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Dr. Wheeler-O'Bryen 



To many of my readers this gentleman's name will be familiar as one 

 who has for some years taken a prominent place as a breeder and 



exhibitor of Dalma- 

 tians, one of the 

 varieties of the canine 

 race which has not 

 always received the 

 support it deserves. 

 In a humble way, by 

 example and precept, 

 I have done what 

 I can to help them 

 forward, and I am 

 glad to see of late 

 years more interest 

 taken in them. Dr. 

 Wheeler - O'Bryen's 

 well marked and 

 shaped Florrie, one 

 of the best bitches 

 of the day, his 

 Abernethy, both with 

 beautifully spotted 

 ears as well as bodies, 

 are very typical, and 

 with his Linacre, a 

 little stronger in head 

 than the foregoing, all 

 useful animals, and 

 frequently seen in the 

 prize lists of the best 



From photo by The Kitchener Portrait Co., New Bond Street, W. 



DR. WHEELER-O'BRYEN IN DALMATIAN FANCY 



DRESS FOR BALL 



shows, form the group 

 herewith. 



I hope we may in 

 the future see more 



specimens of quality and character issuing from the Sydenham 

 kennels ; and it would be all the better for the variety if a few more 

 spirited breedeis and exhibitors amongst Doggy People would take 

 it up as warmly and judiciously as the subject of these few lines. 



