This lady, the wife of Mr. Leonard Crouch, of Heme Bay, has kept dogs as long as she can remember, but for the last five years she has taken up Poodles, with which she has been very successful.

Two of the best she has owned have been:

The Pilot, who attained the rank of champion while in her possession, gaining championship prizes at Birmingham, Royal Agricultural Hall, and the Royal Aquarium, and The Black Coquette, also a champion, who won her title by her championship wins, once at the Crystal Palace and twice at the Royal Agricultural Hall. These are the first two Non-Corded Poodles to attain the rank of champions.

MRS. EVELYN CROUCH.

From photo by C. F. Treble, Brixton Road, S. W.

MRS. CROUCH'S BLACK POODLES CHAMPION THE BLACK COQUETTE.

From photo by Lang Sims, Brixton Road, S.W.

CHAMPION THE PILOT.

From photo by C. F. Treble, Brixton Road, S.W.

All who have seen Mrs. Crouch's dogs at the shows will acknowledge the grand form in which they always appear, and such of my readers as, like the writer, have had practical experience of that beautiful and intelligent variety, will know how much credit is attached to the fact that their fair owner attends to their toilettes, even to the artistic clipping of their coats, and their many and important triumphs, in the best company, is evidence of the workmanlike manner in which it is done.

The portraits herewith are of The Pilot and The Black Coquette, the only two champions amongst Curly-coated Poodles, both the property of Mrs. Crouch.