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quotations from the catalogue: Greyhounds, dogs 21, bitches 18 ; 

 Large Pointers, dogs 32, bitches 12; Small Pointers, dogs 10, 

 bitches 28 ; English Setters, dogs 32, bitches 17 ; Gordon Setters, 

 21 ; Retrievers, dogs 46, bitches 12; Irish or other Water- 

 spaniels, 20 ; Spaniels, other breeds except Clumber or Water, 

 26; Mastiffs, 19; Foreign Mastiffs, 27; St. Bernards, 18, with 

 with Rev. J. Gumming Macdona at the head of affairs, as he was 

 so often afterwards; Newfoundlands, 37; Foreign Hounds, 21; 

 Sheep-dogs, 18 ; Bull-dogs, over 10 Ib. 19, under 20 Ib. 18; 

 Bull-terriers, over 10 Ib. 36, under 10 Ib. 18; Dalmatians, n; 

 Fox-terriers (dogs and bitches shown together), 34 ; Pomeranians, 

 25 ; White Smooth Terriers, 14 ; Black-and-tans, over 7 Ib. 22, 

 under 7 Ib. 32 ; Skyes, 53 ; Scotch Terriers, over 7 Ib. 27, under 

 7 Ib. 19; Pugs, 21 ; King Charles Spaniels, over 10 Ib. 5, under 

 10 Ib. 35; Italian Greyhounds; n ; Blenheims, 17; Maltese 

 (with Mr. Mandeville's well-known Fido first), 28 ; White Scotch 

 Terriers, 28 ; and Toys of all kinds under 5 Ib., 57. 



It must be borne in mind that in no class in the show were 

 the prizes less than ^5, ^3, and 2 ; in many of them ^7, 

 ,5, and ^3 ; in nearly all the Sporting classes 10, $, and ^3, 

 and in some of the Fox-hound classes as much as 1$, ,10, and 

 ^5 ; and in one class (for three couples of Fox-hounds) ^20 and 

 pair of silver spurs to huntsman, ^15 and engraved whip to 

 huntsman, with a third prize of^io. Such prize money we do 

 not see in these days, nor do we often see such entries. I think 

 it would make some of our judges " rub their eyes " if asked to 

 tackle them. 



Going through the old catalogue to make the quotations in 

 last chapter for the benefit of the present-day exhibitors, which, 

 I trust, will be interesting to some of them, made me think of 

 my sensations when I faced a class (" any variety, confined to 

 Londoners") of 145 at the People's Palace, E., some years ago, 

 an account of which I gave in "All about Dogs." 



Of course, in the days of the shows I have been writing of there 

 were no divisions into open, limit, novice, maiden, and puppy 

 classes. If you wished to show a dog, you must enter it in 

 the class of its variety or keep it at home, and it was a case 

 of " one dog one prize," not as at the present day, when a really 

 " topping " youngster will what is called " run through his classes " 

 and fairly " scoop the pool." There is much to be said for and 

 against this. 



