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Classes, over and under 30 lb., were well supported by a mixed 

 lot of specimens. 



An Exhibition of Sporting and other Dogs was held at Wigan on 

 July 27th, 1876, the judges being the following : Messrs. W. Lort, 

 Frank Adock, and Charles Collins. 



Mastiffs and Newfoundlands were small entries. In Greyhounds 

 Messrs. Sharpies and Kay took all the prizes. Pointers found 

 Mr. J. H. Whitehouse in his usual place, followed by Messrs. 

 Brandreth, Wall, and C. W. Brierley. Setters had two classes, the 

 winners being owned by Messrs. Brandreth, Unwin, Lister, and Tyrer. 

 Retrievers had Messrs. J. W. Morris and Kilby scoring. Fox- 

 terriers were good classes, all the prizes going to Messrs. T. Sharpies, 

 C. R. Leach, R. T. and J. W. Morris, W. Bolton, J. F. Walton, and 

 W. Smethurst. 



Sheep-dogs were represented by three dogs I well remember as 

 the best of their day Messrs. Jubb's Mec and W. W. Thomson's 

 Hero (probably the two best Black-and-tans then ever seen, and 

 great winners everywhere) and Brackenbury's Scot (not large, 

 but a dog of beautiful shape and style, carrying a good coat 

 of peculiar colour, something of a grey, tan, and white, with china 

 eyes, who won many prizes at that time, and took my fancy very 

 much) ; also Captain Walmesley's Gordon. In the four classes for 

 Bull-dogs all the prizes were taken by Mr. G. A. Dawe's King Brum, 

 Dido, Nell, Dainty, Alexander, and King David. Mr. R. J. Hartley, 

 at that time a keen exhibitor, took all the prizes in Bull-terriers. 

 Black-and-tan Terriers, over and under 13 lb., found Messrs. 

 Blenkinsop, Sloane, Mather, Riley, and Hodkinson taking all the 

 money. This was the first time I have noticed " Rabbit Coursing 

 Dogs " shown under the name of " Whippets " at a recorded show, 

 Messrs. Bradley, Caswell, and Unsworth owning all the winners. 

 No other classes here call for remark. 



The day following the foregoing the Annual Exhibition of Sporting 

 and other Dogs was held in Woodside Park, Darlington, on July 28th, 

 1876, with Mr. W. Sewell as secretary, and an entry of 745. 



The following were the judges appointed : Greyhounds, Mr. J. 

 Hutchinson ; Fox-terriers, Mr. W. Cropper ; Blood-hounds, Deer- 

 hounds, Otter-hounds, Beagles, Pointers, and Setters, Mr. W. Lort ; 

 Retrievers, Spaniels, and Sporting Puppies, Mr. J. Douglas ; Mastiffs, 

 St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Sheep-dogs, Dalmatians, Bull-dogs, 

 Bull-terriers, and Black-and-tan, Smooth-haired, Toy, Skye, and 

 Dandie Dinmont Terriers, Mr. S. Handley; Bedlingtons, Poodles, 



