ushing ▁wood cock . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁historical ▁records , ▁the ▁first ▁span iel ▁was ▁brought ▁to ▁North ▁America ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁May flow er ▁which ▁sa iled ▁from ▁P ly mouth , ▁England ▁and ▁land ed ▁in ▁New ▁England ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 0 . ▁The ▁first ▁C ocker ▁Span iel ▁recorded ▁in ▁America ▁was ▁a ▁li ver ▁and ▁white ▁dog ▁named ▁Captain , ▁who ▁was ▁registered ▁with ▁the ▁American ▁Kenn el ▁Club ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 8 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 1 , ▁the ▁American ▁C ocker ▁Span iel ▁Club ▁was ▁formed ; ▁it ▁would ▁later ▁become ▁the ▁American ▁Span iel ▁Club ▁( ASC ) ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁oldest ▁bre ed ▁club ▁for ▁dogs ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁task ▁of ▁the ▁club ▁was ▁initially ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁standard ▁to ▁separate ▁the ▁C ocker ▁Span iel ▁in ▁America ▁from ▁other ▁types ▁of ▁land ▁span iels , ▁a ▁task ▁which ▁would ▁take ▁over ▁ 2 0 ▁years , ▁only ▁being ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁dog ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁C ocker ▁Span iel ▁was ▁s ired ▁by ▁the ▁dog ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁C ocker ▁Span iel . ▁Ch . ▁O bo ▁was ▁b red ▁to ▁Ch . ▁Ch lo e ▁II , ▁who ▁was ▁sh ipped ▁to ▁America ▁while ▁she ▁was ▁pre gn ant . ▁Once ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁she ▁wh el ped ▁a ▁dog ▁who