Shows at Manchester, 1868, and Islington, 1869 287 



Deer-hounds and Greyhounds), Messrs. John Douglas, R. Brailsford, 

 and Burnell ; Fox-terriers, Messrs. Douglas, Brailsford, Burnell, and 

 Monsey ; Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, Mr. T. Booth ; all the 

 Non-Sporting Varieties, Messrs. J. Monsey and Edward Owen. 



Pointers and Setters were the strongest classes in the show ; next 

 in order came Retrievers, Setters, Spaniels, and Fox-terriers ; with a 

 decent entry in Mastiffs, Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers. Black-and-Tan, 

 Scotch, and English Terriers. Many of the varieties since so popular 

 had not a single representative. 



Amongst some of the best-known exhibitors were Messrs. J. A. 

 Cowen, E. Nichols, W. Cropper, E. Brennan, P. Bullock, Revs. W. J. 

 Mellor, Gumming Macdona, and S. Atkinson, Messrs. R. Hale, 

 J. Hinks, W. Page, J. Henshaw, F. Lamphier, S. Lang, T. Burgess, 

 and J. and VV. E. Kershaw, all of whom have been more or less 

 known to the succeeding generations of dog lovers. 



The next important show of which I find any record and to me 

 it was memorable, as I think it was the second London show of 

 any size that I attended was held in June, 1869, at Laycock's Dairy 

 Yard, Islington, with an entry of 958, at that time thought a very 

 large number. 



I see the list of judges contained the following names : Blood- 

 hounds and other Hounds, Rev. Thomas Pearce (so well afterwards 

 known as " Idstone "), Rev. J. Tennison-Mosse (who was such an 

 enthusiast upon Dandies), and Mr. J. A Handy ; Pointers, Retrievers, 

 Fox-terriers, and Sheep-dogs, Messrs. J. Walker (Halifax) and John 

 Sykes ; Setters and Spaniels, Messrs. William Lort and Fuller Mait- 

 land ; Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, Colonel Goodlake and Mr. C. 

 Randall ; and, for all the Non-Sporting Division, Messrs. Matthew 

 Hedley, Barrow, and Monsey. 



Commencing with 9 Blood-hound dogs and 7 bitches, 10 Deer- 

 hound dogs and 9 bitches, 18 Greyhound dogs and 12 bitches, and 

 8 couples of Harriers, 70 Fox-terriers (all Smooth) in four classes, 

 83 Pointers, divided by size, sex, and weight, about 90 Setters, in 

 English, Gordon, and Irish, nearly 50 Curly and Wavy Retrievers, 

 and about 100 Spaniels of different varieties, the Sporting Classes 

 were well filled. 



In Non-Sporting Division the Mastiffs were a caution to present- 

 day exhibitors, as the Dog class contained 30, and 19 in the Bitch 

 class ! Twenty-eight St. Bernards, divided only by coats, appeared, 

 and five out of the six prizes fell to Rev. J. Gumming Macdona, who 

 at that time, I suppose, held the strongest kennel known of that 



