206 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



Mr. Francis R. Redmond. 



IN the ranks of Doggy People I think there must be very few, if 

 any, who have been so long and continuously identified with one 

 variety as the above named has been with Smooth-coated Fox-terriers, 

 and he has bred and owned a great many very good specimens since 

 he first took them in hand. 



Those who take the trouble to look through the names of owners 

 appearing in the prize lists of many of the shows set out in this book 

 will notice the name of Redmond often appearing in the seventies, 

 so that, although he is one of those people who do not alter much 

 in appearance as years roll by, he could, if he pleased, recount the 

 experiences of a long association with Doggy People and dogs. 



I need not say that he enjoys considerable popularity as a judge, I 

 think entirely confining himself to Fox-terriers, as I never remember 

 seeing him adjudicate on any other varieties. 



He has been for many years on the Committee of the Kennel 

 and Fox-terrier Clubs, and taken a warm and lively interest in both. 



To attempt to enumerate the honours taken by the dogs from 

 this kennel would require an article to itself; suffice it to say, 

 they have, at one time or the other, carried ofif all the best 

 prizes open to Smooth Fox-terriers, and some of those confined 

 to Wire-haired; and although the majority have been home-bred, 

 Mr. Redmond does not hesitate to introduce inmates from outside 

 sources if he sees what he wants in other hands, and probably some 

 of the biggest transactions in the variety have been in connection with 

 this kennel, so long associated with a succession of winning " D's." 



I am fortunate in being able to give, I think, the best portrait I 

 have seen of Mr. Redmond, with Daddy, one of his favourites, and 

 there is no doubt of his claim to a prominent place amongst Doggy 

 People, with whom he has mixed for so many years, and amongst 

 whom he has troops of friends. 



Lady Reid 



THIS lady who has occasionally appeared as an exhibitor, her fancy, 

 as far as I remember, being Pugs, of which she has owned some 

 good specimens, rather larger in size than those now most in vogue 

 will be better known as ably filling the by no means easy post of 

 presiding over the Committee of the Ladies' Kennel Association, 

 which has become such a large and influential body. 



