Shows at Birmingham and Manchester, 1869 289 



Commencing the end of November and continued the first few 

 days of December, 1869, the Tenth Annual Show was held at 

 Curzon Hall, Birmingham, with 757 entries. 



The judges were the following : Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, 

 Mr. S. Mallaby ; Setters, Spaniels, and Extra Class of Foreign Sporting 

 Dogs, Lord Garvagh and Mr. W. Lort ; Retrievers, Messrs. J. Walker 

 (Halifax) and W. Lort ; Pointers, Messrs. G. Moore and J. Walker ; 

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

 Bloodhounds and Mastiffs, Rev. T. O'Grady and Mr. Edgar Hanbury; 

 St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, and Sheep-dogs, Lord Garvagh and 

 Mr. E. Hanbury ; Otter-hounds, Harriers, and Beagles, Mr. J. 

 Walker ; All other Varieties, including Foreign Non-Sporting Dogs, 

 Messrs. Charles Collins and John Percival. 



The Sporting Classes were mostly well filled, some of them 

 exceptionally so, as will appear from the following figures : 114 Fox- 

 terriers, including 35 dogs and 68 bitches, in the open classes 

 something like competition ! 104 Pointers (divided by sex and 

 and weight), 35 English Setters, 38 Gordon Setters, and a small lot 

 of Irish Setters, 29 Curly-coated and 20 other Retrievers, and 76 

 Spaniels of all kinds. 



In the Non-Sporting Classes some of the entries were excellent, 

 amongst them 20 Mastiff dogs and 9 bitches, 13 Newfoundlands, 18 

 Sheep-dogs, 19 Bull-dogs and 23 Bull-terriers, 16 White English 

 Terriers, and 23 Black-and-tan Terriers may be mentioned, though 

 most of the classes for Toys were respectably represented. 



Of course, all the figures given mean separate dogs, not entries 

 merely, as there were no facilities for entering one dog in a number 

 of classes in those days, or the total entry would look much 

 larger. 



The only other important show in this year of which I have found 

 any record was the Ninth Annual Manchester, held at the Zoological 

 Gardens, commencing December i7th, 1869, with an entry of 400, 

 the staff of judges being the following: Sporting Dogs Blood- 

 hounds, Pointers, Setters, Spaniels, Retrievers, Deer-hounds, Puppies, 

 etc., Messrs. W. Brailsford, W. Chouler, and John Douglas. Non- 

 Sporting Dogs Terriers, Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, etc., Messrs. J. 

 Monsey and A. George ; St. Bernards, Mastiffs, and Fox-terriers, 

 Messrs. A. George, Douglas, Brailsford, Monsey, and Chouler. 



Pointers, Setters, and Retrievers were the best filled amongst the 

 Sporting Classes. Mastiffs, Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, Black-and-tan 

 Terriers, and Fox-terriers were by far the largest classes amongst the 



