The forgotten spaniels
Aug 25, 2021
3 minutes
IT WAS READING
James Darley’s excellent book Rebirth of the Royal Spaniel (reviewed in this column two weeks ago), that reminded me how much work is required to re-establish a once sporting breed.
It has taken Darley, along with a number of like-minded enthusiasts, almost half a century to re-establish the working Clumber as a genuine and worthwhile alternative to the English springer and the cocker.
Darley notes that there “truly has been a transformation in the fortunes of Britain’s most ancient working spaniel breed. This is evidenced
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