THE CLUMBER SPANIEL. 



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From the former's remarks it would appear that this 

 presumed Clumber is not only the original Land Spaniel, 

 but also the progenitor of the Setter. 



In Daniel's "Rural Sports" we learn that the immediate 

 ancestors of the present race were given by a French noble- 

 man, the Due de Nouailles, to a Duke of Newcastle, prob- 

 ably about two centuries ago. The name is derived from a 

 seat of the Dukes of Newcastle^ situated in Nottingham- 

 shire, Clumber, where they were domiciled from the outset. 



CLUMBER SPANIEL CHAMPION JOHNNY. 

 Owned by Clumber Kennel ( F. H. F. Mercer), Ottawa, Canada. 



To those who value things for their associations, the 

 Clumber is a fit object for appreciation, as from the outset 

 his associations have been aristocratic the kennels of 

 dukes, marquises, earls, barons, baronets, knights, and the 

 leading country gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, not 

 to mention those of royalty, having been the cradles of the 

 breed. 



Specimens are but rarely met with in America, and until 

 of late years were scarce even in England, where they were 



