CHAPTER XI 



1876 (continued); Bull-dog Show at Alexandra Palace; Shows 

 at Burton'on'Trent, Blaydon, "Wigan, Darlington, Cork, 

 Manchester, Brighton, and Bristol 



THE First Annual Show of Bull-dogs only was held at the Alexandra 

 Palace, London, on June i4th and i5th, 1876, with Mr. Harry 

 Lay ton as manager and Mr. H. Smith secretary, when an entry of 

 75 was obtained. 



Mr. J. W. Berne was the appointed judge. 



The chief winners were Messrs. Joyce's Bacchus, Layton's Master 

 Gully, Vero Shaw's Sepoy, Sixpence, and Sting, Sabin's Bismarck, 

 Verrinder's Whuskee and Gordon Murray, Harding Cox's Fagin, 

 Bowman's Draco, Hawkridge's Young Saul, Miller's Venom, and 

 R. Nichols's Nell. 



The Third Annual Show of Sporting and other Dogs was held at 

 Burton-on-Trent on June 28th, 1876, under the management of Mr. 

 C. Leedham, with an entry of 291. 



The judges were the following : Rev. G. F. Hodson, Messrs. 

 W. Lort and G. H. Allsopp. 



Fox-terriers were far and away the best-filled classes in the show, 

 most of the prizes being won by dogs owned by Messrs. Jack Terry, 

 Southwell, Tyler, T. Brown, Hustwayte, Riley, T. Wootton, S. W. 

 Smith, Lewis, and Carr. Pointers had one class, with Messrs. 

 Arkwright and T. Brown dividing the prizes. Setters had two classes, 

 with Messrs. Coath and S. Mill " in the money " in Gordons. In 

 Other Varieties (Setters) Mr. S. E. Shirley was first with Rock, 

 followed by Messrs. Alderson and Brandreth. In Retrievers Mr. 

 Shirley's Thorn took a leading place, followed by Messrs. Richards 

 and Large. In the one class for Greyhounds the winners were 

 Messrs. R. W. Abbott, J. S. Prince, and S. Sanson. The winners 

 in Spaniels were Messrs. Brandreth and Southwell. 



St. Bernards and Newfoundlands had very few entries. Mastiffs 



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