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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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All
research
so
far
has
failed
to
carry
their
history
back
any
further
than
the
last
quarter
of
the
eighteenth
century.
About
that
time
the
Duc
de
Noailles
presented
some
Spaniels,
probably
his
whole
kennel,
which
he
brought
from
France,
to
the
second
Duke
of
Newcastle,
from
whose
place,
Clumber
Park,
the
breed
has
taken
its
name.
Beyond
this
it
seems
impossible
to
go:
indeed,
the
Clumber
seems
to
be
generally
looked
upon
as
a
purely
English
breed.
From
Clumber
Park
specimens
found
their
way
to
most
of
the
other
great
houses
in
the
neighbourhood,
notably
to
Althorp
Park,
Welbeck
Abbey,
Birdsall
House,
Thoresby
Hall,
and
Osberton
Hall.
It
is
from
the
kennels
at
the
last-named
place,
owned
by
Mr.
Foljambe,
that
most
of
the
progenitors
of
the
Clumbers
which
have
earned
notoriety
derived
their
origin.
Nearly
all
the
most
famous
show
winners
of
early
days
were
descended
from
Mr.
Foljambe's
dogs,
and
his
Beau
may
perhaps
be
considered
one
of
the
most
important
"pillars
of
the
stud,"
as
he
was
the
sire
of
Nabob,
a
great
prize-winner,
and
considered
one
of
the
best
of
his
day,
who
belonged
at
various
times
during
his
career
to
such
famous
showmen
as
Messrs.
Phineas
Bullock,
Mr.
Fletcher,
Mr.
Rawdon
Lee,
and
Mr.
G.
Oliver.
There
has
been
a
great
deal
of
lamentation
lately
among
old
breeders
and
exhibitors
about
the
decadence
of
the
breed
and
the
loss
of
the
true
old
type
possessed
by
these
dogs.
But,
despite
all
they
can
say
to
the
contrary,
the
Clumber
is
now
in
a
more
flourishing
state
than
it
ever
has
been;
and
although
perhaps
we
have
not
now,
nor
have
had
for
the
last
decade,
a
John
o'
Gaunt
or
a
Tower,
there
have
been
a
large
number
of
dogs
shown
during
that
time
who
possessed
considerable
merit
and
would
probably
have
held
their
own
even
in
the
days
of
these
bygone
heroes.
Some
of
the
most
notable
have
been
Baillie
Friar,
Beechgrove
Donally,
Goring
of
Auchentorlie,
Hempstead
Toby,
and
Preston
Shot,
who
all
earned
the
coveted
title
of
Champion.
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