298 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



S. E. Shirley, M.P., and C. Collins ; Skyes, Dandies, Bedlingtons, 

 Broken and Wire-haired Terriers, Mr. J. Nisbet. 



Amongst Sporting Dogs the largest entry was in Pointers, which 

 were divided into Large, Medium, and Small, and provided with 

 twelve classes; next came Setters, Retrievers, and Spaniels, all 

 good ; with small entries in the others, except Fox-terriers, which 

 were fairly good, but Smooth-coated only. 



Mastiffs, St. Bernards, Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, Black-and-tans, 

 Skyes, and Toys were the best filled in the Non-Sporting Classes. 



On December 26th and 27th, 1872, the Twelfth Annual Show was 

 held in the Zoological Gardens, Manchester, with an entry of 518. 



The judges appointed to officiate were : Sporting Breeds, Messrs. 

 W. Lort and J. A. Handy ; Non-Sporting Breeds, Messrs. J. Monsey, 

 Robert Fulton (so well known also amongst the Pigeon Fancy), and 

 C. T. Fisher. 



Pointers, Setters, and Retrievers mustered well, Setters and Fox- 

 terriers coming next in numbers, followed by Spaniels and others. 



Mastiffs were the largest classes of Non-Sporting, with Black-and- 

 tan Terriers and Scotch Terriers (cropped and uncropped) next in 

 order, and small entries in most of the other varieties and Toys. 



On February 26th, 27th, 28th, and March ist, 1873, the Third 

 Dog Show was held in the Burnbank Drill Hall, Glasgow, when they 

 had 600 entries, and Mr. H. Martin acted as secretary. 



The judges whose names appeared in catalogue were Messrs. W. 

 Lort, S. Handley, John Douglas, J. Miller, and J. Duncan. 



Pointers, Setters, Retrievers, Spaniels, and Fox-terriers were by 

 far the largest entries in the Sporting Classes. 



In Non-Sporting Varieties Sheep-dogs, Bull-terriers, Black-and-tans, 

 Skyes, Dandies (with Melrose, Shem, Cloudie, and Lucy Bertram all 

 " in the money "), and Toy Terriers were all well-filled classes, the 

 other varieties having a scanty following, but still not without typical 

 representatives in most of them. Some of the classes at this show 

 were confined to exhibitors in Scotland. 



