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looking at them when at exhibitions." The best of late 

 years was Champion Psycho, who is sixteen years old. 

 Champion John o' Gaunt, too, was a good Clumber. At 

 present there is no dog that stands prominently out from 

 his fellows. Among the best are Holmes' Tower, Mr. 

 Farrow's Faust, Ralph, Friar Boss, and Hotpot. 



In America, the best native-bred dogs have been Cham- 

 pion Johnny, Champion Newcastle, Drake, and Tyne, all 

 sired by one dog, Mr. Palmer's imported Ben, a dog of 

 direct Clumber House descent. 



The leading Clumber owners and exhibitors are Messrs. 

 Wilmerding and Kitchel, of New York; Mr. Hill, of Ottawa, 

 who is associated with the writer; Mr. H. W. Windram, 

 of Boston; and Messrs. Bate and Geddes, of Ottawa. An 

 important new-comer is Mr. A. L. Weston, of Denver, Colo. 



The few Clumbers in this country are owned for the most 

 part by sportsmen scattered far and wide over the conti- 

 nent, who do not care to go to the trouble and expense 

 the exhibiting of dogs entails. 



As to preparation for the show bench, little can be said, 

 for the lesson can only be learned in the school of experi- 

 ence, and even when learned mayhap it will not apply. 

 Some dogs can not be properly conditioned. Plenty of 

 brushing, and judicious feeding, and exercising are the 

 only means by which the desired end may be attained. 



Every sportsman takes pride in the ownership of a hand- 

 some dog, and the gift of beauty a Clumber possesses in a 

 high degree. They are withal eminently aristocratic in 

 appearance. " Handsome is as handsome does" is a time- 

 honored adage; but when we can combine beauty and util- 

 ity in one body, surely it is as well to have it so. 



"Idstone" goes so far as to characterize the Clumber as 

 ' ' decidedly the handsomest dog ever bred for the sports- 

 man." 



"Dog stories" of late years have been so much over- 

 done that I will not weary the reader with oft-told tales of 

 the miraculous performances of my pets; but this omission 

 must not be construed as being due to a paucity of instances 



