. 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 . d whoseprotection he deems his special duty. These qualities endear the Schipperke as acanine companion, with a quaint and lovablecharacter; and he is also a capital vermindog. When properly entered he cannotbe surpassed as a ratter. Schipperkes have always been kept aswatch-dogs on the Flemish canal barges,and that, no doubt, is the origin of thename, which is the Flemish for LittleSkipper, the syllable ke formin
. 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 . d whoseprotection he deems his special duty. These qualities endear the Schipperke as acanine companion, with a quaint and lovablecharacter; and he is also a capital vermindog. When properly entered he cannotbe surpassed as a ratter. Schipperkes have always been kept aswatch-dogs on the Flemish canal barges,and that, no doubt, is the origin of thename, which is the Flemish for LittleSkipper, the syllable ke forming thediminutive of schipper ; the schis pronounced as in school. The respectable antiquity of this dog isproved by the result of the researches der Snickt and Mr. Van Buggenhoudtmade in the archhes of Flemish towns,which contain records of the breed goingback in pure type over a hundred years. The first Schipperke which appeared ata show in this country was Mr. BerriesFlo. This was, however, such a mediocre specimen that it did not appeal to the tasteof the English dog-loving public. In 1888Dr. Seelig brought over Skip, Drieske, andMia. The first-named was purchased by. MRS. E. APPLEBEES FIRWOOD FROLIC BY CH. EL CAPITAN MAISIE. Photograph by Russell. Mr. E. B. Joachim, and the two others byMr. G. R. Krehl. Later on Mr. Joachimbecame the owner of Mr. Greens Shtoots,and bought Fritz of Spa in Belgium, andthese dogs formed the nucleus of the twokennels which laid the foundation of thebreed in England. It was probably the introduction of theSchipperke to England that induced Belgianowners to pay greater attention to carefulbreeding, and a club was started in 1888in Brussels, whose members, after longand earnest consideration, settled a descrip-tion and standard of points for the breed. ij6 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. Xot long afterwards the Schipperke Club(England) was inaugurated, and drew upthe following standard of points, which wasadopted in December, 1890, and differedonly
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