Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Brooke 



I have not been 

 told, but I have a 

 strong suspicion who 

 it is that writes 

 under the name of 

 "Crossnant." 



However, as all 

 kinds of people are 

 required to make a 

 world, so are all 

 kinds of dogs w r anted 

 to make a show, and 

 it is well that there 

 are in the ranks of 

 Doggy People those, 

 like Mr. and Mrs. 

 Brooke, who take a 

 delight in procuring 

 and producing some 

 of the curiosities and 

 rarities of the canine 

 race, and their entries 

 are welcomed by the 

 secretaries of many 

 a show, and afford 

 instructive entertainment to the visitors bent on seeing all that 

 is new or strange to them. 



I am pleased to be able to give portraits of both these fanciers, 

 who are well known and popular. 



From photo by Hermann Ernst. St. John's Wood 



MISS FLORENCE BRUXKER WITH HER POODLE 

 LE ROI BLAXC 



Miss Florence Brunker 



THIS young lady has not been before the public as an exhibitor 

 for more than five or six years, but has been very successful with 

 her efforts in that direction. 



As far as I remember, the first specimen from her kennel was the 

 Grey Poodle Pierrette Jackson, which came out at the show held 

 in the grounds of Holland House in the summer of 1896, when 

 she had quite a field day, and the dog was greatly admired, the 

 colour being at that time a great novelty. 



The sire and dam of Pierrette Jackson were coal black. All the 



