The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs (1891) (17930121440)

Title: The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs
Identifier: americanbookofdo00shie (find matches)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Shields, G. O. (George O. ), 1846-1925, ed
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: Chicago, Rand, McNally
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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THE CLUMBER SPANIEL. 307 Prom the former's remarks it would appear that this presumed Clumber is not only the original Land Spaniel, but also the i^rogenitor of the Setter. In Daniel's "Rural Sports" we learn that the immediate ancestors of the present race were given by a French noble- man, the Due de Nouailles, to a Duke of Newcastle, prob- ably about two centuries ago. The name is derived from a seat of the Dukes of Newcastle, situated in Nottingham- shire, (/lumber, where tliey were domiciled from the outset.
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CLUMBER SPANIEL—CHAMhii > Owned by Clumber Kennel ( F. H. F. Mercen. Ottowd, CdndJa. To those who value things for their associations, the Chimber is a fit object for appreciation, as from the outset his associations have been aristocratic — the kennels of dukes, marquises, earls, barons, baronets, knights, and the leading country gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, not to mention those of roj^alty, having been the cradles of the breed. Specimens are but rarely met with in America, and until of late years were scarce even in England, where they were