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others. All the Toy varieties were poorly patronised ; in some of 

 them there were no entries. 



I have not found record of any important show until what was 

 called the First Grand Exhibition of Sporting and other Dogs, held 

 at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on June 2ist, 22nd, 23rd, and 

 24th, 1870, under the management and secretaryship of Mr. G. H. 

 Nutt, when the following acted as judges, but no particular varieties 

 are assigned to them in the details I have obtained : Mr. S Mallaby, 

 Rev. T. Pearce, Colonel Goodlake, Messrs. J. Walker (Halifax), 

 W. Lort, J. Sykes, J. A. Handy, Edgar Hanbury, L. Leigh 

 Pemberton, Captain Gamier, Messrs. S. Handley, J. Barren, and 

 W. Foord. The entry was 895. 



The Sporting Classes generally were well filled, particularly those for 

 Blood-hounds, Pointers, all varieties of Setters, Retrievers, Spaniels, 

 Greyhounds, Deer-hounds, and Fox-terriers, still confined to Smooth- 

 coated. 



In the Non-Sporting Division Mastiffs, St. Bernards, Newfound- 

 lands, Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, and Black-and-tan Terriers were the 

 largest classes : but the other varieties of Terriers and Toys were 

 fairly representative, perhaps Toy Terriers, Smooth and Broken- 

 haired, being the best filled. 



The next important show, I find, was the Eleventh Annual Show 

 in Curzon Hall, Birmingham, on November 28th, 29th, and 3oth, 

 and December ist, 1870, when the following were appointed as 

 judges : for Pointers and Clumber Spaniels, Messrs. G. Moore and 

 C. E. Lewis ; Blood-hounds, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Foreign 

 Sporting Dogs, and Large-sized Foreign Non-Sporting Dogs, Mr. Edgar 

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

 terriers, Rev. T. O'Grady, Messrs. J. Walker (Halifax) and J. 

 Walker (Wrexham) ; Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, Mr. S. Mallaby ; 

 Setters, Retrievers, and Spaniels, Messrs. W. Lort and J. Walker 

 (Halifax) ; Harriers, Beagles, and Otter-hounds, Mr. J. Walker 

 (Wrexham) ; Dandie Dinmont and Bedlington Terriers, Messrs. 

 Collins and Lort ; Other Varieties, Messrs. J. Percival and C. 

 Collins. The entries amounted to 864. 



As usual at these shows, the Sporting Classes were much the 

 larger, and of these Blood-hounds, Pointers, Retrievers, Setters, 

 Spaniels, and Fox-terriers were the best patronised. 



In the Non-Sporting Classes Mastiffs, St. Bernards, Bull-dogs, 

 Bull-terriers, and Black-and-tan Terriers were well filled, and there 

 was a fair sprinkling throughout the rest. 



