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were better, the prizes falling to Mr. J. Naylor, Rev. F. W. de Castro, 

 and Mr. E. Brough, who showed Champion Turk. Sheep-dogs were 

 represented by Messrs. Mapplebeck, Jackson, and F. H. Cope ; 

 Bull-dogs by Messrs. Hughes's Gamble and Miller's Venom. The 

 winners in Bull-terriers were Messrs. R. J. Hartley and H. F. Irish. 

 In Black-and-tan Terriers and Smooth Toys Miss H. Alderson took 

 most of the prizes. Pugs found Messrs. Hustwayte and Hacker 

 taking the lead. In Large Variety Class first prizes were given to 

 the Dalmatian Captain (then and long afterwards shown by Mr. J. 

 Fawdry), the Esquimaux Zouave, and the Yorkshire Terrier Mozart, 

 other winners being Messrs. E. C. le Marriott, Mapplebeck, Brandreth, 

 -Tenant, and Jack Terry. 



The Sixth Annual Show of Sporting and other Dogs was held in 

 Stella Park, Blaydon-on-Tyne, on July 25th, 1876, with Major 

 Co wen as hon. secretary, and an entry of 330. 



The following judges were appointed to act : Greyhounds, 

 Sheep-dogs, and Dandies, Mr. M. Hedley ; all other classes, 

 Mr. W. Lort. 



Greyhounds were well-filled classes, the chief winners being 

 Messrs. Sharpies, Dixon, Robson, . Simpson, and M. Brown. 

 Pointers, though not large entries, had some of the right sort shown 

 by Messrs. Fletcher, Arkwright, Shorthose, and Summerson. Setters 

 were fairly well supported by Messrs. J. Fletcher, G. de L. Macdona, 

 Shorthose, Pape, Armstrong, Miss Alderson, Colonel Allison, and 

 Mr. B. Thompson. Messrs. Shorthose and Fletcher took -all the 

 prizes in Spaniels. Messrs. J. W. Morris, Holmes, Fletcher, and 

 W. V. Thompson were the only winners in Retrievers. Fox-terriers 

 had but two classes, in which Messrs. J. Fletcher, Riley, Jardine, 

 Alston, and Proctor took all the money. 



Messrs. Carrick took most of the prizes in Dandies. Dachs- 

 hunds were not numerous, though typical, the winners being owned 

 by Messrs. Temperley, Arkwright, and Ormston. Bedlington Terriers 

 were the largest entries in the show, and the winners belonged 

 to many well-known breeders Messrs. W. Carrick, J. Rutter, 

 T. B. Wall, T. Stoddart, Pickett, Robson, Bennett, Anderson, 

 Batty, Clemitson, Matthews, March, and A. Armstrong. Mastiffs, 

 Bull-dogs, and Bull-terriers, as well as Pugs, were small entries. 

 Sheep-dogs (with the help of Messrs. Jubb, Lacy, Kedder, and 

 A. Wilson), Smooth Terriers, Black-and tan, and others (mainly 

 filled by Messrs. H. Lacy, T. B. Swinburne afterwards well known 

 as an exhibitor and Miss Alderson), were fair classes. Variety 



