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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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It
is
interesting
to
note,
on
looking
over
a
catalogue
of
the
Kennel
Club
Show,
that
in
1884
the
classes
for
Toy
Spaniels
numbered
five,
with
two
championship
prizes,
one
each
for
Blenheims
and
Black
and
Tans,
and
the
total
entries
were
19.
At
this
date
neither
Tricolours
nor
Rubies
were
recognised
as
a
separate
variety
by
the
Kennel
Club,
and
they
had
no
place
in
the
register
of
breeds
until
the
year
1902.
At
the
Kennel
Club
show
in
1904
thirty-one
classes
were
provided
and
eight
challenge
certificate
prizes
were
given,
the
entries
numbering
109.
The
formation
of
the
Toy
Spaniel
Club
in
1885,
and
the
impetus
given
to
breeders
and
exhibitors
by
the
numerous
shows
with
good
classification,
have
caused
this
beautiful
breed
to
become
more
popular
year
by
year.
Fifty
years
ago
the
owners
might
be
almost
counted
on
the
fingers
of
one's
hands;
now
probably
the
days
of
the
year
would
hardly
cover
them.
Among
the
most
successful
exhibitors
of
late
years
have
been
the
Hon.
Mrs.
McLaren
Morrison,
the
Hon.
Mrs.
Lytton,
Mrs.
Graves,
Mrs.
L.
H.
Thompson,
Miss
Young,
Mrs.
H.
B.
Looker,
Mrs.
Privette,
Miss
Hall,
the
Misses
Clarkson
and
Grantham,
Mrs.
Dean,
Mr.
H.
Taylor,
Mrs.
Bright,
Mrs.
Adamson,
Miss
Spofforth,
Mrs.
Hope
Paterson,
Mrs.
Lydia
Jenkins,
and
Miss
E.
Taylor.
The
novice
fancier,
desirous
of
breeding
for
profit,
exhibition,
or
pleasure,
when
price
is
an
object
for
consideration,
is
often
better
advised
to
purchase
a
healthy
puppy
from
a
breeder
of
repute
rather
than
to
be
deluded
with
the
notion
that
a
good
adult
can
be
purchased
for
a
few
pounds,
or
to
be
carried
away
with
the
idea
that
a
cheap,
indifferently
bred
specimen
will
produce
first-class
stock.
It
takes
years
to
breed
out
bad
points,
but
good
blood
will
tell.
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