Word: spaniel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dogs of the 79 recognized breeds will be mounted, put side by side with their skeletons for comparison. Leon Whitney, authority on genetics, is in charge of the collection and already has skulls of the black and tan, Newfoundland, Irish Wolfhound, and entire skeletons and skins of the Cocker Spaniel, French Bulldog, bloodhound. Latest arrival was Togo, a husky serum-courier of Nome who, doddering with age, was sent to New Haven to be stuffed for posterity...
...famed James Mortimer Memorial trophy for the best American bred dog or bitch was won by Creme de la Creme of Pinegrade Kennels, a Cocker Spaniel owned by Frederic C. Brown of New York...
...pass from the Swiss side. Snow was deep; wind blistering. None, remarked the canons, but Americans with their quaint inquisitiveness would make such a trip in such weather. Forthwith they sent servants to heat liquids. Other servants they dispatched to assemble the St. Bernard dogs, those great spaniels bred to retrieve humans from the Alpine snows just as Newfoundland dogs, another breed of spaniel, retrieve humans from waters. The canons rarely accompany the dogs on rescues. They are Roman Catholic clergy, vowed to poverty, obedience and chastity. They live a monastic life, but technically are not monks. Their servants...
Even this," says his grandmother, "has not cured him of his love of teasing them. He takes roguish delight in teasing even his own favorite cocker spaniel, Brown Mumbo...
...entered the portal of old Appleton he so loved, he heard the swish of a gown and a low growl. Appleby gave the familiar spaniel a playful kick in the ribs and turned around to face the front of Jove himself...