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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
King
Charles
variety
used
to
consist
of
black
and
tan
and
black
and
white
Spaniels,
and
it
is
thought
that
by
the
inter-breeding
of
the
two
specimens
the
Tricolour
was
produced.
The
colour
of
the
King
Charles
now
is
a
glossy
black
with
rich
mahogany
tan
spots
over
the
eyes
and
on
the
cheeks.
There
should
also
be
some
tan
on
the
legs
and
under
the
tail.
The
Prince
Charles,
or
Tricolour,
should
have
a
pearly-white
ground
with
glossy
black
markings
evenly
distributed
over
the
body
in
patches.
The
ears
should
be
lined
with
tan;
tan
must
also
be
seen
over
the
eyes,
and
some
on
the
cheeks.
Under
the
tail
also
tan
must
appear.
The
Blenheim
must
also
have
a
pearly-white
ground
with
bright
rich
chestnut
or
ruby
red
markings
evenly
distributed
in
patches
over
the
body.
The
ears
and
cheeks
must
be
red,
and
a
white
blaze
should
stretch
from
the
nose
to
the
forehead
and
thence
in
a
curve
between
the
ears.
In
the
middle
of
the
forehead
there
should
be,
on
the
white
blaze,
a
clear
red
spot
about
the
size
of
a
sixpence.
This
is
called
the
"Blenheim
spot,"
which,
as
well
as
the
profuse
mane,
adds
greatly
to
the
beauty
of
this
particular
Toy
Spaniel.
Unfortunately,
in
a
litter
of
Blenheims
the
spot
is
often
wanting.
The
Ruby
Spaniel
is
of
one
colour,
a
rich,
unbroken
red.
The
nose
is
black.
There
are
now
some
very
beautiful
specimens
of
Ruby
Spaniels,
but
it
is
only
within
the
last
quarter
of
a
century
that
this
variety
has
existed.
It
seems
to
have
originally
appeared
in
a
litter
of
King
Charles
puppies,
when
it
was
looked
upon
as
a
freak
of
nature,
taking
for
its
entire
colour
only
the
tan
markings
and
losing
the
black
ground.
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