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she won either ten or eleven firsts for me, including Belfast, Bishop 

 Auckland, Backworth, Bellingham, and at Edinburgh three firsts 

 and the championship, under Mr. William Morris, of Morpeth, 

 a gentleman who probably knows more about a Bedlington and 

 the early history of the breed than most people who profess such 

 knowledge. 



" I was frequently asked to judge, not only Bedlingtons, but 

 'all round,' and have officiated at Birmingham, Kennel Club, 

 and all the leading shows." 



Sir Claud Alexander, Bart., and Lady 

 Alexander (of Ballochmyle) 



IT is not often one has the pleasure of coupling husband and wife 

 together as ardent fanciers, but it may be truthfully done in this 

 case, for it would be difficult to say which is the more enthusiastic 

 of the two about their several hobbies, and, in a very extensive 

 experience of fanciers in all ranks of life, I never remember to 

 have met a couple who devote so much time and trouble to the 

 various branches of the Fancy, in which they have taken such a 

 prominent position. 



Lady Alexander has, I am pleased to say, become a staunch 

 supporter of the Smooth Collies, whose praises I have so often 

 sounded, and has already gathered round her some representative 

 specimens in Champion Irthlingborough Village Lass, Champion 



Veto, Mountai-n 

 Boy, Ballochmyle 

 Mars, Sedgemere 

 Peach, Ballochmyle* 

 Starlight, and Per- 

 fect Picture, all of 

 high degree, and we 

 are likely to see 

 some more Smooths 

 of type and quality 

 emanating from such 

 distinguished stock. 

 Lady Alexander 



with her cats pro- 

 LADY ALEXANDER'S (OF BALLOCHMYLE) SMOOTH 



COLLIE MOUNTAIN BOY bably occupies even 



