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chief winners being Messrs. Sandell, Macdona, McHaffie, Nuttall, and 

 Skidmore. Retrievers were large and good classes, those in the prize 

 list mainly owned by Messrs. J. W. Morris, S. E. Shirley, M.P., 

 Andrews, Harrison, Large, Roberts, and Rev. W. J . Mellor. Spaniels 

 were well represented from the kennels of Messrs. Willett, 

 Montresor, Arbuthnot, P. Bullock, Handy, Bowers, J. Fletcher, 

 Langdale, and Brandreth. Fox-terriers were good classes, warmly 

 supported by Messrs. Fletcher, Shepherd, Allison, J. Terry, Gibson, 

 Luke Turner, Southwell, Redmond, and R. B. Lee. 



Sheep-dogs filled fairly well, most of the prizes going to Mr. S. E. 

 Shirley, M.P. (who showed a grand lot), H.R.H. the then Prince of 

 Wales, and Messrs. H. Lacy and Bagshaw (both well-known breeders 

 at that time). Bull-dogs had a good following, Captain D. Shaw 

 (with Warrior), Messrs. H. Layton's Master Gully, Joyce's Prince 

 Charlie and Bacchus, Rogers's Nell Gwynne, Mayhew's King, Vero 

 Shaw's Sting, and Alexander's Blondin being all in the prize list. 

 Bull-terriers were not large classes, but had such dogs as Boyce's 

 Tarquin and Rose, Pffiel's Puss, and Gurney's Dick II. amongst 

 them. Black-and-tan Terriers found nearly all the prizes going to 

 Mr. H. Lacy, and in Smooth-haired Terriers to Messrs. Matthew and 

 Roocroft. Skyes were chiefly filled by H.R.H. the then Princess of 

 Wales and Messrs. Pratt and Pike. Messrs. Locke and J. C. Carrick 

 had it all their own way in Dandies. In Yorkshires Mrs. Foster cleared 

 the decks ; Mr. Pickett did the same in Bedlingtons. Pugs were well 

 supported by Mrs. Bligh Monck (who took several prizes) and Messrs. 

 Hewlett, Boycott, Garratt, McDonald, Hustwayte, and Faire. Mr. 

 Mandeville and Mrs. B. Monck were chief winners in Maltese 

 Terriers, and the latter in Rough Toys also. The names of Messrs. 

 Berrie, Garwood, and Dawson occur amongst the Toy Spaniel winners. 

 Dachshunds and Pomeranians were few in number. I think here, 

 for the first time, a class was provided for Other than White, in 

 which Mr. Lender took all the prizes. Puppy Classes, Sporting and 

 Non-Sporting, filled well. No others call for particular notice. 



The next show of importance I am able to give details of was 

 held in the Agricultural Hall, Wolverhampton, on January 28th, 29th, 

 and 3ist, 1876, with an entry amounting to 410, and under the 

 secretaryship of Mr. A. Giles. 



The judges were Messrs. W. Lort, S. Handley, and H. Gibson. 



Pointers were very typical, the winners being supplied by Messrs. 

 W T hitehouse, Lloyd Price, J. Bishop, Naylor, and Mosefield. Setters 

 were good, owing to the entries of Messrs. G. Jones, Purcell- 



