Mrs. Brigham 



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From photo by Kitchener & Salmon, New Bond Street 



MRS. BRIGHAM'S BLACK PUG JACK VALENTINE 



several firsts. I en- 

 deavoured to improve 

 the quality of my 

 exhibits by breeding 

 and purchase, which 

 resulted in many dis- 

 appointments, until I 

 had the good fortune 

 to see the now 

 Champion Rockcliffe 

 Veto benched at 

 Otley a dog then 

 unshown, and, as I 

 thought, a certain 

 champion of the breed. I secured him at once, and he has more 

 than fulfilled my expectations, both on the bench and at stud. I 

 purchased Yorkshire Girl, and, mating her with Veto, have been 

 successful in producing winners. 



" It is my ambition to breed a champion, but find it a very diffi- 

 cult matter to rear the best ; they have a way of catching distemper 

 and other complaints." 



The excellent portraits of Mrs. Bingham and her Smooth Collies 

 Champion Rockcliffe Veto and Yorkshire Briar, and her Old 

 English Sheep-dog Yorkshire Lady, and Black Pug Jack Valen- 

 tine, will be interesting to all Doggy People. 



Champion Rockcliffe Veto is the winner of one hundred first 

 prizes and specials, thirteen championships, and six premierships, 

 so must be nearly the top of the tree in his variety. 



Yorkshire Briar, by the last-named ex Yorkshire Girl, is only in 

 his first year, but took two thirds and one special prize at Crystal 

 Palace lately, and is very typical and promising. 



Yorkshire Lady, by Yorkshire Squire ex Bogey Queen, has won 

 two firsts, six specials, one championship, and one premiership 

 during 1901, which speak well for her quality. 



Jack Valentine, the Black Pug, by Champion Pouf Pouf ex Laws 

 Dossie, though quite a young dog, has taken already three first and 

 five special prizes, and is now the property of the Marquis of 

 Anglesey. 



