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which he has so long been a representative; and it is not only because 

 he is quite a type of the class called into being by the growth of 

 shows all over the world, but from his own good qualities and popu- 

 larity with fanciers in general, and the many kindnesses received by 

 the writer from time to time, that I am pleased to give my readers 

 a good portrait of Mr. Goss, and include him amongst the ranks 

 of the Doggy People, by so many of whom he is well known and 

 esteemed. 



The late Mr. William Graham 



ALTHOUGH this fancier is not seen nearly so often on this side 

 of the Irish Channel as his many English friends would wish, I 

 am sure I should be blamed if I omitted to include him in my 

 gallery of Doggy People, as he probably did more than most 

 others to popularise the Terrier of his native land, and has bred 

 and owned great numbers of the best specimens seen in Ireland 

 or England. 



His distinguished career as a breeder and exhibitor extends over 

 twenty-five years, during which he has negotiated some of the most 

 important transactions in dogs known to modem times, and the 

 frequency of his services being requisitioned for the export of 

 specimens to America and other countries earned for him the 

 soubriquet of " The Irish Ambassador," which he will probably be 

 known by to many of his friends as long as he lives. 



In a notice of this gentleman in Our Dogs some time since, 

 written by one of his oldest friends, the writer says : " Mr. Graham 

 is one of the warmest-hearted and most genial Irishmen we ever 

 met, and is brimful of that native wit for which his race is distin- 

 guished ; indeed, we should not be far from the mark if we summed 

 up Mr. Graham's character by accrediting him with the common 

 sense of an Englishman, the wit of an Irishman, and the shrewdness 

 of a Scotchman.'"' 



Some years ago Mr. Graham visited the United States of America, 

 and came back with heaps of commissions from Doggy People in 

 that country to send them all kinds of dogs. 



He was one of the founders of the Irish Terrier Club, and is 

 still associated with that successful undertaking, over which Dr. 

 Carey, J.P., has so long and so ably acted as Hon. Secretary. 



At one time Mr. Graham resided at Newtown, Breda, near 



