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15.— The club shall, at such times as the committee may 

 decide, give four special prizes, to be competed for by terriers, 

 born during the previous calendar year ; thus the terriers compet- 

 ing in 1900 shall have been born in 1899, exhibited by their 

 breeders, who must be members of the club. 



The special prizes shall be : 



I. — Ten guineas for the best smooth dog. 

 II. — Ten guineas for the best smooth bitch. 

 III. — Ten guineas for the best rough dog. 

 IV. — Ten guineas for the best rough bitch. 



16. — Although the club will not necessarily withhold its support 

 from shows at which there is competition between smooth-haired 

 and wire-haired fox terriers, the abolition of such competitions is 

 recommended whenever practicable. 



I7- — Any member may withdraw from the club on giving notice 

 in writing to the honorary secretary— such member retiring to 

 have no claim whatever on the club— provided always that such 

 member shall be liable for his subscription for the current year in 

 which he gives such notice. 



Following in importance what may be called the parent 

 club, comes that which takes its name from an important 

 sporting district of Lancashire, " The Fylde." This club 

 held its initial show at Blackpool in May, 1882, at which 

 Mr. W. Arkwright, of Sutton Scarsdale, was the judge, and 

 since then it has held exhibitions at which the following 

 gentlemen made the awards : — 



Preston, May, 1883, Mr. J. A. Doyle, smooth ; Mr. 

 Hay ward Field, wire hairs. Preston, February, 1883, Mr. 

 Rawdon B. Lee, smooth and wire hairs. Blackpool, May 

 1884, Mr. L. P. C. Astley, smooth and wire hairs. Poulton- 

 le-Fylde, February, 1884, Mr. L. P. C. Astley, smooth and 

 wire hairs. Manchester, December, 1884, Dr. Emms, smooth 

 andwire hairs. Preston, July, 1885, Mr. F.Redmond, smooth; 



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