CHAPTER VI 



1873 (continued) : Shows at Dublin, Manchester, Edinburgh, 

 Crystal Palace, Nottingham, Birmingham, and Manchester* 

 1874 : Shows at Wolverhampton and Northampton 



ON April i5th, i6th, lyth, and i8th, 1873, a dog show was held 

 in the Exhibition Palace, Dublin, with Mr. John Douglas as 

 manager, Mr. C. S. Morton as secretary, and an entry of 405. 



I have not been able to ascertain who acted as judges, as it does 

 not appear in the catalogue. 



As seemed usual at that time at Irish dog shows, the list begins 

 with Non-Sporting Dogs, of which there were small entries in Mastiffs, 

 St. Bernards, and Newfoundlands, also in Blood-hounds and Deer- 

 hounds. 



There were very good entries in Greyhounds, Pointers, Setters, 

 Retrievers, Fox-terriers, and Spaniels, but rather scanty in all the 

 other varieties, some of which had very few specimens representing 

 them. 



In the same month, on April 2Qth and 3oth and May ist and 2nd, 

 1873, what was called the First Dog Show was held in the Free 

 Trade Hall, Manchester, with Mr. S. Mendell, jun., President, 

 Mr. T. Statter, Vice-President, and Mr. John Douglas, Manager. 



The entry obtained was 742, and the following acted as judges : 

 Pointers, Setters, and Retrievers, Messrs. S. E. Shirley, M.P., and 

 W. Lort ; Fox-terriers, Hon T. W. Fitzwilliam and Mr. S. Handley ; 

 Spaniels, Messrs. T. Burgess and W. Lort ; Bull-dogs, Dalmatians, 

 Bull-terriers, White English Terriers, and Black-and-tan Terriers, 

 Messrs. S. E. Shirley, M.P., and S. Handley ; Mastiffs, St. Bernards, 

 Newfoundlands, and Foreign Dogs, Mr. S. Handley ; Blood-hounds, 

 Greyhounds, Harriers, Bedlingtons, Dandies, and Sheep-dogs, 

 Messrs. W. Lort and S. Handley ; Broken-haired Terriers, Messrs. S. 

 Handley and T. Burgess ; Pomeranians, Pugs, Maltese, Italian 

 Greyhounds, Toy Spaniels, and Toy Terriers, Mr. T. Hughes. 



Sporting Classes had well- filled classes in Pointers, Setters, 



