CHAPTER IV 



1868 : Shows at Birmingham and Manchester* 1869 : Shows 

 at Laycock's Yard, Islington, Birmingham, and Manchester; 

 1870 : Shows at Crystal Palace, Birmingham, and Man* 

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Now comes another long interval, as I do not find any show of 

 importance until November 3oth, 1868, when the Ninth Annual 

 Show was held at Curzon Hall, Birmingham, with 806 entries. 



The following are given as the judges on this occasion : for Deer- 

 hounds and Greyhounds, Messrs. Mallaby and C. E. Lewis ; 

 Pointers and Spaniels, Messrs. Moore and C. E. Lewis ; Setters, 

 Retrievers, and Extra Class, Messrs. T. Taylor and J. Sykes ; Fox- 

 terriers, Rev. T. O'Grady and Mr. J. Walker (Wrexham) ; Otter- 

 hounds, Harriers, and Beagles, Mr. J. Walker ; Blood-hounds, 

 Mastiffs, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, and Large-sized Foreign 

 Dogs, Messrs. E. Hanbury and J. Percival; Other Dogs not used 

 in Field Sports, Messrs. Charles Collins (Worcester) and M. Smith 

 (Leeds). 



In the Sporting Division there were good entries all round, the 

 largest by far being in Pointers, Setters, Retrievers, and Spaniels. 



In Non-Sporting, as usual, the largest entries were in Newfound- 

 lands, Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, Black-and-tans, and Toy Terriers. 



Messrs. Whitehouse, Laverack, and Gorse were amongst the 

 winners in Sporting classes. Mr. Cropper was well in front with Fox- 

 terriers ; and, amongst the others, the Rev. J. Gumming Macdona 

 (still one of the Doggy People), Messrs. E. Nichols, J. Hinks, 

 W. Page, Sam Lang, W. Macdonald, A. Burke, and W. Mayhew will 

 be remembered by some of my older readers as names long connected 

 with the Fancy. 



In the December following, beginning on Christmas Eve, 1868, 

 was held the Eighth Dog Show at the Zoological Gardens, Manchester, 

 with an entry of 424. 



The following were the appointed judges : Sporting Dogs (except 



