302 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



of the Fox-terriers of the past as any one you could meet with in a 

 long day's walk. 



The next show of importance I am able to trace was held in the 

 Curzon Hall, Birmingham, on December ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1873, 

 with an entry of 944. 



The judges officiating were the following : Pointers, Messrs. T. 

 Llewellin Brewer, E. Lewis, and Colonel Welfitt ; Blood-hounds, 

 Mastiffs, and Sheep-dogs, Mr. M. B. Wynn ; St. Bernards and 

 Newfoundlands, Rev. J. Gumming Macdona ; Deer-hounds and 

 Greyhounds, Mr. S. Mallaby; Setters and Retrievers, Messrs. S. E. 

 Shirley, M.P., and W. Lort ; Otter-hounds, Harriers, and Beagles, 

 Mr. J. Walker (Wrexham) ; Fox-terriers, the Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam 

 and Mr. J. Walker (Wrexham) ; Bull-dogs, Dalmatians, Bull-terriers, 

 Black-and-tan and Smooth Terriers, and Large Non-Sporting Foreign 

 Dogs, Messrs. Charles Collins and Peter Eden ; Skyes, Dandies, 

 Bedlingtons, Broken- and Wire-haired Terriers, Mr. James Nisbet ; 

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

 Terriers, and Small Non-Sporting Dogs, Mr. John Percival. 



Sporting Classes generally were well filled, the largest entry being 

 in Pointers (with the names of Whitehouse, Lloyd Price, and 

 Arkwright well in front). Setters came up well, supported by such 

 exhibitors as Messrs. R. Purcell-Llewellin, Lloyd Price, J. Fletcher, 

 Major Cowen, and others ; also Retrievers of both varieties ; and all 

 kinds of Spaniels, with Mr. Skidmore, Rev. A. L. Willet, Messrs. 

 P. Bullock, W. W. Boulton, Captain the Hon. W. Arbuthnot, and 

 Mr. W. S. Holmes, amongst the winners. 



This is the first show where I have noticed Dachshunds provided 

 with a classification, the winners belonging to the Hon. G. W. Lascelles 

 and Mr. John Fisher, who wrote an interesting account of the breed 

 in a book on Dogs I have read. 



The Non-Sporting Classes also came up well, the largest being 

 Mastiffs (with Mr. E. Hanbury well in front), St. Bernards (in 

 which my friend Mr. F. Gresham took most of the prizes in 

 Smooths), Bull-dogs (with Messrs. F. Adcock, F. Lamphier, and 

 D. Parsley " in the money "), Bull-terriers (with Messrs. Yardsley, 

 Godfree, and others as winners), Black-and-tan and Smooth Terriers 

 (with Messrs. H. Lacy, R. Taylor, and P. Swindell fairly in it), 

 and Skyes (supported by Messrs. A. Boulton and J. Bowman) ; and 

 a good few entries in most of the other classes for Toys and Pet 

 Dogs, and a fair assortment of the several Large and Small varieties 

 of Foreign Dogs. 



