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Dog Shows and Doggy People 



and the Valley of the Welsh Dee," and last, but by no means least, a 

 very amusing work, which the writer has greatly enjoyed, called 

 " Dogs' Tales, Wagged by R. J, Lloyd Price." 



I think I have said enough to show that it is not without reason 

 Mr. Lloyd Price holds such a leading position amongst Doggy 

 People, with whom his name is quite a household word. 



Mr. George Raper 



ALTHOUGH there is hardly one of the professional judges of dogs 

 better, if so well, known as the subject of this sketch, I remember 

 him as an exhibitor long before, I think, he had ever acted as 

 judge. 



As far as I remember his first fancy was Bull-dogs, and he has 

 had a great many nailing good ones at one time and another. He 

 was also well up in Greyhounds, in which he had been initiated by 

 his father, who was well known in the coursing circles. 



Since then 

 " George " (as he is 

 most often called, 

 without prefix or 

 affix) has " bred, 

 owned, shown, and 

 judged most varieties 

 of the canine race, 

 and, as I said in a 

 few words about him 

 in the introductory 

 chapters, I do not 

 think anything in 

 the shape of a dog 

 would come amiss 

 to him. 



I should say there 

 is no British judge 

 who has been so 

 often called upon 

 to officiate in other 



From photo by Hedges, Lytham COUntrieS aS he, and 



MR. GEORGE RAPER his acquaintance 



