242 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



and devotes much of her time to the superintendence of the kennel 

 arrangements, and to this is doubtless due the great success which 

 has attended her efforts. 



Probably at the present time no other kennel, in this country at 

 least, can show such an array of high-class Basset-hounds as are now 

 located at Coniston Hall, and I am pleased to be able to give 

 excellent portraits of this lady and of four of her pets, and hope she 

 may long be included in the ranks of Doggy People, amongst whom 

 she has so many friends. 



Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Bart. 



THE name of the subject of this sketch has been before the public 

 as an exhibitor for the last twenty years, as he tells me he exhibited 

 for the first time at the Oxford Fox-terrier Show in 1882, where he 



purchased Jingle, 

 with which he did 

 a lot of winning 

 at various places. 

 His favourites are 

 Wire-haired Fox- 

 terriers, of which I 

 can remember a great 

 many good speci- 

 mens he has owned. 

 He won the Fifty 

 Guinea Cup of the 

 Fox-terrier Club 

 twice, and has taken 

 the reserve for it on 

 several other occa- 

 sions. 



From photo by Speight, Market Harborough A few HaillCS of 



SIR HUMPHREY DK TRAFFORD, BART. His IUGSt ttOtcd FOX- 



terriers have been 



Donington Flirt (whose portrait is here given), Ropers Nutcrack, 

 Barton Marvel, Barton Wonder, and Barton Clinker. 



Sir Humphrey has had a number of high-class sporting dogs 

 Pointers, Setters, Retrievers, and Spaniels. The best of his Irish 



