CHAPTER X 



1875 (continued): Show at Alexandra Palace* 1876: Shows 

 at Wolverhampton, Dublin, Maidstone, Belfast, and Crystal 

 Palace 



THE First Great Exhibition of Sporting Dogs held at the 

 Alexandra Palace, London, was on December i4th, i5th, i6th, 

 and i yth, 1875, with an entry amounting to 1,039. 



The judges appointed were the following : Pointers, Sir T. B. 

 Lennard, Bart., Messrs. R. Lloyd Price and Whitehouse. Setters, 

 Rev. T. Pearce and Mr. F. R. Bevan ; Greyhounds, Mr. W. 

 Cropper ; Spaniels and other Hounds, Rev. T. Pearce and Mr. 

 W. Lort; Retrievers, Messrs. Lort and R. B. Moore; Fox-terriers and 

 Wire-haired Terriers, Messrs. T. Bassett and Cropper ; Blood-hounds, 

 St. Bernards, Mastiffs, Newfoundlands, Deer-hounds, and Extra 

 Classes, Rev. G. F. Hodson and Mr. S. Handley ; Bull-dogs, Messrs. 

 Lloyd Price, J. W. Berrie, and C. Collins ; Dachshunds, Rev. 

 G. F. Lovell ; Puppies, Messrs. Lort and Handley ; Other Classes, 

 Messrs. C. Collins and S. Handley, 



Blood-hounds and Newfoundlands both filled badly. Mastiffs 

 were a grand lot, well supported by such exhibitors as Miss 

 Aglionby, Messrs. E. Hanbury, E. Nichols, Rev. W. J. Mellor, Messrs. 

 C. T. Harris (whose Shah was just coming into notice) and J. Hartley. 

 St. Bernards, too, came up well, and found Mr. F. Gresham taking 

 seven or eight prizes in the Rough, Smooth, and Puppy Classes, 

 with Miss Aglionby and Messrs. Joyce, Field, Seton, and Adams all 

 " in the money." Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, the latter with 

 Mr. Sharpies in front rank, were not large entries. Foreign Dogs 

 found T.R.H. the then Prince and Princess of Wales taking several 

 prizes with canine curiosities. Pointers were well represented by 

 Messrs. Salter, Arkwright, J. Fletcher, Hemming, Walker, Oliver, and 

 E. Bishop. English and Gordon Setters were supported by H.R.H. 

 the then Prince of Wales and Messrs. Hemming, Bowers, Bird, 

 G. de L. Macdona, Coath, and Parsons; Irish Setters were fewer, the 



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