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Dog Shows and Doggy People 



a higher position in the Cat Fancy than she has yet attained in 

 the Kennel World, as she has spared no trouble or expense to get 

 together a grand train of several varieties of Short-hairs. This is 

 another hobby of mine, in which I have taken some hundreds of 

 prizes at many of the best shows, and I should say that at the 

 present time Lady Alexander owns the best collection of Blues, 

 Tortoiseshells, Red Tabbies, Tortoiseshell-and-white, Black, Manx, 

 and White, Short-haired Cats, in the possession of any one person 

 in the country, and is the founder and a very active supporter of 

 the British Cat Club recently started. 



I am very pleased to hear this energetic lady has taken up two 



more of the Short- 

 hairs, the Brown and 

 Silver Tabbies, both 

 of which were in 

 want of patronage 

 and support in in- 

 fluential quarters. 



Accompanying this 

 sketch are portraits 

 of two of Lady Alex- 

 ander's prize-winning 

 Smooth Collies. 



Lady Alexander 

 does not confine 

 herself entirely to 



From photo by Sir C. Alexander, Bart. r ( i A 



LADY ALEXANDER'S (OF BALLOCHMYLK) SMOOTH P CtS ' aS 



COLLIE CHAMPION IRTHLINGBOKOUGH VILLAGE. LASS SnG a ^ SO keeps SCVCral 



varieties of poultry, 



and from an early age was a keen fancier of Black Cochins, some of 

 which variety she still has, and, if I mistake not, has occasionally 

 acted as a judge of some of the breeds of poultry. 



I do not think she has launched out to any great extent as an 

 exhibitor of birds, except Black Cochins, as I have said; but now 

 that they have secured, at their new residence, Faygate Wood, 

 Sussex, suitable location for this branch of the Fancy, I have no 

 doubt we shall see more of their feathered stock at the shows. 



Sir Claud Alexander has been for many years I think he told 

 me ever since he was a schoolboy a staunch admirer of one of his 

 nat.onal breeds, the Skye Terrier, and has often acted as their judge 

 at leading shows. 



