132 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



to give an abridgment of it, as I think it will amply justify this lady's 

 inclusion amongst Doggy People : 



" Words can never express what our doggies are to myself and my 

 husband I think were it a case of one meal only to be got, the 

 doggies would have it. They are consulted in everything, and always 

 give an answer, sometimes the wag of a tail or a forlorn look, this 

 mostly when friends, not lovers of dogs, have sent them no invitation 

 to accompany * Father and Mother.' 



" People tells us dogs know nothing ! How then will they explain 

 that last year, when in two classes at the Ladies' Kennel Association 

 Show Lepel received no prize, and Cello was awarded both, Lepel 

 started a pitiful howl, only stopped when entering the ring for the 

 next class, and when he was awarded a prize, came out wagging his 

 tail? Surely he knew all about it ! Then, again, if we show them 

 their tickets for the summer show of the Ladies' Kennel Association, 

 could two children speak more clearly with delight than our doggies, 

 whose early awakening will tell you how keen they are to try 

 their luck ? 



" And now, as Soldiers of the Friendly Foreigners, put their money- 

 boxes round their necks, and I defy any good-hearted lover of dogs 

 to resist from helping their pleading faces ! 



" Should one be favoured, the other will resent by a little snap at 

 its companion's ears, until he too receives his donation. Doesn't 

 he know all about it ? 



" Cello, should she think a gentleman caller is about to go, will 

 run and fetch his hat and always brings the right one. Perhaps I 

 should add, she does not always wait until the caller has thought of 

 going ! " 



This lady's portrait with her two pets mentioned herein will be 

 recognised by her friends. 



The late Mr. George Hellewell 



THE subject of this sketch, who, I regret to say, is no longer in the 

 ranks of the Doggy People he loved so well, and by whom he was so 

 much esteemed, was well known to the writer for twenty years and 

 upwards. 



At the beginning of his connection with the Fancy he took an 



