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NON-SPORTING CHAMPIONS IN COMPETITION. 
THE WINNING DOG ON THE BOARD 
is CH. SILENT DUCHESS. 
SECTION VI. 
THE DOG'S STATUS, SOCIAL AND LEGAL. 
CHAPTER LXII. 
THE KENNEL CLUB. 
BY E. W. 
“Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men; 
As hounds, and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, 
curs, 
Sloughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves are clepped 
All by the name of dogs; the valued file 
Distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle, 
N June 28th and 2oth, 1859, was 
held, in the Town Hall of Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne, the first dog show ever 
organised under modern conditions; the 
precursor of all succeeding canine ex- 
hibitions and an event which indirectly was 
to lead to the formation of the Kennel Club 
JAQUET. 
The housekeeper, the hunter, everyone 
According to the gift which bounteous nature 
Hath in him closed; whereby he does receive 
Particular attention from the bill 
That writes them all alike: And so of men.” 
—-SHAKESPEARE. 
itself. For the new departure immediately 
“caught on,” and dog shows at once be- 
came so popular that within a very short 
time they were taking place at frequent 
intervals in every part of the country. 
Six years after the Newcastle show— 
viz. on April 18th, 1865—the first trial of 
