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great length. Tail bushy, but not at all woolly, the hair being waved only, 

 not curled. It is generally cropped." 



From the weight being put at from thirty to forty pounds, and a remark 

 in the Clumber article in the first edition of "The Dogs of the British 

 Islands,'* that the Duke's team shown at Islington in 1863 were rather 

 small, it is evident that the Newcastle dogs had not progressed in size as had 

 others. In this article the weight is put at forty to forty-five pounds, and 

 Stonehenge never made any change in the various editions of this work, 

 which gave him his world-wide reputation. The dog Lapis, selected by 

 Dalziel to illustrate his "British Dogs," weighed sixty-two pounds, and he 

 was a Palace winner in 1877. Lee then sets the weight at from fifty-five 

 to sixty-five for dogs and from forty-five to fifty-five pounds for bitches, 

 an increase of twenty-five pounds in as many years of our definite knowl- 

 edge of the breed. Finally the English Clumber Club raises the weights to 

 seventy for dogs and sixty for bitches. 



One reason for the slow progress that the Clumber made was that one 

 dog was of little use, so slow are they in their movements, and it called for 

 a team of several braces, as many as could be obtained, in fact, to be of use 

 for a shooting party. This entailed special training and looking after 

 by a man who could handle them, for they would not work for every 

 person or any person. This was naturally a drawback to the ex- 

 tended use of this breed, and although it did become somewhat spread, 

 it did so only to a limited extent among those who could make use 

 of the dog to the best advantage, having coverts suited to his style of 

 work, and capable handlers. 



In America the Clumber has had a very erratic career. In 1880 we 

 remember Mr. Tileston's Trimbush and Fairy, the former being a very 

 good dog, so good indeed that we asked Mr. Dalziel, who was one of the 

 foreign judges that year, what he thought of the dog, and he agreed with us 

 that he was most typical and fit to win anywhere. He was entered as im- 

 ported and "full pedigree," a verv customary way of giving pedigree at the 

 early shows. It is a long look back, but Trimbush was a dog that has lingered 

 in our memory as one of the best we have seen in this country. He was 

 shown at New York the following year by Mr. De Luze, but in wretched 

 condition, and got "the gate." The next Clumber had rather an amusing 

 history. We picked him up at the public stores, where he had been left by the 

 man who brought him over. He had no pedigree, but his history seemed 



