CHAPTER XII 



1876 (continued): Show at Birmingham* 1877: Shows at 

 Carlisle, Dublin, Lillie Bridge, "Wolverhampton, and 

 New York, ILS JV. 



ON December i4th, i5th, i6th, and i8th, 1876, the Seventeenth 

 Annual Show of Sporting and other Dogs was held in Curzon Hall, 

 Birmingham, with an entry of 1,000. 



The judges appointed to officiate were : Setters, Foreign Sporting 

 Dogs, and Newfoundlands, Mr. W. Lort ; Deer-hounds and Grey- 

 hounds, Mr. S. Mallaby ; Spaniels, Major Willett and Rev. A. L. 

 Willett ; Fox-terriers, Messrs. W. Cropper and John Walker ; 

 Pointers, Viscount Combermere and Mr. T. L. Brewer ; Retrievers, 

 Mr. R. B. Moore; Otter-hounds, Harriers, Beagles, Dachshunds, 

 Dalmatians, and Foreign Non-Sporting Dogs, Mr. John Fisher; 

 Blood-hounds and Mastiffs, Mr. Edgar Hanbury ; St. Bernards and 

 Sheep-dogs, Rev. T. Pearce ; Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers, Mr. James 

 Taylor ; Skyes, Dandies, Bedlingtons, and Broken- and Wire-haired 

 Terriers, Mr. J. Parker ; Black-and-tan, Smooth-haired and Toy 

 Terriers, Pomeranians, Pugs, Maltese, Poodles, and other Toy 

 Breeds, Messrs. M. Hedley and J. Percival. 



Messrs. Bird, E. Nichols, Ray, and Pott took all the prizes in 

 Blood-hounds. Mr. Dundas Everett did the same in Harriers. 

 Otter-hounds and Beagles were poor entries. Deer-hounds, with 

 three classes, had the winners supplied by Messrs. Chaworth-Musters, 

 Fitt, P. Wright, Hickman, and Ford. Greyhounds were a fair lot, 

 the chief prizes going to Messrs. Gill, Lewis, Waddington Sharpies, 

 Sheldon, and Emery. Fox-terriers were well represented by some 

 of the old school Messrs. Fletcher, J. Shepherd, Jack Terry, H. 

 Gibson, Fred. Burbidge, F. J. Astbury, and W. J. Hyde in Smooths, 

 and Messrs. T. Wootton, W. Carrick, A. C. Bradbury, and A. H. Easten 

 in Wire-hairs. Pointers were large and good classes, some well- 

 known exhibitors being represented in the prize list, amongst others 

 Messrs. Wippell, Broomhall, Mason, Champion, Bagnall, Whitehouse, 



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