SPANIEL, a small shaggy race of dogs, de riving its name from Spain, whence it originally came to Great Britain, and now generally di vided into the two groups — sporting and toy spaniels. The common °field" spaniel is the type of the group and two breeds of this variety, °springer') and "cocker," are distin guished. The former is a heavy dog used for beating game in thick coverts. The spaniel has the hair very long in some parts; it is generally white, with large brown, liver-colored or black spots, of irregular shape and size; the nose is sometimes cleft; the ears are very long and pendulous and covered with long hair. The tail is feathery and waves from side to side when the dog runs. Two famous breeds of springer spaniels are the black Sussex and the larger Clumber breed is also well known. The cocker, whose name recalls its former use in English woodcock shooting, is much smaller than the field spaniel. The best-known breeds
of the latter form are the English, Welsh and Devonshire varieties. The smaller, King (or Prince) Charles spaniel, is a small variety of the spaniel, used as a lap-dag. It is sometimes found entirely black, and receives its name from the liking of Charles II for this variety. The Blenheim breed is of smaller size than the King Charles variety, and is bred merely as a pet. Its hair is long and silky, and does not curl; the ears are long, and provided with the same silky hair; the legs are covered with this hair to the toes; and the tail possesses a broad hairy fringe. The water-spaniels are dogs of moderate size, and average about 22 inches in height at the shoulders, and the ears are very long, and pendulous. The Japanese pug-nosed spaniel, Maltese and other toy-breeds may be added to this list. See Doc.