Small sized spaniels, weighing from 201b. or even less to 241b., and of all colours - liver, black, white with liver or black, and in these flecked or mottled on face, legs, etc. - are still pretty numerous throughout the country, and many of them are as good as they are handsome, but at dog shows they are the exception, as they have been neglected for the larger springers.

As one of the most beautiful, intelligent, and clever dogs, most useful bustling, and merry in covert or hedgerow, they should receive more encouragement - indeed, when we consider the wide field of usefulness the spaniel fills, and the great number of very distinct varieties into which the family is subdivided, it is not too much to ask for still more classes for them at our shows.

I think we should have classes for liver-coloured cockers to include the Welsh and Devon varieties, and also one for those of mixed colours, the maximum weight for each class to be 241b., and I would take the points of the black spaniel with the following difference.

The nose is not so square at the end, i.e., very slightly tapered. The ears are smaller, lobe shaped, and well fringed. The length of back is decidedly less in proportion to height at the shoulder than in the modern field spaniel. The coat is soft, silky, abundant, not quite flat, but showing a slight wavyness, not curly.

Weight, Measurement, Etc, Of Cocker Spaniels

Mr. John Kirby Pain's Nell: Age, 2 years; weight, 231b.; height at shoulder, 9in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 30in.; length of tail, 13in.; girth of chest, 23in.; girth of loin, 18in.; girth of head, 14in.; girth of forearm, 5in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 8½in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 4in. bare; colour, liver mottled.

Mr. John Kirby Pain's Flo: Age, 2 years; weight, 231b.; height at shoulder, 10in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 29in; length of tail, 13in.; girth of chest, 22in.; girth of loin, 18in.; girth of head, 14½in.; girth of forearm, 5in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 8in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 3in. full; colour, liver mottled.