| | | | Pointer and Quail; Spaniel and Woodcock.

Then, again, there is the not very complimentary proverbial saying, of which there are several versions: "A spaniel, a woman, and a walnut-tree, The more they're beaten, the better they be.

He shook himself like a spaniel.

Taking hold with him, by their united efforts they at last succeeded; and, after a moment's suspense, the Ocean Star slowly wore off before the wind and, rising out of the water, shook herself like an affrighted spaniel and darted off with fearful speed before the hurricane.

The incident of the spaniel is related by the admiral.

Tchort (Russian for Devil) looked like a cross between a water spaniel and a Newfoundland, and though old and poorly supplied with teeth, many of which he had lost during his acquaintance with bears, he proved a good companion, game in emergencies, and a splendid retriever.

| | | | Pointer and Quail; Spaniel and Woodcock.

The whole business of his life is, like that of a spaniel, to fetch and carry news, and when he does it

| | | | Pointer and Quail; Spaniel and Woodcock.

| | | | Pointer and Quail; Spaniel and Woodcock.

The Black and Tan Setter is heavier than the English or Irish varieties, but shows more of the hound and less of the Spaniel.

All the different varieties of Spaniels, both sporting and toy, have, with the exception of the Clumber and the Irish Water Spaniel (who is not, despite his name, a true Spaniel at all), a common origin, though at a very early date we find them divided into two groupsviz., Land and Water Spaniels, and these two were kept distinct, and bred to develop those points which were most essential for their different spheres of work.

All the different varieties of Spaniels, both sporting and toy, have, with the exception of the Clumber and the Irish Water Spaniel (who is not, despite his name, a true Spaniel at all), a common origin, though at a very early date we find them divided into two groupsviz., Land and Water Spaniels, and these two were kept distinct, and bred to develop those points which were most essential for their different spheres of work.

There should be no topknot like that of the Irish Water Spaniel.

The Spaniel Club furnishes the following description of the Black Field Spaniel: * *

But, when this old breed was taken up by the Sporting Spaniel Society, they decided to drop the name of "Norfolk," and to revert to the old title of "Springer," not, perhaps, a very happy choice, as all Spaniels are, properly speaking, Springers in contradistinction to Setters.

The only way nowadays by which uniformity of type can be obtained is by somebody having authority drawing up a standard and scale of points for breeders to go by, and the Sporting Spaniel Society are to be commended for having done this for the breed under notice, the fruit of their action being already apparent in the larger and more uniform classes to be seen at shows.

The former gentleman published the pedigree of his bitch Rivington Dora for eighteen generations in extenso in The Sporting Spaniel; while the famous Obo strain of the latter may be said to have exercised more influence than any other on the black variety both in this country and in the United States.

At the last few Field Trial meetings the Spaniel Club has provided classes confined to Cockers, which have filled fairly well, and enabled the small breed to demonstrate that it can in its way be quite as useful as its larger cousins.

A Cocker can very often go and work as well where a larger Spaniel cannot even creep, and for working really thick hedgerows or gorse has no superior.

* HEADNot so heavy in proportion and not so high in occiput as in the modern Field Spaniel, with a nicely developed muzzle or jaw; lean, but not snipy, and yet not so square as in the Clumber or Sussex varieties, but always exhibiting a sufficiently wide and well-developed nose.

In the long-haired variety the hair should be soft and wavy, forming lengthy plumes under the throat, lower parts of the body, and the backs of the legs, and it is longest on the under side of the tail, where it forms a regular flag like that of a Setter or Spaniel.

First of all the spaniel is despatched to search the fields for a covey of birds.

In the cart I took with me a little liver-coloured spaniel.

When I had completed about half the journey I put the spaniel down for a run of a few miles: this was all she saw of the country.