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that pertain to leading rank, and is a fairly popular 

 dog likewise. 



We all know that this dog takes its name from 

 Clumber near Worksop, one of the seats of the 

 Duke of Newcastle, and where that dog has been 

 kept from its first introduction to this country 

 to the present time. When that first introduction 

 took place is not exactly known, but it was probably 

 about the middle of the eighteenth century when the 

 Due de Nouailles presented the then Duke of 

 Newcastle with a number of spaniels, which in 

 France had a reputation as being better than others, 

 as they were steady workers and easily brought 

 under command, i.e., there was little difficulty in 

 training them. This good character remains with 

 them at the present day. For many years the 

 breed was kept at Clumber, and so zealously 

 guarded and so identified with the place, that in due 

 time it came to bear the name of the seat, which 

 is still retained This appears to be the early 

 history of the Clumber spaniel, and, although in 

 various parts of France many spaniels are still 

 found and used in work, I have not been able to 

 trace any kennels of true Clumbers in that country. 



That the Clumbers were with the Duke of 

 Newcastle at the end of last century proof remains 

 on canvas. There is a portrait of his Grace, seated 



