THE RETRIEVERS. 



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and there were good specimens of almost 

 e\'er\- description, game and Xcwfotindland, 

 curl}- coated and wavy coated ! " In the 

 champion class the late Mr. S. E. Shirlej-'s 

 well-kno\\Ti Paris (k.c.s.b., 1839) got a 

 special prize. Paris was by Lion {alias 

 Hercules) out of Bess — both imported 

 Labradors. 



Even in " Cassell's Illustrated Book of 

 the Dog " (1881), Mr. ^'ero Shaw, in dealing 



had rare facilities for importing Labradors, 

 and through him many others were supplied. 

 I am not aware of any dog of consequence 

 to the breed having been imported in recent 

 years. Without the assistance of shows 

 or imported blood, however, they have sur- 

 vived marvellously, thanks especially to 

 the kennels of such breeders as the Dukes of 

 Buccleuch and Hamilton, the Earl of Veru- 

 1am, Lords Wimborne, Home, and Malmes- 



GROUP OF LABRADORS. 



THE PROPERTY OF THE HON. 



Photograph by C. ReU, Wiihaa. 



A. HOLLAND HIBBERT. 



with Retrievers on p. 419, speaks of Lab- 

 rador and Newfoundland in con\ertible 

 terms ! 



As Poole — the south — so Shields on the 

 " coaly Tyne " supplied the north, and 

 Labradors were certainly well known as 

 sporting dogs in Northumberland in the 

 ' fifties — probably earlier. Mr. Joseph Job- 

 ling, of Morpeth, a well-known authority in 

 his day, who not only owned the winning 

 Setter at the first dog show in 1859, but 

 who was one of the judges for Pointers, was 

 much interested in shipping at Shields. He 



bury, the Hon. A. Holland Hibbert, Sir 

 Savile Crossley, Mr. F. P. Barnett, Mr. C. 

 Liddell, Mr. O. L. Mansel, and others 

 equally enthusiastic. 



To the Duke of Buccleuch's kennel, under 

 the able management of Mr. John Bell, 

 we are probably more indebted in the 

 last twenty years than to any other. Its 

 foundation was laid in two bitches by a 

 dog of the Duke of Hamilton's from a bitch 

 of Lord Malmesbury's. At Drumlanrig, as 

 well as on the Duke's other estates, they 

 have been most particular in preserving the 



