CHAPTER II 



1861 : Shows at Leeds, Birmingham, and Manchester* 1862 : 

 Shows at Islington and Birmingham* 1863: Shows at 

 Cremorne, Islington, and Birmingham 



I DO not find record of any other dog shows of importance till 

 July, 1 86 1, when the North of England Exhibition of Sporting 

 and other Dogs was held for three days at the Royal Agricultural 

 Hall, Leeds, with the following officiating as the judges there : 

 Lord Neville, Sir W. Cooke, Bart., Captain Harrison, Captain Spencer, 

 Messrs. W. Lort, E. Smith, J. Parrington, G. F. Solly, and G. Leacroft. 



A good and representative entry was obtained in both divisions, 

 Blood-hounds, Greyhounds, Pointers, Setters, and Harriers being the 

 strongest in the one, and Mastiffs, Newfoundlands, Dalmatians, Black- 

 and-tan and English Terriers, Yorkshire Terriers (then and long 

 afterwards shown under the title of Scotch Terriers), Toy Spaniels, 

 and Toy Terriers being the strongest in the other. 



On December 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1861, the Second Exhibition of 

 Sporting and other Dogs was held in Tennant Street, Birmingham. 



The following officiated as judges : Messrs. C. Wickstead, R. 

 Harper, Major Irvine, Major Ainslie, Captain Lowndes, Messrs. S. 

 Mallaby, J. Walker, W. Lort, J. Carver, P. Hackett, and J. Tailby. 



The Sporting Division was much the larger of the two, and the 

 Pointers the largest entries in it, the winners in Large Dogs being 

 Mr. Newton's Ranger, Mr. Antrobus, Mr. C. S. King's Frank, 

 Mr. Chatterton, and Mr. J. Aspinall ; in like Bitches, Mr. Taylor's 

 Flash, Mr. Combermach's Moll, Earl Derby's Juno, and Mr. 

 Fosbrooke's Esther. In Small Dogs, Mr. Bayley's Dash, Mr. 

 Forrester's Don, and entries of Messrs. Long, Powys, and Chamber- 

 lain were the winners. In Bitches, Messrs. Worsey's Bess, Lang's 

 Fan, Turner's Nell, and Riley's Moll were all " in the money." 

 Blood hounds, Fox-hounds, Harriers, and Beagles were all small 

 entries. In Otter-hounds Viscount Hill took all the prizes. In 

 English Setters the winners in Dogs were Messrs. Woolfs Sanko 



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