Identifier: newbookofdogcomp01leig (find matches)
Title: The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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s BeechgroveMidget was not the best performer of thewhole number competing, as she showedmore dash and go than any of them, and,despite her size, her retrieving was abso-lutely perfect. A Cocker can very oftengo and work as well where a larger Spanielcannot even creep, and for working reallythick hedgerows or gorse has no superior.There seems to be every prospect of abrilliant future, and increased popularityfor this charming breed, which, in myopinion at least, it thoroughly deserves. Its interests are looked after both bythe Spaniel Club and the comparativelynewly formed Cocker Spaniel Club, and itis also quite as much in favour on theother side of the Atlantic as it is in theUnited Kingdom. Indeed, the classes inAmerica and Canada compare very favour-ably with our own, and I was particularlystruck with the great number of excellentspecimens to be seen benched in MadisonSquare on the occasion of my visit to theNew York show. Red is a much morecommon colour over there than it is with
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- < £ 5 CO O m z 3CO THE SPORTING SPANIEL. 299 us, and most of the Cockers other thanblack were of that colour. The descriptive particulars of the breedare :— 1. Head.—Not so heavy in proportion andnot so high in occiput as in the modern FieldSpaniel, with a nicely developed muzzle or jaw ;lean, but not snipy, and yet not so square as inthe Clumber or Sussex varieties, but alwaysexhibiting a sufficiently wide and well-developednose. Forehead perfectly smooth, rising withouta too decided stop from muzzle into a compara-tively wide and rounded, well-developed skull,with plenty of room for brain power. 2. Eyes.—Full, but not prominent, hazel orbrown coloured, with a general expression ofintelligence and gentleness, though decidedlywideawake, bright and merry, never goggled norweak as in the King Charles and Blenheimkinds. 3. Ears.—Lobular, set on low, leather fine andnot exceeding beyond the nose, well clothed withlong silky hair,

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