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and I hope the day may be far distant when we shall cease to welcome 

 his well-known figure at all the leading gatherings of Doggy People, 

 amongst whom he has such a multitude of sincere friends and 

 acquaintances 



He is also one of our best judges of cats, which have been most 

 successfully bred and exhibited by his daughters, Mrs. Bridgewater 

 and Mrs. Balding, both of whom have often officiated as judges, 

 and he is considered a high authority on several varieties of pigeons, 

 so that he may truly be termed an all-round fancier and judge, 

 besides being a very good fellow, and one of the most popular men 

 in the whole of the Fancy, but especially amongst Doggy People in 

 this and other countries. 



I am glad to be able to give my readers the best portrait I have 

 seen of Mr. Gresham. 



Mrs. Hall-Walker 



THOSE of my readers who have studied the prize lists of our leading 

 shows for some years past will be familiar with the name of the subject 

 of this sketch as a very successful exhibitor who confines her 



attention chiefly to 

 Toy Pomeranians, 



J|*. but also keeps White 



Collies and Bearded 

 Sheep-dogs, and, 

 being a sportswoman 

 as well as a fancier, 



.1| j, is also mistress of a 



WJto pack of i i-in. Beagles, 



m. Jj- with which she hunts 



** _ . v ' hares in Cheshire. 



From photo by Mcdrington',, Ltd., Lherpool " Mrg> Hall-WalkCf'S 



MRS. HALL- WALKER'S POMERANIAN ..... , 



CHAMPION AND PREMIER DAINTY HOY family IS Connected 



with some historic 



names, as her father was a grandson of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, at 

 one time M.P. for Westminster, the distinguished wit and dramatist, 

 whose plays to this day command widespread popularity ; while her 

 mother was a daughter of the learned historian J. L. Motley, whose 

 works will be known to many of my readers ; her husband, Colonel 

 Hall-Walker, one of the Members for Liverpool, third son of Sir 





