3 8 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



possession or afterwards, and are in the Kennel Club Stud Books, 

 and the whole of them did not cost me twenty pounds ! 



"I do not know whether this may be called luck or judgment, but 

 it has often amused me when I see men come into the Fancy, and, if 



From photo by Rosemont, Leeds 



MR. TOM ASHTON'S IRISH TERRIER LEEDS AMBASSADOR 



they give a hundred pounds or so for a dog, consider themselves fitted 

 to judge the breed, and sometimes make great fools of themselves ! " 



I have been favoured with the accompanying portraits of Mr. 

 Tom Ashton and of his well-known Irish Terrier Leeds Ambassador, 

 both of which will be recognised by many of my readers amongst 

 Doggy People. 



Mr. M. C. Ash win 



MR. M. C. ASH WIN, of Cross-o'-the-Hill, Stratford-on-Avon, whose 

 portrait accompanies this slight sketch, was one of the earliest 

 exhibitors of Collies, having commenced his career in 1875, winning 

 first prize with Mac at Wolverhampton (Mac, by Old Cockie, dam 

 Mag). He also won several prizes in 1875, I 8y6, 1877, and 1878 with 

 Bruce, Elsie, Glen, Lassie, Mac, Nellie, Truce, Wallace, and Watch. 

 From 1877 to 1878 Cocksie, by Old Cockie out of Lassie, won 

 twenty-one prizes, six being champions. 



In 1878, 1879, ancl l88 many prizes were won by Bums, Comet, 

 Fern, Grace, Guard, Help, Hector, Mossy, Trevor, Tyne, Wrickton 

 (claimed by Mr. Panmure Gordon at Alexandra Palace), and Fffie 



