284 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



W. Lort; Retrievers and Sheep-dogs, Messrs. W. Lort andj. Walker; 

 Spaniels, Lord Garvach and Mr. J. Sykes ; Blood-hounds, Fox- 

 hounds, Otter-hounds, Harriers, and Beagles, Messrs. C. Tongue and 

 W. Long; Fox-terriers, Rev. T. O'Grady, Messrs. C. Tongue and 

 W. Long ; Non-Sporting Dogs, Messrs. M. Hedley and J. Percival ; 

 with Mr. J. H. Walsh (afterwards better known as " Stonehenge," 

 and for many years Editor of the Field newspaper) as referee. 



The entries in Sporting Division were good almost throughout, 

 particularly so in Fox-hounds and Fox-terriers ; grand in Pointers 

 (divided into Large, Medium, and Small), and English and Gordon 

 Setters, with Mr. Laverack well in front in the former, as was Mr. 

 Whitehouse in Pointers, Retrievers, and Spaniels. 



In Non-Sporting Dogs the entry was fair and representative, 

 Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers, Black-and-tans (large and small), and 

 the various Toy varieties being the best. There seems to 

 have been no class for Dalmatians (since so strongly repre- 

 sented at Birmingham), as I see Mr. Hale's Crib was first in 

 " Large-sized Foreign Dogs," and Mr. Mandeville's Maltese Fido 

 (larger than I like them, but one of the best coated dogs I 

 remember, and with great style and character) was first in like 

 Small class. 



In the same month, December, 1866, the Sixth Manchester 

 Show was held, with, for them, the small entry of 390 ; when the 

 judges were : for Sporting Dogs, except Greyhounds and Deer-hounds, 

 Mr. John Douglas (then apparently in the service of His Grace the 

 Duke of Newcastle, as his address is given as Clumber Park. Notts, 

 though I must say I had forgotten his being so employed) and 

 Messrs. Jefferson and Brailsford, sen. ; Greyhounds and Deer-hounds, 

 Mr. T. Booth; Non-Sporting Classes, Messrs. M. Hedley and J. 

 Monsey. 



As usual in those days, the largest entries in the Sporting Division 

 were in Pointers (large and small), Setters, Retrievers, and Grey- 

 hounds. 



In Non-Sporting there was a good entry in Mastiffs, New- 

 foundlands, Bull-terriers, better than in Bull-dogs, Fox-terriers 

 (placed here in this division), Scotch Terriers (divided into three 

 parts over and under 7 lb., and " cropped "), and Toys. 



This time they gave a class for Sporting Puppies, in which Pointers, 

 Clumbers, and Greyhounds were the order; and for Non-Sporting 

 Puppies, in which our old friend Mr. Edwin Nichols won with 

 Mastiffs ; Black-and-tan Terriers and Scotch Terriers (not a bit 



