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Mr. Skidmore won with his noted Barney, Mr. Ebdell being second 

 with Wallace. 



Mr. Fletcher won with Flo in Other Water-spaniels. 



Mr. W. Arkwright was first and third in Clumber Dogs and first 

 in Clumber Bitches with his Looby, Lapis, and Peg respectively, 

 Mr. H. B. Spurgin being second in Dogs with Trudge and third in 

 Bitches with Di, and Mr. J. Partlett second in Bitch class with 

 Ruby. 



Mr. T. Jacobs won in Sussex Dogs with the well-known and 

 typical Bachelor, the indomitable Mr. J. Fletcher coming second 

 with Major, and the afterwards noted Guy winning third for Mr. H. 

 Green. In Sussex Bitches some well-known exhibitors took the 

 money, Messrs. Bowers and Arnold being first with Maude, Mr. 

 J. H. Salter second with Change, and Mr. W. W. Thomson (who 

 has always had a soft spot in his heart for Spaniels of different 

 varieties, and won not a few prizes with them in his long exhibiting 

 career) third with Progress. 



In Black Spaniels of both sexes Mr. J. Fletcher's Young Bob won, 

 followed by Mr. W. Avery's Black Douglas and Mr. A. H. Easten's 

 Brush. Mr. J. H. Bonner won with Jet in a class for Black Spaniels 

 under 22 Ib. 



In Any other Variety of Spaniels the awards were : first to Mr. H. 

 B. Spurgin's Flora, second to Mr. R. J. Auld's Bess II. 



A grand lot faced the judge in the Champion Class for Fox-terrier 

 Dogs, in which the redoubtable Buffett was placed first, and the 

 stylish Brokenhurst Joe second (two terriers greatly admired by the 

 writer, and would take some beating to-day). In Champion Fox- 

 terrier Bitches Mr. C. Pilgrim's Akeley Nettle was first and Mr- 

 Fred. Burbidge's beautiful Dorcas second. This class also contained 

 some capital specimens, but Mr. J. H. Murchison's well known Olive 

 was marked " Absent." (The total entries in all classes of Fox- 

 terriers at this show exceeded 150 actual specimens, not, as now, 

 when one dog or bitch may appear in many classes.) In a good 

 class of Small Smooth Open Dogs Mr. J. H. Murchison was first 

 with Tom, Mr. Hopkinson second with Little Buffett, Mr. Ark- 

 wright third with Volo, and Mr. Hayes fourth with Tramp. In a 

 class of twenty-seven Large Open Smooth Dogs the winners were 

 Mr. Tredinnick's Whip, Mr. F. Burbidge's Buff, and Mr. W. R. 

 Shute's Crotchet. In Small Bitches Mr. F. Redmond was first and 

 fourth with Daisy and Deacon Nettle, Mr. Burbidge second with 

 Dainty, and Mr. Hayes third with Mermaid. In Large Bitches the 



