EXHIBITING. 



Dog Shows and Dog Judging, and Standard of 

 Excellence by which to Judge. 



Including : 



/. History of Shows. 



2. Objects and Manage- 



ment. 



j. The Judges : their Elec- 

 tion. 

 4. Judging by Points. 



5. Scale of Points. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. THE HISTORY OF DOG 

 SHOWS. 



BY CORSINCON. 



DOG shows have now been established in this country just twenty years, 

 for, although gatherings of fanciers at favourite haunts to compare the 

 merits of their dogs were common enough long before that date, the dog 

 show at Newcastle, in June, 1859, is looked upon as the first really public 

 exhibition of the sort, and the history of dog shows begins from that date. 

 I am not sure, however, that some valuable hints might not be taken from 

 the meetings of " the canine fancy " in what I may call the pre-historio 

 age of dog shows. Those convivial meetings, where very often the dogs 

 were only shown because of the pride the owner felt in their possession, 

 and the considerable share of the praise bestowed upon them, which he 

 felt justified in appropriating to himself, were of course held at public 

 houses, and, doubtless, owners of celebrated dogs were often subsidised 

 by the landlord to appear on the scene with their stock, as an attraction 

 to customers in general who were possessed of doggy proclivities. I 



