7 8 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



show with a youngster 

 of his own breeding. 

 In Black Drake he 

 had a Retriever whose 

 record as a prize 

 winner was handsome 

 enough, but whose 

 success as a stud dog 

 was phenomenal. It 

 is chiefly owing to this 

 grand dog that his 

 owner was able to 

 introduce a long string 

 of winners to the pub- 

 lic, such as Champion 

 Black Queen, Black 



From photo by stebbing, Par* Petrel, Black Cherry, 



MR. HARDING cox Black Star, Black 



Pride, Black Amazon, 



Black Quail, Black Charm, and Black Squirrel. The two latter 

 were the sensational puppies of the year (1900), and both won 

 first in their respective classes at the Crystal Palace Show. Charm 

 is by Boreas of Butsford, but is out of Black Cherry, a daughter 

 of Black Drake, who as progenitor of the above and many other 

 winners, including the practically undefeated Champion Wimpole 

 Peter, occupies a remarkable position in the annals of Retriever 

 breeding. 



Mr. Harding Cox was until lately represented by a very grand 

 team of Clumber Spaniels, and in Champion Bailie Friar possessed 

 a dog which, in the opinion of really expert judges, was streets 

 ahead of all contemporaries. This valued champion was cruelly 

 done to death by railway official carelessness, but left some grand 

 stock. His son Bailie, jun., won at Birmingham, Cruft's, and 

 elsewhere, and was fast developing into a flyer; but the Alexandra 

 Palace, where he won the championship, proved his last appear- 

 ance, as he shortly after succumbed to the new and mysterious 

 ailment which has been designated " Stuttgart distemper." Following 

 this disaster his owner had the misfortune to lose a whole batch of 

 specially selected puppies, of which big things were expected, so he 

 is now practically denuded of a breed of which he was both fond 

 and proud. 



