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Dog Shows and Doggy People 



Mr. Fred Gresham 



IT is not always one is able to turn their hobbies to good account, 

 but I think this gentleman may be said to have done so. 



When I first knew Mr. Gresham he was residing at Shefford, in 



Bedfordshire, where 

 he kept a large estab- 

 lishment, did a good 

 deal of hunting with 

 the neighbouring 

 packs, and was a 

 pretty keen sports- 

 man all round, as, 

 besides doing some 

 shooting, he kept a 

 large kennel of St. 

 Bernards, with which 

 he was almost - in- 

 vincible at the shows 

 in those days, and 

 was a successful 

 breeder and exhibitor 

 of several varieties of 

 pigeons. Since those 

 days he has devoted 

 much of his time to 

 various branches of 

 sporting and fancier 

 literature; and not 

 only all over the 

 United Kingdom, but 

 on the Continent and 

 other places abroad, 

 he has again and again 

 been called upon to 



judge all sorts and conditions of dogs, and has probably acted more 

 often than any other man living as referee, when any question has 

 arisen about the award of a special prize or some such matter. 



His extensive and varied experience of dogs and* dog shows, 

 combined with his careful and impartial judgments and courteous 

 dealing, have made Mr. Gresham popular with all classes of exhibitors, 



H. I'ugh, Liverpool 

 MK. FRED GKESHAM 



