The following are the descriptions and points of the four English varieties as drawn up by the specialist club:

Points Of Toy Spaniels (English). Head

Should be well domed, and in good specimens is absolutely semi-globular, sometimes even extending beyond the half-circle, and absolutely projecting over the eyes, so as nearly to meet the up-turned nose.

Eyes

The eyes are set wide apart, with the eyelids square to the line of the face - not oblique or foxlike. The eyes themselves are large, so as to be generally considered black; their enormous pupils, which are absolutely of that colour, increasing the description. From their large size, there is almost a certain amount of weeping shown at the inner angles; this is owing to a defect in the lachrymal duct.

Stop

The 'stop,' or hollow between the eyes, is well marked, as in the bulldog, or even more so, some good specimens exhibiting a hollow deep enough to bury a small marble.

Nose

The nose must be short, and well turned up between the eyes, without any indication of artificial displacement afforded by a deviation to either side. The colour of the end should be black, and it should be both deep and wide, with open nostrils.

Jaw

The lower jaw must be wide between its branches, leaving plenty of space for the tongue, and for the attachment of the lower lips, which should completely conceal the teeth. It should also be turned up or 'finished,' so as to allow of its meeting the end of the upper jaw, turned up in a similar way as above described.

Ears

The ears must be long, so as to approach the ground. In an average-sized dog they measure 2oin. from the tip to tip and some reach 22m. or even a trifle more. They should be set low on the head, and be heavily feathered. In this respect the King Charles is expected to exceed the Blenheim, and his ears occasionally extend to 24m.

Size

The most desirable size is from 71b. to 10lb.

Shape

In compactness of shape these spaniels almost rival the pug, but the length of coat adds greatly to the apparent bulk, as the body when the coat is wetted looks small in comparison with that dog. Still it ought to be decidedly ' cobby,' with strong stout legs, broad back, and wide chest. The symmetry of the toy spaniel is of importance, but it is seldom that there is any defect in this respect.

Coat

The coat should be long, silky, soft, and wavy, but not curly. In the Blenheim there should be a profuse mane, extending well down in the front of the chest. The feather should be well displayed on the ears and feet, where it is so long as to give the appearance of their being webbed. It is also carried well up the backs of the legs. In the King Charles the feather on the ears is very long and profuse, exceeding that of the Blenheim by an inch or more. The feather on the tail (which is cut to the length of about three and a half or four inches) should be silky, and from five to six inches in length, constituting a marked "flag" of a square shape, and not carried above the level of the back.

Colour

The colour varies with the breed. The King Charles is a rich, glossy black and deep tan; tan spots over the eyes and on cheeks, and the usual markings on the legs are also required. The Ruby spaniel is a rich chesnut red. The presence of a few white hairs intermixed with the black on the chest of a King Charles spaniel, or intermixed with the red on the chest of a Ruby spaniel shall carry very great weight against a dog, but shall not in itself absolutely disqualify; but a white patch on the chest or white hairs on any other part of a King Charles or Ruby spaniel shall be a disqualification.

The Blenheim must on no account be whole coloured, but should have a ground of pure pearly white, with bright rich chesnut or ruby-red markings, evenly distributed in large patches. The ears and cheeks should be red, with a blaze of white extending from the nose up to the forehead, and ending between the ears in a crescentive curve. In the centre of this blaze there should be a clear 'spot' of red, of the size of a sixpence. The tri-colour, or Charles the First Spaniel, should have the tan of the King Charles, with markings like the Blenheim in black instead of red on a pearly white ground. The ears and under the tail should also be lined with tan.

The tri-colour has no 'spot,' that beauty being peculiarly the property of the Blenheim.

"The only name by which the tri-colour, or black, white, and tan, in future shall be recognised is 'Prince Charles'

"That in future the all red toy spaniel be known by the name of 'Ruby spaniel.'The colour of the nose to be black. The points of the 'Ruby ' be the same as those of the 'King Charles,' differing only in colour".

Scales Of Points. King Charles, Prince Charles, And Ruby Spaniels

Grand Total, 100.

Blenheim

Grand Total, 100.