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founded in Ottawa, Canada, the best Clumbers ever seen in 

 America having been bred there. 



As a matter of fact, States-bred specimens have always 

 had to succumb to the " Canucks " Champion Johnny, 

 Drake, Champion Newcastle, Tyne, John Halifax, etc., all 

 being Canadian born and bred. 



The year 1889 will ever be a red-letter one with American 

 Clumber lovers, for in it the importation of leading Eng- 

 lish prize-winners was inaugurated. In 1887 the writer 

 secured the celebrated Champion Psycho and his kennel 

 companions, Snow, Clover, Cherie, Cynic, and two others, 

 to come to this country, but the negotiation, unfortunately, 

 fell through. Since then no notorieties had crossed the 

 Atlantic until Mr. Cameron Bate, of Ottawa, pluckily pur- 

 chased the English champion, Boss III. (Damper-Lotus), 

 the winner of an immense number of prizes on the other 

 side. 



This dog, while deficient in several attributes, notably 

 in head and coat, is wonderfully low on the leg, and alto- 

 gether a decided gain to the Clumber interests of America. 

 Shortly after, the same gentleman, on the recommendation 

 of the writer, purchased the bitch Bromine (Tower-Leda), 

 a winner of three first prizes in England, and who defeated 

 several leading winners there, besides being highly eulo- 

 gized by the kennel press. 



The writer has now on the seas the beautiful all white 

 bitch Snow (Champion John o' Gaunt-Foxley Beauty), a 

 winner of many first prizes, including the Kennel Club 

 Jubilee Show at Barn Elms and Birmingham twice, that, 

 both from her form and splendid breeding, he expects will 

 prove an invaluable addition to his kennel. 



Ottawa, however, is not singular in enterprise of this 

 description, for Mr. A. L. Weston, of Denver, Colo., having 

 laid the foundation of a good kennel of the breed by pur- 

 chases in this country, has bought from the Duke of West- 

 minster, at a very long price, His Grace's first prize win- 

 ning bitch at Birmingham. 



But the show bench, much as he adorns it by his 



