294 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



The last important show that year I have been able to trace 

 was the Eleventh Show in the Zoological Gardens, Manchester, 

 held on December 28th, 29th, and 3oth, 1871. 



The number of entries is not given; and the following list of 

 judges appears small for a large show : Sporting Dogs, Messrs. W. 

 Chouler, M. Jefferson, and Jacques ; Non-Sporting Dogs : Messrs. 

 J. Monsey, E. Owen, and Roue. 



Pointers, Retrievers, and Setters mustered well in the first 

 division, with a sprinkling throughout the other classes. 



Amongst the Non-Sporting appeared a large entry of Fox- 

 terriers, with Messrs. J. H. Murchison, S. E. Shirley, M.P., Allison, 

 Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Luke Turner, all " in the money." 

 Mastiffs were large classes, also Scotch Terriers (not like those 

 now under that name, but more like Yorkshire Terriers with 

 moderate coats, some shown cropped, others uncropped, classes 

 being given for each). Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, and Black-and-tan 

 Terriers were the largest of the others, except Non-Sporting Puppies, 

 which came up well. The popular varieties of the present day, such 

 as Sheep-dogs, Pomeranians, Pugs, and the several Toy breeds were 

 remarkably sparse in their numbers, some having but one or 

 two entries to represent them ; still, I think the Non-Sporting 

 Division was better supported than the other, and contained 

 many names since weH'known in the stud books. But there 

 were not so many " circuit goers " or prizes to be picked up as has 

 since been the case. 



On January i8th, i9th, and 2oth, 1872, was held, in the Ex- 

 hibition Palace, Dublin, with the Hon. J. Massy as President of 

 Committee and Mr. John Douglas as Manager, what was called 

 " The Grand National Dog Show," and which, as far as I have 

 been able to ascertain, really was the first show of importance in 

 connection with dogs held in Ireland up to that time. The entries 

 amounted to 365. 



The judges were two well-known Englishmen of the past, Messrs. 

 William Lort and Sam Handley. 



There seems to have been no divisions of the sections, but 

 Sporting and Non-Sporting Classes mixed, as the catalogue 

 commences with small entries in Mastiffs, St. Bernards, and New- 

 foundlands, then goes on with Blood-hounds, Deer-hounds, and 

 Greyhounds. Of these last there was a good entry (which reminds 

 me of some of my youthful experiences in coursing in the Emerald 

 Isle, where I have seen more hares set on the move by the beaters 



