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of a Clumber spaniel as he was of a wavy-coated 

 retriever and a Gordon setter, and when he wrote 

 about twenty years ago, the chief Clumber owners 

 were the Earl of Abingdon, Mr. James Morrell, the 

 Marquis of Westminster, Earl Spencer, Mr. Holford, 

 and the Maharajah Dhuleep Sing ; at least, this was 

 the somewhat incomplete list he published in his 

 book on the dog. There are a few kennels of 

 Clumbers at the present day, and, perhaps, all 

 round, this dog is more common than ever, i.e., it is 

 to be found in greater numbers in fair perfection 

 than at any previous time of our history. 



So far as one can make out, I believe the 

 principal kennels at this time, 1892, are dealt with 

 in the succeeding pages. As a commencement, 

 H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, at Sandringham, has a 

 number of handsome Clumbers that are first class 

 workers, and there are promising puppies coming 

 on. The failing in most of His Royal Highness's 

 dogs is in their heads, they being narrow and 

 deficient in massiveness. Suitably and successfully 

 crossed with a dog or dogs excelling in head 

 properties, probably, the Sandringham Clumbers 

 would be about the best in existence. Mr. Fol- 

 jambe, at Osberton Hall, near Worksop, has a fair 

 team, the fault here being lightness in bone, and 

 deficiency in head properties. This strain, perhaps, 



