1 62 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



America for this, which more than any other, except perhaps the 

 Bull-dog, is looked upon as a national breed. 



Mr. Leadbetter tells me he inherits a love of the larger dogs, as 

 his father imported one of the first Great Danes ever seen in this 

 country, and had usually kept some Mastiffs. This being so, and 



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 MK. LEADBETTER'S MASTIFF CHAMPION MARKSMAN 



his son having youth and enthusiasm in his favour, I am glad to 

 include his name amongst the Doggy People on my list, his agree- 

 able and unassuming manners ensuring him a cordial reception 

 from all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. 



A capital portrait of Mr. Leadbetter and of his well-known 

 Brindled Mastiff Champion Marksman is given with this sketch. 



Lieut-Colonel H. M. Cornwall Legh 



ALTHOUGH this gentleman is probably known more by name than 

 personally to the majority of my readers, he has had a long 

 connection with the Kennel Club and Doggy People. 



He is a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Cheshire, with 

 which his family have been associated for generations. At first he 

 was in the 25th King's Own Borderers, which he joined in the year 

 of the Indian Mutiny, 1857, and served at home and abroad until 



