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Vicary ; and in Rough Toys Messrs. A. Boulton and R. Greenwood. 

 Foreign Dogs produced the usual miscellaneous collection. There 

 were twelve entries in Sporting Puppies, the winners being Messrs. 

 Mapplebeck and J. T. Richardson; and in an entry of thirteen 

 Non-Sporting Puppies the prizes were taken by Mr. W. R. Bryant 

 (with Pugs), Mr. W. W. Thomson (with Collies), and Mr. W. J. 

 Everard (with Mastiffs). 



The Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Sporting and other Dogs 

 was held in Curzon Hall, Birmingham, on December 3rd, 4th, 5th, 

 and 6th, 1877, when an entry of 1,000 was obtained. 



The following were the appointed judges : for Pointers, Viscount 

 Combermere and Messrs. T. L. Brewer and C. E. Lewis ; Blood- 

 hounds, Mastiffs, and St. Bernards, Mr. E. Hanbury ; Deer-hounds 

 and Greyhounds, Mr. S. Mallaby ; Otter-hounds, Harriers, Beagles, 

 Dachshunds, Dalmatians, and Foreign Non-Sporting, Mr. J. Fisher; 

 Setters, Rev. R. O'Callaghan and Mr. C. G. Ross; Retrievers, 

 Mr. W. Lort and Colonel J, J. Allison; Spaniels, Major Willett, 

 Rev. A. L. Willett, and Mr. C. B. Hodgson; Fox-terriers, 

 Rev. C. Legard and Mr. W. Cropper ; Newfoundlands, Messrs. 

 W. Lort and M. Smith ; Sheep-dogs, Mr. W. Lort ; Bull-dogs and 

 Bull-terriers, Messrs. J. Taylor and Percival ; Smooth Terriers, 

 Black-and-tan and Yorkshire Terriers, Pugs, Pomeranians, Maltese, 

 Italian Greyhounds, Toy Spaniels, and Toy Terriers, Messrs. M. 

 Hedley and P. Eden ; Skyes, Dandies, Bedlingtons, Wire-haired 

 and Broken-haired Terriers, Messrs. Nisbet and Parker. Secretary, 

 Mr. G. Beech. 



In the two classes for Blood-hounds the prizes were taken by 

 Mr. E. Bird's Brutus, Mr. L. G. Morrell's Rollo (who gave the title 

 to the shield afterwards presented by his owner for this variety, and 

 which has been such a coveted trophy), Mr. J. C. Tinker's Dido 

 (a well-known winner then under nine months old) and Mr. T. 

 Hutchings, jun.'s Bridesmaid. 



Mr. Chaworth-Musters was first in each class of Deer-hounds, 

 which contained thirty entries between them, with Torunn and 

 Brenda, other winners being Messrs. H. Fitt and H. P. Parker. 



Greyhounds had about twenty entries in the two classes, the 

 winners being Messrs. Waddington, Gill, Edwards, T. Kirby, J. S. 

 Prince, and Hollingsworth. 



Mr. J. C. Carrick, M.O.H., was alone in Otter-hounds. 



In Harriers Messrs. J. S. Gibson and C. D. Everett took all the 

 prizes. 



