The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-01

their indefatigabe industry in finding the
game than for their surrounding every
obstacle to recover 1t and bring it to the
hand when killed q" The large spring.
ing spaniel and small cocker. although
they vary in size, differ but little in their
qualifications. except that the former is
rather slower in action. neither catching
the scent of the game so suddenly as the
latter nor seeming to enjoy it with the
same ecstatic enthusiasm when found.
The small cocker spaniel has also the
advantage of getting through the low,
bushy cover with much less difficulty
than the larger spaniel and does not seem
to tire so soon. whatever may have been
the length and labor of the day.
So wrote William Taplin in his work
of 1903, The Sporting Dictionary"
but since his day we have added to
his list of four spaniels three other
kinds, Of which there are other off
shoots-that is, for exhibition purposes,
for, taking a broad view, from the
sporting point, we are very little better
off today than sportsmen were in the
times Of our great grandfathers and
their ancestors. We have now the
Irish water spaniel, the English water
spaniel almost EXTINCT, the Clumber
spaniel, the Sussex spaniel, the black
and other colored field spaniels, the
Springer spaniel and the cocker spaniel,
each of which has an interesting his
tory.
The spaniel is perhaps more widely
known in other countries than America
as AN essentially sporting dog, for the
favorite gun dog here is undoubtedly
the pointer or the setter. Still the best
of blood is in the United States and
Canada; but, to write generally, our
Clumber, field, water and cocker span
iels are kept more for the exhibition
ring than the delights Of the country.
The Spaniel Club of America is the
oldest spaniel club in existence, and,
what is more, it is supported by gentle
men of high standing and position. 1t
has given more cups and trophies away
at shows than any similar institution,
while the cookers owned by some Of it's
members, notably H. K. Bloodgood,
are not to be beaten in the world. Tat
Is indeed saying, or, rather, writing,
good deal, but the fact so remains.
Two of the noted prize winners, Mepals
Heilma and Mepals Dogmar, are shown
in the accompanying pictures.
Irish water spaniels are extremely
picturesque, as we know, but of these
few are to be found in the east. We
must go away to the northwest or on
to the borderland Of east Canada to
find really good specimens.
Coming to the Clumber spaniel, he
has been called the aristocrat of the
spaniel family. He is assuredly a
handsome fellow, with beautiful man.
ners. Moreover, he has always been as
ISOLATED with the ducal kennels Of the
old world since in the middle Of the
eighteenth century he arrived at
Clumber, Worksop. England. as a gift
to the then Duke OF Newcastle from
the Due de Nouailles.
The French nobleman made a "pres-
ent of several to the English peer,
and as Clumber was the home of the
Duke Of Newcastle then, as it is today,
the heavy. long, low. ponderous and
mute spaniel became known in Britain
as the Clumber spaniel. And there
are Clumbers at Clumber at this mo-
ment, while over the way at Welbeck
abbey, the magnificent seat and sport
ing estate Of the Duke of Portland,
there is a very large kennel of these