. CHAPTER LVIII The Pomeranian ^OWEVER applicable the name of Pomeranian or Spitz may be to the large sized dog bearing that title it is of doubtful ill n^ JSi correctness when applied to the toy dog. Long before there t^ fiiSS^ i4l was any Pomerania this dog was a favourite pet of the Gre- cian and Roman ladies, and it was not until the late Queen Victoria went to Florence to spend a winter that we heard anything of the little dog which became so suddenly popular. The Queen brought Marco from Florence and it was for many years her favourite dog, while it will not be forgotten than one of her
. CHAPTER LVIII The Pomeranian ^OWEVER applicable the name of Pomeranian or Spitz may be to the large sized dog bearing that title it is of doubtful ill n^ JSi correctness when applied to the toy dog. Long before there t^ fiiSS^ i4l was any Pomerania this dog was a favourite pet of the Gre- cian and Roman ladies, and it was not until the late Queen Victoria went to Florence to spend a winter that we heard anything of the little dog which became so suddenly popular. The Queen brought Marco from Florence and it was for many years her favourite dog, while it will not be forgotten than one of her last requests was for another of her favourites, also a little Pom. It is first necessary to consider the dog originally known as the Pomeranian and the evidence points to this larger dog, weighing about 20 pounds, as almost invariably white. "Idstone" thirty-five years ago said that the colour should be a cold, flake-white " and frequently comes creamy and clay ; He mentions that blacks have occasionally occured and instances one that he says was an undoubted specimen. Dal- ziel in his description of the breed says that the white should be a pure flake white, coloured patches, fawn, or other being objectionable and that al- though the fashion was so distinctly for a white dog he thought black, cream, fawn, red and buff should be encouraged. A much older description in the "Sportsman's Cabinet," 1802, says they were pale yellow or cream, some white, a few black, and very rarely spotted. Certainly the aim of breeders at the time of the early dog shows in England was to get a perfectly pure white dog, without any tendency to cream in the coat. All the old descriptions refer to the Pomeranian as being the sheep dog and wolf dog of their native country and it is evident that some of the breed must have been large dogs of the Norwegian elk hound type or akin to them. Considering the situation of Pomerania that is not improbable and accepting th
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