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one of 'em for twenty year ; but I mind the time when there wasn't a 

 gentleman's carriage without one of 'em behind it.' It is curious 

 that a breed which was at one time one of the best known in 

 England should in recent years have gone so wonderfully out of 

 fashion. 



"The four dogs in the accompanying photograph are Samson, 

 Sandow, Prince, and Lady Godiva. They have all been occasionally 

 benched, with more cr less success ; but I doubt if there are any of 



MR. F. WINTON SMITH F. HARRINGTON, J. ALEXANDER, 



HEAD KEEPER, CLUMBER PARK TRAINER 



CLUMBER SPANIEL BEECHGROVE ANIETTE CHAMPION BEECHGROVE BEE 



the variety at present who cover anything like the number of miles in 

 a year that mine do. 



" At the end of the last century Mr. Henry Alken rarely drew a 

 gentleman's chariot without one or two Dalmatians running behind it. 

 It was one of the customary accessories of a carriage picture. About 

 1850 they began to disappear." 



As it so happens that the writer has kept a large number of this 

 variety, and judged hundreds of them during the last fifteen years, 

 he is pleased to be able to add to the foregoing interesting sketch 

 that there are now a good many ardent fanciers of Dalmatians in this 



