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Her Majesty Queen Alexandra (then Princess of Wales), the Duchess 

 of Hamilton, Mr. J. Pratt (with his well-known Piper), and others. 

 In Dandies Mr. J. Locke (with Doctor), Mr. Wardlaw Reid (with 

 Grip), and Mr. W. Dorchester took all the prizes in both classes. 

 Bedlingtons had Mr. J. J. Pickett clearing all the money. Dachs- 

 hunds had the chief winners from the kennels of His Majesty King 

 Edward VII. (then Prince of Wales), the Duke of Hamilton, and Rev. 

 G. F. Lovell. There were small entries in most of the Toy varieties, 

 the best being in Pugs, where the late Mrs. Bligh Monck and the 

 late Mr. J. H. Lock took several prizes ; and the former was also 

 a winner in Yorkshire Terriers. Maltese contained the well-known 

 names of Giffard and Mandeville. I omitted to say there was 

 a very good entry of St. Bernards, in which Mr. F. Gresham 

 took some of the best of the prizes with his Monk, Hector, 

 Dagmar, and Abbess, all well-known winners, which would take 

 some consideration to-day, other winners being Her Majesty Queen 

 Alexandra (then Princess of Wales), Miss Aglionby (who was such 

 a successful exhibitor of Mastiffs), and others. Mastiffs were good 

 classes, having such well-known names amongst their owners as 

 Messrs. E. Hanbury, E. Nichols, Major Arbuthnot, Miss Aglionby, 

 Messrs. E. Portier, and O. Green, all of whom were zealous 

 supporters and successful breeders of this grand variety at that 

 time. 



On June i5th, i6th, lyth, and i8th, 1875, ^ e Fourth Annual 

 Scottish Metropolitan Exhibition of Sporting and Fancy Dogs was 

 held in the Royal Gymnasium, Edinburgh, with Mr. John Douglas 

 as manager, and Mr. J. M. D. Brun, secretary. The entries amounted 

 to 450. 



The judges were few, but all well-known men, being Messrs. W. 

 Lort, S. Handley, and J. Nisbet. 



Blood-hounds read like they do sometimes at the present 

 day, as all the principal prizes fell to Mr. Edwin Brough. Pointers, 

 over 55 and under 55 lb., had most of the money divided 

 between Messrs. J. Fletcher, J. Shorthose, and J. Henderson. 

 Setters had the two last-named exhibitors in the prize list, as 

 well as Messrs. McVian, W. Wilson, and Mason. Retrievers 

 were not grand, the Wavies the bent of the two. Spaniels were 

 small in number, the chief prizes tailing to Messrs. J. Fletcher 

 and Shorthose. 



Sheep-dogs were remarkable for the award of six prizes in 

 the one class provided, and for the appearance of several 



