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Dog Shows and Doggy People 



Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Brooke 



THE subjects of this sketch are another instance of husband and 

 wife with congenial tastes, and both keenly interested in live stock, 

 and, strange to say, both seem to like the varieties which are 



rather out of the 

 common. 



Mr. Brooke has been 

 known as one of the 

 most ardent supporters 

 of the Dogue de Bor- 

 deaux, of which he 

 had some of the finest 

 specimens seen in this 

 country Sans Peur, 

 Dragonne, Matador du 

 Midi were amongst his 

 best. He has also had 

 some good Esquimaux, 

 Hairless Dogs, Dingoes, 

 Thibet Dogs, and other 

 distinguished foreign- 

 ers, and has several 

 wolves, which he has 

 succeeded in taming, 

 and has a 

 opinion 

 general 



MRS. H. C. BROOKE 



better 



of wolves in 

 than is held 

 by the public at large. 



He also takes an interest in Bull-dogs, usually keeping some 

 Aston Thornfield, Battle-axe, and Baby Bacchus have been some 

 of his winners and has been the Hon. Secretary of one of the 

 Bull-dog Clubs for some time. 



Mrs. Brooke is quite an enthusiast, not only with dogs, but cats 

 and poultry in fact, 1 think anything she takes up, she does with 

 all her might ; and the number of prizes, with one variety and 

 another, she has taken since she has lived in this country I 

 believe both she and her husband were educated, and spent most 

 of their youth, on the Continent must be considerable. 



From the fact of my being sometimes called upon to judge what 



