. The dogs of the British Islands, being a series of articles on the points of their various breeds, and the treatment of the diseases to which they are subject. Dogs. BOOK IV. TOY DOGS. CHAPTER I. ROUGH-COATED TOY DOGS, The King Charles and the Blenheim Spaniels—The Maltese Dog—The EouGH Toy Terriee, THE KING CHARLES AKD BLENHEIM SPANIELS. HE Eang Charles and Blenheim Spaniels have respectively received their names, the former from the patronage afforded to them by the " Merry J^ Monarch," and the latter from that of the Marlborough family, among p\j whom at Blenheim they have been
. The dogs of the British Islands, being a series of articles on the points of their various breeds, and the treatment of the diseases to which they are subject. Dogs. BOOK IV. TOY DOGS. CHAPTER I. ROUGH-COATED TOY DOGS, The King Charles and the Blenheim Spaniels—The Maltese Dog—The EouGH Toy Terriee, THE KING CHARLES AKD BLENHEIM SPANIELS. HE Eang Charles and Blenheim Spaniels have respectively received their names, the former from the patronage afforded to them by the " Merry J^ Monarch," and the latter from that of the Marlborough family, among p\j whom at Blenheim they have been pets for many generations. In each case, however, the modern prize winner is of a very different type from the original breed. In considering the several points of the dogs hitherto described, I have been guided to a considerable extent by the uses to which they are usually put; but in the toy dog no such line can be drawn, nor is it possible to compare the modern Blenheim or King Charles and their original breeds with any pretension to arrive at their resj)ective values, except by an appeal to the fashion of the day, which at present settles the question in favour of modern "show ; According to Vandyke the pets of King Charles 11. were liver and white in colour and of a shape varying greatly from that of Mr. Forder's Young Jumbo, who represents the modem type extremely well. According to the authority of the great painter, who is no doubt thoroughly dependable, their noses were compara- tively long and sharp, and their ears no larger than those of the Chinese doo- now commonly imported into England, which are more like those of a fox terrier than of a modern prize King Charles or Blenheim spaniel. Until the early part of the present century these little spaniels, not exceeding 51b. or 61b. in weight were the fashionable pet dogs ; but about fifty years ago the taste of the day changed in favour either of the Oxfordshire Blenheim—a little red and white dog
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