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Dog Shows and Doggy People 



Mr. Theo. Marples 



BORN at Baslow, a Derbyshire village near Chatsworth, at an early 

 age he went into a business house in Thornton, near Bradford, and 

 afterwards in Blackburn. 



As a fancier he commenced with Fox-terriers, and from about 



1873 became a 

 regular exhibitor. 

 Some of those he 

 showed were Milk- 

 maid (by Champion 

 Rattler), Mettle, 

 Merryman, Mana- 

 ger, Memento, and 

 others. In Smooth 

 Collies he owned 

 Mountaineer, Milk- 

 maid, and Melody 

 (sold for ^"30 to 

 Mr. Megson, and 

 considered by many 

 one of the best of 

 the variety). He 

 was one of the 

 earliest exhibitors of 

 Dachshunds, and he 

 was an owner of 

 Japanese Spaniels 

 some twenty years 

 ago. Spaniels have 

 long been a fancy 

 of his, and he has 

 had many good 



specimens. His Moonstone was extensively bred to and has left 

 his mark on Black Field-spaniels more than any dog of his time , 

 others were Midnight, Moonlight, Moonshine, Maxim, and a host 

 of others. He has bred and owned several notable Pomeranians, 

 and was the first Secretary of the Club. Considering he never 

 bred largely in this variety, the success attained by those he 

 brought out was remarkable. 



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From photo by W. H. Parkinson, Bradford. 



MR. THEO. MARPLES 



