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BRITISH DOGS 



the principal winners at early shows, and Mr. Rowland Davies, of 

 Swan Village, West Bromwich, owned some good ones that won at 

 Birmingham and London ; and then followed Mr. R. J. LI. Price's 

 Crib, bred by Mr. Rowland Hale, that took all before him until, in 

 his declining years, he had to give way to Mr. Fawdry's celebrated 

 Captain a dog considered by some the best coloured of the 

 breed ever seen. Other judges thought Dr. James's Spotted Dick, 

 though not so good in contrast of colour, was superior in formation. 

 Since the foregoing, some of the best specimens that can be 



FIG. 83. MR. NEWBY-WILSON'S BLACK-SPOTTED DALMATIAN CHAMPION 



MOUJIK. 



called to mind have been Mr. Fawdry's Treasure and Leaho ; Mr. 

 Newby-Wilson's Acrobat, Berolina, Coming Still, Moujik (Fig. 83) 

 (all champions), and Chance ; Mr. Mercer's Charles Dickens ; Mr. 

 Foster's Flirt ; Mrs. H. Carthew's Rugby Beauty ; the writer's 

 Lurth, Leah, Leof, Lizette, and Lieutenant ; Mrs. Bedwell's 

 Rugby Bridget and Rugby Bath Brick; Dr. Wheeler O'Bryen's 

 Florrie (all black spotted) ; Mr. Newby-Wilson's Prince IV. ; 

 Mr. Herman's Fauntleroy ; Mr. Droesse's Doncaster Beauty (the 

 best three liver-spotted specimens seen for very many years, and 

 all champions, who had to win these honours almost always 

 in competition .in classes with mixed colours), and Dr. Wheeler 



