Mr. C H. Lane 



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particular. From my earliest 

 childhood I have been asso- 

 ciated with dogs, and I think 

 was the doggiest of a doggy 

 family, and during my life have 

 bred, exhibited, and judged 

 nearly every known variety of 

 the canine race. 



I have seen dogs advance 

 from a very inferior position 

 to a very high state of popu- 

 larity and greatly increased 

 value, so that I should say 

 at least fifty are kept now 

 to every one twenty-five years 

 ago, and good specimens of 

 any variety can be readily 

 sold at fancy prices. 



To give a list of the dogs 

 I have owned, or the prizes 

 they have won, would be weari- 

 some to my readers; but I 



may say, although I never exhibited very often, averaging about 



once a month for 



many years, I know 



my dogs have taken 



considerably over 



fifteen hundred prizes, 



mostly at the larger 



shows. 



During the greater 



part of my doggy 



career I was actively 



engaged in the practice 



of my profession, and 



could not get away 



very often for more 



than a day or two at 



a time ; but I usually 



kept a fairly large kennel, mostly of non-sporting varieties, and 



occasionally exhibited or judged when circumstances permitted. 



From photo by Midland Photo Co., Bristol 

 C. H. LANE 



a drawing by R. H. Moore 



c. H. LANE'S SKYE TERRIER LUCY 



