by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | History, ISSUE 123 SEPTEMBER 2011
Radclyffe is not the usual spelling of this surname, so it did tinkle a bell or two when I was skimming through Ebay, as an antidote to not being able to find a horse for sale that I wanted to look at! So I placed my bid on the Country Life Illustrated article,...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | History, ISSUE 120 DECEMBER 2010
THE FEATURE IN THE MAGAZINE INCLUDES CLIPPINGS AND PHOTOS FROM THE UK CLUB’S ARCHIVES from the Clumber Spaniel Club (UK) Archives with special thanks to archivist Anita Roberts Mr J.T. Flowers world famous dog breeder & judge 1870 – 1951 John Thomas...
by Jan Irving | 10 Apr 2017 | History, ISSUE 117: MARCH 2010
�I ONCE shot over a team of Clumber spaniels belonging to Mr. D z. The breed (the Duke of Newcastle�s, taking their name from one of his seats) are mostly white with a little lemon colour, have large sensible heads, thick, short legs, silky coats, carry their sterns...
by Jan Irving | 24 Feb 2016 | Clumber breed type, judging, etc, History
It came to mind many trainee judges probably don’t understand what game Clumbers were worked on at Clumber Park, and what game once shot was picked up or retrieved by them. So here’s some information. By Francis Wheatley [Public domain], via Wikimedia...
by Jan Irving | 23 Feb 2016 | Clumber breed type, judging, etc, History
The topic is often raised, that the modern Clumber is the same or better then the originals, but without reference to illustrations; here are some of the very early illustrations of Clumbers for you to consider this statement. There are a lot more examples of very...
by Jan Irving | 16 Dec 2012 | History
The Badminton Library – Shooting Field and Covert – Lord Walshingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey – 1886 Pg 262: For all these reasons, then, we recommend spaniels for use with the gun; and now the question arises, which of all the breeds is best? The most popular and...
by Jan Irving | 1 Apr 2001 | History
written for the Swedish Clumber Club Clumbers arrived in Australia in 1883; the first pair imported came directly from the ancestral home of Clumber Park. Since then, fortunes have been mixed over the decades; but again into this new century, the breed looks to be...
by Jan Irving | 1 Jun 2000 | History
written for Australasian Gundog winter 2000 You are right if you believe the Clumber is an ancient type. The white spaniel appears throughout the aeons in illustration and text; and the spaniel of old was a heavy and long bodied dog with short broad ears. The...
by Jan Irving | 1 Aug 1995 | History
The large, white spaniel from the United Kingdom has been known as the Clumber since the late 1700s. He acquired his name from the country seat of the Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne situated in the area called the Dukeries to the north of Sherwood Forest in Nottingham....
