Title: 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
Identifier: cu31924001170848 (find matches)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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424 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG.
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MRS, ROBINSON ("PERDITA") WITH A POMERANIAN FaOM THE PAINTING BY T. GAINSBOROUGH, R.A., IN THE WALLACE COLLECTION. SO little was the breed appreciated that a well-known writer on dogs began an article on the Pomeranian with the words " The Pomeranian is admittedly one of the least interestmg dogs in existence, and conse- quently his supporters are few and far between." The founders of the Kennel Club held their first dog show in 187c, and m that year onh' three Pomeranians were exhibited. For the next twenty years little or no per- manent increase occurred in the numbers of Pomeranians entered at the chief dog show in England. The largest entry took place in 1881, when there were fifteen; but in 1890 there was not a single Pomeranian shown. From this time, however, the numbers rapidly increased. Commencing in 1891 with fourteen, in- creasing in 1901 to sixty, it culminated in 1905 with the record number of one hundred and twenty-five. Such a rapid advance between the years i8go and 1905 is un- precedented in the history of dog shows, although it is right to add that this extraordinarily rapid rise into popularity has since been equalled in the case of the now fashionable Pekinese Spaniel. This tendency to advancement in public favour was contemporaneous with the

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