CHAPTER VII 



1874 (continued) : Shows at Crystal Palace, Manchester, Bedford, 

 Darlington, Nottingham, Hull, Dublin, and Birmingham 



ON June Qth, loth, nth, and i2th, 1874, at the Crystal Palace, 

 Sydenham, was held what was called a National Dog Show, under 

 the management of Mr. John Douglas, with Mr. George Lowe as 

 secretary. 



The entry was the substantial number of 1,187, an d the list 

 of judges comprised the following : Blood-hounds and Mastiffs, 

 Rev. T. Pearce ; St. Bernards, Rev. J. Gumming Macdona ; Deer- 

 hounds, Rev. G. F. Hodson; Pointers, Viscount Combermere, Messrs. 

 R. Lloyd Price and J. Sykes ; Setters (English and Irish), Rev. J. 

 Sergeantson and Mr. F. R. Bevan ; Retrievers, Messrs. W. Lort and 

 R. B. Moore ; Greyhounds, Mr. R. B. Carruthers ; Spaniels, Mr. W. 

 Lort and Rev. G. F. Hodson ; Fox-terriers and Wire-haired Terriers, 

 the Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam and Rev. Jack Russell (quite a name 

 to conjure with in the West of England, and a dear friend of 

 one of my clerical brothers) ; Beagles, Mr. W. Lort ; Sheep-dogs, 

 Messrs. S. Handley and W. Lort; Gordon Setters, Mr. F. R. 

 Bevan and Rev. J. Sergeantson ; Dalmatians and Bull-dogs, Messrs. 

 R. Lloyd Price and S. Handley ; Harriers, Rev. Jack Russell and 

 Lieut. -Colonel Barlow ; Bull-terriers and Smooth-haired English 

 Terriers, Messrs. Handley and Percival ; Bedlingtons, Mr. S. Handley ; 

 Skyes, Rev. J. C. Macdona ; Foreign Dogs and Dachshunds, Baron 

 Schroder; Dandies, Mr. J. Dart; Broken-haired Terriers, Pomera- 

 nians, Toy Spaniels, Toy Terriers, Pugs, and Italian Greyhounds, 

 Messrs. J. Percival and Handley; Puppies, Messrs. W. Lort and 

 S. Handj^y. 



Sporting Dogs mustered well, with grand entries of Pointers 

 (amongst the winners being Mr. S. Price with his Bang, and Mr. 

 J. H. Whitehouse with a host of entries " in the money "), Setters 

 (particularly English and Gordon, with Mr. Laverack and Major 

 Allison taking the cream, and Mr. Purcell-Llewellin well " in the 



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