such
a
rapid
advance
between
the
years
1890
and
1905
is
unprecedented
in
the
history
of
dog
shows,
although
it
is
right
to
add
that
this
extraordinarily
rapid
rise
into
popularity
has
since
been
equalled
in
the
case
of
the
now
fashionable
Pekinese.
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