36 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



England and Scotland, and I have had many hundreds of them 

 before me at different times, I do not remember any that have been 

 put down in better form than those shown by Sir Claud, and very 

 few anything like as good. Those who know anything of this variety 

 will be aware of the importance of coat and condition, which will 

 often turn the scale in close competition. 



To mention all the victories of the " Ballochmyle" contingent in 

 a sketch of this kind would be impossible, as they have taken 

 nearly everything open to Skyes whenever they have been shown ; 

 but I should like to just give the names of some of the leading 

 members of the kennel, which owes so much to the personal care 

 and attention of their popular owner : Ballochmyle Turn Turn, 

 Champion Accrington Wonder, Bendigo, Ballochmyle Bashful, Bal- 

 lochmyle Levity, Champion Ballochmyle Beautiful, Young Rosebery, 

 Lily Scott, Olden Times, and Miss Billee. There are many more 

 whose names I do not remember, but the above form a very typical 

 and representative lot of the highest quality and character. 



I am pleased to be able to give portraits of these enthusiastic 

 fanciers, who are both entitled to take high rank amongst Doggy 

 People, with whom they are deservedly welcome and popular. 

 Besides the excellent portraits of Sir Claud and Lady Alexander, 

 I am glad to be able to give pictures of two of the handsome Skye 

 Terriers from the kennel of the former. 



Mr. Tom Ashton 



MY own inclination would be to call the subject of this sketch 

 Mr. Thomas Ashton, but he is so invariably known as "Tom," that 

 I fear if I did so, many of my readers would think it was some one 

 else. As I have said something of him in my introductory chapters, 

 I will now give a few particulars of him in his own words, which he 

 has kindly permitted me to do. 



" I was born at a place called Outwood, near Wakefield, and the 

 first time I ever had a shilling of my own money I bought a dog, 

 but neither of my parents being at all doggy, I had to find it another 

 home, and found a friend in an uncle of mine in the joinery trade, 

 who let me keep it in his workshop ; and from that I gradually got 

 the dog home in the daytime, and one evening, when my father came 

 home from business, I told the dog to fetch his slippers for him, 

 which I had carefully trained him to do, and the old man was so 

 struck with his cleverness that he said if I could make things right with 



