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acted as secretary, and Mr. John Douglas as manager, and they 

 had an entry of 828. 



The judges were the following: Rev. T. Pearce, Messrs. J. Walker 

 (Halifax), W. Lort, S. Handley, Pool (Dumfries), and Monsey. 



Pointers, Setters (especially English and Gordon), Retrievers, 

 Spaniels, and Fox-terriers were the strongest classes amongst 

 Sporting Dogs, but there were a good many Greyhounds and 

 Deer-hounds. 



In the Non-Sporting Division there was a fair general entry all 

 round, the largest numbers being in St. Bernards, Mastiffs, Bull- 

 terriers, Black-and-tan Terriers, and Bull-dogs ; but most of the 

 best-known varieties had some representatives, the entries in 

 Dandie Dinmont Terriers and Toy Terriers being better than usual 

 at that period. 



The next important show of which I can find record was held 

 on November 2yth, 28th, 29th, and 30th, 1871, at the Curzon 

 Hall, Birmingham, with an entry of 909, and this is the first of the 

 long series since held which seems to have been under the 

 secretaryship of Mr. George Beech. 



The judges appointed were the following : Pointers, Messrs. C. 

 Lewis and J. Brewer ; Blood-hounds, St. Bernards, and Mastiffs, 

 Capt. Gamier ; Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, Mr. S. Mallaby ; 

 Setters, Retrievers, Spaniels, Foreign Sporting Dogs, and Sheep- 

 dogs, Messrs. E. Laverack and W. Lort ; Fox-terriers, Messrs. 

 J. Walker (Wrexham) and H. Gibson ; Otter-hounds, Harriers, and 

 Beagles, Mr. Walker (Wrexham) ; Newfoundlands, Dalmatians, 

 Maltese, Pugs, Pomeranians, Italian Greyhounds, Toy Spaniels, 

 Toy Terriers, and Non-Sporting Foreign Dogs, Messrs. J. Percival 

 and J. Barrow ; Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, Smooth Terriers, and Black- 

 and tan Terriers, Messrs. S. E. Shirley, M.P., and C. Collins; Skyes, 

 Dandies, Bedlingtons, and Broken-haired Terriers, Mr. J. Fisher. 



As usual here, Pointers, Spaniels, Retrievers, Deer-hounds, and 

 Blood-hounds were the largest Sporting Classes, but there was also 

 a good entry of Fox-terriers (Smooth only). 



In the Non-Sporting Classes the best filled were those for 

 Mastiffs (Messrs. E. Hanbury and E. Nichols well in it), St. 

 Bernards (with Rev. J. Gumming Macdona and Mr. F. Gresham 

 amongst the winners), Bull-dogs (with the historic names of 

 Lloyd Price, Lamphier, and Henshall well in the front rank), Bull- 

 terriers, Black-and-tan Terriers, Skyes, and representatives of most 

 of the other varieties in vogue at that time. 



