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Waddington, Mallinson, and Captain N. W. Johnson ; and in Wire- 

 haired Messrs. Richardson's Bramble and Sting and Lindsay Hogg's 

 Topper. Sporting and Non-Sporting Puppies filled fairly well. 

 Fox-hounds were good and interesting, the chief winners being Sir 

 David Roche, Bart., Lord Waterford, and Mr. Robert Uniacke. 

 Harriers found all the prizes taken by the late Mr. William Shaw, 

 M.P., whose hospitality the writer has often enjoyed. All the other 

 classes were small and unimportant. 



An Exhibition of Hounds, Harriers, and Fox-terriers was held on 

 the Racecourse, Manchester, on August 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th, 1876, 

 under the management of Mr. S. Handley, with Mr. M. H. Chad- 

 wick secretary, and an entry of 90. 



The judges were : Foxhounds, Major Brown and Mr. J. Morgan ; 

 Harriers, Messrs, le G. N. Starkie and C. Speight; Fox-terriers, 

 Messrs. W. Allison and W. Cropper. 



Fox-hounds were a decent entry, with the winners supplied by 

 Messrs. F. Platt, G. F. Statter, and C. W. W r ilson. Messrs. T. 

 Ashton, J. Greenwood, and A. Ashworth took all the prizes in 

 Harriers. Fox-terriers came up well, the winners being mostly well- 

 known exhibitors, amongst whom were Messrs. J. Fletcher (with 

 Rattler and Topsy), Jack Terry (with Nell, Pepper, Wasp, and 

 Pincher), J. H. Murchison (with Vox), R. B. Lee (with Gripper), 

 and Hopkinson (with Model and Picture) ; others were Messrs. W. 

 Carrick, H. Lacy, and Beaumont. Fox-terrier Puppies mustered 

 fairly well, chief prizes going to Messrs. Thackrey, Southwell (with 

 Snap, Shot, and Samphire), J. A. Doyle (the first time I have 

 noticed this since well-known and esteemed exhibitor in the prize 

 list with a Fox-terrier), J. White (with the afterwards well-known 

 Dressmaker), and Jack Terry. It will be seen that, although a 

 small show, there was some "quality" in it. 



The First Exhibition of Sporting and other Dogs was held on the 

 Polo Ground, Brighton, on October 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th, 1876, 

 under the management of Mr. John Douglas, with Mr. G. Reeves 

 Smith as secretary, when an entry of 871 was obtained, and the fol- 

 lowing appointed to judge : Blood-hounds and Bedlington Terriers, 

 Major Cowen ; Greyhounds and Deer-hounds, Rev. G. F. Hodson ; 

 Pointers, English Setters, and Spaniels, Messrs. W. Cropper and W. 

 Lort ; Gordon Setters, Messrs. Lort and Panmure Gordon ; Re- 

 trievers, Mr. R. B. Moore ; Fox-terriers and Wire-haired Terriers, 

 Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam and Rev. T. O'Grady ; Dachshunds, 

 Messrs, W. Lort and W, A very; Sporting Puppies and Foreign 



