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notably Mr. J. H. Stansfeld, Mr. Harry 

 Jones, and Mr. Winton Smith, had been 

 making heroic efforts to revive the in- 

 terest in the breed, I am afraid without 

 much success, since up to the present 

 date most of the entries at shows have 

 been provided by these three gentlemen 



picture by Reinagle on page 275 seems 

 to me to be as good a standard as any to 

 go by, and the dog should in general ap- 

 pearance resemble somewhat closely the 

 Springery except that he may be somewhat 

 higher on the leg, and that his coat should 

 consist of crisp, tight curls, almost like 



THE SECOND DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND HIS CLUMBER SPANIELS. 



FROM THE PAINTING BY FRANCIS WHEATLEY, R.A., EXECUTED IN 1788. 



themselves. The best seen so far have 

 been Mr. Winton Smith's Beechgrove Mal- 

 lard, Mr. H. Jones' Chorister and Diving 

 Bell, and Mr. Stansfeld's Lucky Shot. The 

 latter dog, despite his name, was unlucky 

 in not being eligible for entry in the Stud 

 Book on account of an unknown pedigree, 

 though he won at the Kennel Club Shows of 

 1901 and 1902, and also at the Field Trials. 

 The type of this breed is not very well fixed 

 at present, being more or less in a transition 

 stage, and, although both the Spaniel Club 

 and the Sporting Spaniel Society publish 

 descriptions, it is rather hard to find a 

 specimen which quite " fills the bill." The 



Astrakhan fur, everywhere except on his 

 face, where it should be short. There should 

 be no topknot like that of the Irish Water 

 Spaniel. 



Those who own this breed speak very 

 highly of its intelligence, fidelity, and adapt- 

 ability to sporting purposes ; but person- 

 ally I have had very little opportunity of 

 seeing those dogs at work, and must take 

 their many alleged good qualities more or 

 less for granted. 



IV. The Clumber Spaniel. At the 



time of writing, Clumbers are in high favour 



