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that the Committee were fortunate in their choice of a man of high 

 standing, possessing profound knowledge of matters connected with 

 dogs, a long experience as a breeder, exhibitor, and occasional judge, 

 genial and courteous to all, but well able to uphold the dignity of the 

 important position he fills so well. 



I may say the general public have not the slightest idea of the 

 amount of work, constantly increasing in volume and importance, got 

 through at the Kennel Club, nor the debt of gratitude the present- 

 day exhibitors owe to that not always sufficiently appreciated body. 



Mr. Sidney Turner has kept many varieties of dogs since he 

 showed a Black-and-tan Terrier in 1862 ; but the writer's remembrance 

 of him, which dates some years after that, has been as a breeder and 

 exhibitor of Mastiffs and Blood-hounds, of which he has brought out 

 many grand specimens, and both varieties have suffered considerably 

 from the withdrawal, it is to be hoped only for a time, of his valuable 

 support. 



When a man has shown his ability to breed champion after 

 champion of two such varieties in which success, or approach to 

 perfection, is hard to attain, and of which the ardent supporters are 

 few in number, it amounts to almost a national loss if he ceases to 

 lead the way and encourage others to follow in his steps, even at a 

 distance. 



With these few words I congratulate my fellows on having with us 

 one so well able to fill the difficult position amongst Doggy People 

 of Chairman of the Kennel Club, and trust he may long be spared to 

 do so. Those of my readers who have, like the writer, perused the 

 Kennel Gazette from its first number will know how many valuable 

 articles have appeared in its pages from time to time on many 

 interesting subjects from the able pen of Mr. Sidney Turner, which, 

 if he had never done anything else, and in a quiet, unobtrusive 

 way he has done much, should have earned the gratitude of vast 

 numbers of Doggy People. 



Mr. Robert Vicary (late M.F.H.) 



EVEN in his schoolboy days Mr. Robert Vicary was keen on Terriers 

 for work and badger digging, then held in great estimation, but it 

 was 1874 before he attempted to combine good looks with working 

 qualities. 



A visit to Mr. Murchison's kennels at Tring, and the purchase then 



