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in one day and, on some occasions, in one large field, than our present- 

 day sportsmen would see in a week in this country in the ordinary 

 way). There was a good muster of Pointers, Setters (particularly the 

 native variety), and Retrievers (with Mr. S. E. Shirley, M.P., well in 

 front in the Wavys, the first occasion I have noticed his name in 

 connection with them); and Irish Water-spaniels (but not other sorts) 

 were well represented with such names as Messrs. Skidmore, Doyle, 

 Morton, Boyle, and Captain Arbuthnot. There was a good entry 

 of Fox-terriers, with the names of Messrs. Shirley, Bassett, Mendel, 

 and Captain Howley all in the winning list ; while Bull-dogs and 

 Bull-terriers were well supported by Mr. Shirley and others ; and most 

 of the prizes in Sheep-dogs and Smooth Terriers fell to Mr. H. Lacy. 

 There were small entries in most of the others, the name of Mrs. 

 Foster being prominent amongst Broken-haired Terriers and Rough- 

 coated Toy Terriers, as it has so often been since. 



The Second Annual Scottish National Exhibition of Sporting 

 and Fancy Dogs, held in the Burnbank Drill Hall, Glasgow, on 

 February 27th, 28th, and 2Qth, 1872, under the management of 

 Mr. H. Martin, secured an entry of 719. 



The judges appointed were the following : Messrs. S. E. Shirley, 

 M.P. (the first mention of his acting in such a capacity of which 

 I have found notice), W. Lort, J. Barrow, J. Scott, and G. Dart. 



In the Sporting Division the largest entries seem to have been 

 made in Fox-terriers (divided into Smooth and Rough or Wiry- 

 haired, with Mr. J. H. Murchison strongly in evidence), Pointers, 

 Setters, Retrievers, Spaniels, and Otter-hounds, in which last the late 

 Mr. J. C. Carrick took all the prizes; but the Rev. J. Gumming 

 Macdona and Mr. J. Shorthose were well amongst the Pointers 

 and Setters. 



The Non-Sporting Classes were just fair all through, perhaps the 

 best entries being in Skyes, Dandies (with Shamrock and Harry 

 Bertram amongst them), Toy-terriers (Rough and Smooth), and 

 Variety Classes under 14 Ib. and over 20 Ib. in weight. 



This was followed on May 7th, 8th, and 9th, 1872, by the 

 Second Annual Scottish Metropolitan Exhibition of Sporting and 

 Fancy Dogs, held in the Hall of the Royal Gymnasium, Edin- 

 burgh, under the management of Mr. John Douglas, and with Mr. 

 J. M. D. Brown as secretary, when an entry of 631 was obtained. 



The judges on this occasion were : Messrs. S. E. Shirley, M.P., 

 W. Lort, S. Handley, F. Somnerj and J. Nisbet. 



Amongst Sporting Classes the best filled were Pointers, Setters, 



