THE HISTORY OF THE "CORNBOW"
Cocker Spaniels to the Present Day

TREETOPS RED TULIP

CORNBOW MYOSOTIS

SH CH CORNBOW NIGHTOWL

Although Cocker Spaniels have neen kept in the Clarke family household for many years, it was not until the end of the hostilities in Europe that the aspirations of the brothers Jack and Ron, encouraged by their father, from whom they had inherited the love of the breed from, began to take shape.

The Cornbow prefix was first registered with The Kennel Club in 1947, the name being taken from a place in the town of Halesowen dating back to medieval times aroung 1297, and mentioned in history books of the town, Centuries later it was to be the birth address of the father of the two siblings, and in more recent times the towns shopping mall would bear the same name.

In 1949, the red bitch "Treetops Red Tulip" was purchased from Mrs Judy de Casembroots famous Treetops Kennels, she proved to be a wise purchase, for she produced
CORNBOW MYOSOTIS
who won the first C.C. for the kennel in 1954 under the legendary expert Mr H. S. Lloyd "O Ware. The Cornbow kennel increased in strength.

In the ensuing years many other winners were produced by the confederacy,
SH CH CARMABAR GLENGHARRIE,
CH PEELERS CORNBOW MYTH
[who became a full champion],
CORNBOW MANFRED to name a few.

CORNBOW NIGHTSHADE CC WINNER & RCC CRUFTS	CANIGOU VICTOR AT C. WITH SON VALENTINO AT 4 MONTHS
CORNBOW VALENTINO	AM CH CORNBOW CONNEXION AlSO 16 CACIB'S IN EUROPE

AM CH CORNBOW ENTERPRISE

S.A. CH CORNBOW ENCOUNTER

Ron Clarke on his marriage in 1966 took his wife's prefix Roanwood, and were fortunate to breed
SH CH ROANWOOD RIPPLE
25 C.C.'s and
SH CH ROANWOOD FLINT
both had BOB at Crufts, each had Cornbow bloodlines.

Since that period the Cornbow prefix has been owned solely by Jack, and many more winners and champions have been bred in the last decade from seldom more than one litter per year. Cornbow Cockers have won over 150 CAC/CACIB in Europe and other champions in South Africa and the USA.

In the autumn of 2003 saw the welcome return of the
Multi CHAMPION CORNBOW ENSIGN
probably our greatest winning Cocker, whose lineage can be traced back 13 generations to the foundation bitch Treetops Red Tulip.

IT CH CORNBOW INTERNATIONAL
BOB POLAND 22/6/03 on the day of his breeders 80th Birthday........

CORNBOW LIMITED EDITION
The last and only puppy to be bred at Cornbow
ex Cornbow Victoriano with the same owners Valerie Mathieu & Caroline Drillet

MULTI CHAMPION CORNBOW ENSIGN
Winner of 62 CAC/CACIB mostly with BOB and Group placings,
11 BIS including Amsterdam "winner show". Probably Europes most winning Cocker.
Now resident in the UK at Cornbow with his breeder.