Word: cocker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pride, Molly, Gloria, Silver Top and Silver Tail were two Irish setters, a cocker spaniel and two Persian cats, all in fine condition. Dying Mrs. Winterman told Veterinary White that she had cared so much for the animals she scarcely ever allowed them out of the grounds or permitted them to become acquainted with anybody. They would be unhappy with anyone but her, she said...
...sister, so moving her portrayal of an invalid who passionately wished but mortally feared to be a wife, that first night spectators yelled "Bravo!" as the final curtain fell.* The supporting cast is capable: Jo Mielziner has mounted the piece as picturesquely as a John Leech drawing. A small Cocker spaniel as Flush behaves admirably...
...slight injury warned his friends that his generosity had stimulated other bearded gillies to come too near the guns. When a beater falls, other beaters drag him away; when a grouse falls, the ground huntsman lets a dog out of the blind. Some huntsmen use setters, some pointers, some cocker spaniels. The dogs are trained to retrieve dead birds and catch wounded ones that are scrambling off in the heather...