310 Dog Shows and Doggy People 



entries, shown for the most part by persons not then known in 

 this country. 



On November 3oth and December ist, 2nd, and 3rd, 1874, the 

 Fifteenth Dog Show was held in Curzon Hall, Birmingham, with 

 a large entry and the following judges : Pointers, Viscount Comber- 

 mere and Mr. C. E. Lewis ; Blood-hounds, Major Cowen ; Mastiffs, 

 Mr. M. B. Wynn ; Sheep-dogs, Messrs. Matthias Smith and J. 

 Percival ; St. Bernards and Newfoundlands, Rev. J. C. Macdona ; 

 Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, Mr. S. Mallaby ; Setters and Foreign 

 Sporting Dogs, the Hon. R. C. Hill and Mr. W. Lort ; Spaniels, 

 Rev. A. L. Willett and Captain Willett; Retrievers, Messrs. S. E. 

 Shirley, M.P., and R. B. Moore ; Dachshunds and Foreign Non- 

 Sporting Dogs, Mr. J. Fisher ; Otter-hounds, Harriers, and Beagles, 

 Mr. J. Walker (Wrexham) ; Fox-terriers, Messrs. J. Walker and 

 P. Eden ; Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, Black-and-tan and Smooth- 

 haired Terriers, Messrs. C. Collins and J. Percival ; Skyes, Dandies, 

 Broken-haired, Bedlington, and Wire-haired Terriers, Messrs. J. 

 Nisbet and J. Fisher ; Pomeranians, Pugs, and all Toys, Messrs. 

 Matthias Smith and Matthew Hedley. 



In Blood-hounds Messrs. Brough, Ray, and Pott took all the 

 prizes in a good entry. In Deer-hounds Messrs. Hickman, 

 Chaworth-Musters, and Parker were chief winners. In Grey- 

 hounds Messrs. Hemming and Sharpies were most successful. In 

 Otter-hounds Mr. J. C. Carrick cleared the board ; Mr. C. D. 

 Everett did the -like in the Harrier classes. In a large entry of 

 Pointers many well-known kennels, besides those of Messrs. 

 Whitehouse and Arkwright, were represented. Setters filled well, 

 the least in number being the Irish, with Messrs. Purcell-Llewellin, 

 Neville, C. B. Hodgson, and Major Cooper amongst them. There 

 was a large lot of Retrievers, well supported by Messrs. J. W. Morris, 

 How, J. Bishop, J. D. Gorse, Hemming, and J. Andrews. Spaniels 

 were numerous and representative, chief winners owned by Messrs. 

 J. Fletcher, Skidmore, W. S. Holmes, P. Bullock, H. B. Spurgin, 

 and W. W. Boulton. Dachshunds contained the name of Rev. G. F. 

 Lovell as one of the exhibitors, so well afterwards known as an 

 authority on this and other breeds. 



In Non-Sporting, better supported than usual at this show, 

 Mastiffs mustered well, also St. Bernards, the former with Messrs. E. 

 Hanbury, J. El well, and Edwin Nichols "in the money." The other 

 good classes were Bull-dogs (with Messrs. Adcock, Dawes, Henshall, 

 and T. Taylor chief winners) and Bull-terriers, over and under 20 Ib. 



