. 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. Dogs. 424 THE NEW BOOK OF THE MRS. ROBINSON ("PERDITA") WITH A POMERANIAN FROM THE PAINTINQ BY T. GAINSBOROUGH, , IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION. 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 conse- quently his supporters are few and far betwe
. 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. Dogs. 424 THE NEW BOOK OF THE MRS. ROBINSON ("PERDITA") WITH A POMERANIAN FROM THE PAINTINQ BY T. GAINSBOROUGH, , IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION. 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 conse- quently his supporters are few and far ; 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 per- manent 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, in- creasing 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 un- precedented 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 Spaniel. This tendency to advancement in public favour was contemporaneous with the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leighton, Robert, 1859-. London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
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