256 A BIRMINGHAM DOG SHOW 



The society held their show the latter part of 

 last year at Nottingham, and a very capital show it 

 was, too, and bids fair to be second to none. 



To exhibitors, disappointed or otherwise, I would 

 say, never mind the reports you read in papers as 

 to the merits or demerits of your dogs ; remember 

 that such reports are only the production of one, 

 and that one may know just as much of a dog as 

 he does of the man in the moon. It is amusincr to 

 read the accounts of a show in the different papers. 

 I have very frequently seen every one of them 

 disagree ; one calling a dog a splendid animal ; 

 another, that the said splendid animal was nothing 

 but a cur : so T say, never be disheartened at wdiat 

 the papers may write, and remember the fable of 

 the old man and his ass. 



Curzon Hall has been much enlarged of late 

 years, and it is now not nearly big enough for the 

 number of dogs that are sent. It is a fine building, 

 and eminently adapted for tlie purpose. Walking 

 along the galleries, which are very spacious, you 

 can look over and see all the dogs below and the 

 people as well. 



The entries this year are exactly tliirty-three in 

 advance of 1872. Take it altogether, it is the best 

 entry, as to numbers and quality, they have ever 

 liad. The total entries in the sporting classes were 



