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Dog Shows and Doggy People 



present high position in the ranks of Doggy People. I think the 

 fact of her giving the writer express permission to dedicate this 

 book to Her Grace goes to prove that the interest taken in Dog 

 Shows and Doggy People is no passing fancy, having already existed 

 for more than ten years, and as yet shown no abatement. 



I am able to give an excellent portrait of Her Grace as frontispiece 

 to the present work, and portraits of three specimens from the 

 Clumber kennels. 



Mrs. Oughton-Giles 



IT was a red-letter day for Pocket-beagles and Whippets, neither 

 of them enjoying much popularity, when they numbered amongst 

 their supporters such an enthusiast as the above-named lady, who 

 had been a lover of dogs all her life and had kept several varieties, 

 including such opposites as St. Bernards and Pugs. 



As I have always been an admirer of Beagles, and, having lived for 



years in a colliery 

 district, I have seen 

 more of Whippets than 

 most people, as they 

 are extensively kept 

 by the pitmen, I am 

 therefore pleased to 

 see these two varieties 

 so much encouraged 

 of late years. In 

 days gone by I have 

 often seen two or 

 three specimens of 

 each representing all 

 the entries in each of 

 these breeds at some 

 of our largest shows, 

 and often having to 

 be shown, if at all, 

 in Variety Classes. 



Most of my readers 

 will know what charm- 

 ing specimens of the 



From photo by C. Reid, Wishaw Pocket-beagleS haVC 



MRS. OUGHTON-GILES WITH HER WHIPPETS already emanated 



