CHAPTER XXII. 

 THE CLUMBER SPANIEL. 



WITH the Irish water spaniel it may be said that 

 shows have wrought less change in the Clumber 

 spaniel than they have done in any other variety 

 of dog. The reason for this is not far to seek, 

 for the latter is but a comparatively modern intro- 

 duction ; he does not stand crossing well, and has 

 come to be so bred in and in, that the tendency 

 has been towards making him delicate and difficult 

 to rear, rather than to alter or completely change 

 his type, according to the fashion prevailing at 

 the hour. 



That fashion does change in canine matters 

 pretty much as it does in dress and otherwise, 

 no one having any knowledge of dogs will deny. 

 About fifty years ago, William Youatt wrote his 

 book about the dog. Strangely, he never mentions 

 the Clumber spaniel, but gives an illustration of the 

 English water spaniel. The latter is obsolete now, 

 the former has classes provided for him at all shows 



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