2io Dog Shows and Doggy People 



fancier come forward to support a breed I have long admired and 

 taken scores of prizes with, to give my readers an excellent portrait 

 of Mrs. Hugh Ripley, with some of her pets, and add her name 

 to this gallery of Doggy People. 



I should have said the dogs in the picture are Sweetie, a long, low 

 bitch with splendid head, winner of many first and other prizes ; 

 Winsome Boy, a promising young dog (by Monarch of Haddo ex 

 Lauriston Queen), who has commenced well by winning six first 

 prizes in his first year ; the other is Markington Bonny (by Duncan 

 Grey ex Mopsey), who has yet to make a name. 



Mrs. Stennard Robinson 



ALTHOUGH some members of her family have long been known as 

 exhibitors of dogs mostly Pugs, I think and have bred some very 

 good specimens, as I know from having them sometimes before me to 

 judge, I do not think this lady has done much, if anything, in that way. 

 But she has been for some years a very prominent figure amongst 

 Doggy People, and probably is on intimate terms with more 

 exhibitors and breeders of the fair sex than any other lady in this 

 or other countries. 



As Secretary of the Ladies' Kennel Association, of which she was, 

 if not the founder, certainly closely connected with it from its first 

 inception, as the initiator of the International Kennel Club, 

 inaugurated under such distinguished patronage, with branches 

 throughout the Continent and Colonies, also of the Ladies' Country 

 House Club, which seems to embrace all the various sections of live 

 stock hobbies, and Secretary of the National Cat Club, Mrs. Stennard 

 Robinson has shown an amount of ability, perseverance, and resource 

 which are almost incredible, and quite unexampled in the history of 

 this country. 



Of course, matters have not always run smoothly it is not to be 

 expected they could ; but the manner in which this lady has over- 

 come obstacles and opposition, and brought many and important 

 undertakings to a successful issue, has compelled admiration even 

 from those who might differ from her on some matters of detail. 



I think there is no doubt this lady is entitled to the thanks of 

 Doggy People in general for enlisting the sympathies and influence 

 of the higher classes in dogs and dog shows, etc., and obtaining the 

 active patronage of the highest in the land, from the Royal Family 



