136 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



of the prizes at all the principal shows. I have held in turn 

 the Breeders' Challenge Cups, being the first to win the Mustard 

 Bitch Cup, with a daughter of Leah II., and in 1898 at the Crystal 

 Palace won three out of the four challenge cups. 



" I have judged at Birkenhead, Crystal Palace, Royal Aquarium, 



and the Alexandra 

 Palace. My general 

 idea of the Dandie 

 is : he is the biggest 

 dog in the smallest 

 compass of any breed 

 we have, his intelli- 

 gence is indisputable, 

 his pluck undeniable 

 and unbounded in 

 fact, game to death. 

 My life has been 



From photo by W. Gill, Colchester ^ D C n t 



MR. G. F. HEMPSON'S DANDIE DINMONT TERRIER i r n c 



ASTRAL RIP animals, for all of 



which I have a great 



love. Nor is my show experience confined to dogs. I have bred 

 and successfully exhibited hunters, hackneys, cattle, sheep, pigs, 

 game, and other varieties, of poultry, ducks, geese, pigeons, and 

 rabbits, and have acted as judge on many occasions at local shows 

 in all the above sections, and last year (1901) was appointed 

 for the second time one of the judges of stock at the Royal 

 Agricultural Show, held at Cardiff, and received an invitation to act 

 in same capacity at the show of the Bath and West of England 

 Society. I may, therefore, claim to be somewhat of an 'all-round 

 judge ' of animal life and form." 



I arn glad to be able to give an excellent portrait of Mr. Hempson, 

 who is one of the nicest fellows I know amongst my numerous doggy 

 friends, gifted with perpetual youth (I do not think he looks a day 

 older since I first knew him in 1888), always genial and unassuming, 

 and, naturally, immensely popular wherever he is known. 



The two Dandies accompanying this sketch are Astral Craig and 

 Astral Rip. Astral Craig, shown on previous page, is a very good dog, 

 and winner of many prizes, not at all flattered by his portrait, but 

 which is the best I could procure. Astral Rip, shown above, is a most 

 promising pepper dog by last named, ex Pinsley Germ by Champion 



