CHAPTER XVIII 

 1878 (continued); Show at Crystal Palace, Sydenham 



THE Kennel Club held their Eleventh Exhibition of Sporting and 

 other Dogs at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on July 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 

 and 5th, 1878, under the management of Mr. John Douglas, and 

 with an entry of 1,057. 



The following were the judges appointed to act upon the 

 occasion : for Mastiffs, Newfoundlands, and Sheep-dogs, Mr. E 

 Hanbury : St. Bernards, Deer-hounds, Dalmatians, Foreign Dogs, 

 Dachshunds, and Pomeranians, Rev. G. F. Lovell and Mr. W. 

 Lort; Pointers, Mr. J. H. Whitehouse; Greyhounds, Mr. Warwick; 

 Blood-hounds, Setters, and Retrievers, Rev. T. Pearce ; Spaniels, 

 Major Willett and Rev. A. L. Willett ; Fox-terriers and Wire-haired 

 Terriers, Hon. T. W. Fitzwilliam and Mr. W. Allison ; Bull-dogs and 

 Toy Spaniels, Mr. J. W. Berrie ; Bull, Black-and-tan, and Smooth 

 Terriers, Mr. G. F. Godfree; Poodles, Captain the Hon. Fulke 

 Greville ; Dandies, Skyes, Irish, Bedlington, Yorkshire, Maltese, and 

 Toy Terriers, Pugs, and Italian Greyhounds, Mr. H. Dalziel. 



Blood-hounds mustered fairly well with twenty-seven entries in 

 three classes. Mr. E. Bird's Brutus won in Open Dogs, followed by 

 Mr. Morrell's Rollo and Mr. Mark Beaufoy's Merton. The order in 

 Bitches was Mr. Tinker's Dido and Mr. Ray's Mona and Baroness, 

 and his Duchess won in Puppies. 



In Mastiffs, with forty-four entries in four classes, Mr. F. G. 

 Banbury's typical dark brindled Wolsey took the champion prize over 

 Nero, Argus, and The Shah. In Open Dogs Mr. Mark Beaufoy's 

 Beau was in front, with Mr. J. Auld's Benmore and Rev. de Castro's 

 Stanley next in order. In Open Bitches Mr. T. W. Allen won with 

 Creole, followed by Dr. Forbes Winslow with Nina, and Mr. Edwin 

 Brough with Thekla. In Dog Puppies Mr. Hampson won with Lion, 

 and Mr. Edwin Nichols with Lady in Bitch Puppies. 



St. Bernards had nearly seventy entries in eight classes. The 

 champion prize jn Dogs wa. awarded to Rev. G. A. Sneyd's Hector 



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