At the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on June 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th, 1876, was held the Annual Exhibition of Sporting and other Dogs, under the management of Mr. John Douglas, when an entry of 1,140 was secured.

The following were the appointed judges: Blood-hounds and Bedlingtons, Major Cowen; Mastiffs and Pointers, Rev. T. Pearce; Setters, Spaniels, Sporting Puppies, Dachshunds, Sheep-dogs, and Foreign Dogs, Mr. W. Lort; Retrievers, Mr. B. Moore; Greyhounds, Mr. Warwick; St. Bernards, Deer-hounds, and Non-Sporting Puppies, Rev. G. F. Hodson; Fox-terriers and Wire-haired Terriers, Mr. T. Bassett; Dandies and Skyes, Mr. James Locke; Dalmatians, Bull-dogs, Bull-terriers, Black-and-tan and Smooth Terriers, Mr. C. Collins; Newfoundlands, Pomeranians, Yorkshire Terriers, Maltese Terriers, Toy Spaniels and Terriers, Mr. John Percival.

Blood-hounds were small classes, with well-known exhibitors in Messrs. Ray, Bird, and Beaufoy. Mastiffs were grand classes, the chief prizes taken by Messrs. C. T. Harris, Portier, Hartley, W. Clowe, Hart, Rawlinson, Broomhall, Banbury, E. Nichols, Lampitt, Gabb, Thomas, Rev. W. J. Mellor, and Miss Aglionby. St. Bernards were full of type and quality, exemplified by Rev. G. A.

Sneyd's Hector, Messrs. Layland's Monastery, Armitage's Oscar, Murchison's Mentor and Fidus, Joyce's Queen Bertha and Queen Bess, Gresham's Shah, Eleanor, and Othman, Miss Aglionby's Jura, and others all being in the prizes. Newfoundlands had three or four well-filled classes, in which the winners came from Messrs. Gowland, Bowman, Huhn, Freeman, and Mrs. Cunliffe-Lee, a lady who afterwards was a well-known and successful exhibitor in the large breeds. Deer-hounds were a small entry for such a show. Greyhounds were representative, Messrs. Sharpies, J. H. Salter, Wadding-ton, Worthington, and H. Haydon taking all the prizes. Foreign Dogs contained a very mixed lot, more so than at the present day, when several then called Foreign Breeds have classes of their own. Pointers were a fine lot in twelve classes, a rare number for any variety in those days, most of the prizes being taken by Messrs. Wippell, Salter, Lloyd Price, Willis, Fletcher, Whitehouse, Sam Price, Barclay-Field, Brewis, Bartram, Arkwright, and McBride. All three varieties of Setters had good entries, and the prize list contained the following as chief winners, Messrs. Laverack, Purcell-Llewellin, G. Jones, Fletcher, B. Field, and Cunnington; J. H. Salter, Parson, Trevithick, the Earl of Yarmouth, and Messrs. Brandreth; Hilliard, Brown, McHaffie, and Jephson. Retrievers found Messrs. J. W. Morris, S. E. Shirley, M.P., Fletcher, Harrison, Large, Britton, Baillie, Cochrane, and Rudge at the head of affairs in a large entry. Messrs. Fletcher, Spurgin, Arkwright, Saxby, Bowers, Brandreth, and Page took most of the prizes offered in the several classes for Spaniels. In a large entry of Fox-terriers many well-known exhibitors were represented in the prize list, amongst others being Messrs. J. Fletcher, Gillett, Alston, J. Terry, R. B. Lee (with Nimrod), Thackrey, Abbott, Whittle, Skinner, H. Gibson, Fred. Burbridge, Hazlehurst, F. Redmond, Southwell, W. Carrick, and Alf. Easten. Sheep-dogs had typical representation by Messrs. Jubb, Simpson, Shirley, Ashwin, Thomson, Mapplebeck, and Charles. Messrs. Dawes, Adcock, Harding Cox, Vero Shaw, and Philip Rust supplied nearly all the winners in the Bull-dog Classes of all weights. Messrs. Vero Shaw and R. J. Hartley took the best of the prizes in Bull-terriers, as Messrs. Lacy and R. Taylor did in Black-and-tan Terriers. Dandies were a good lot from well-known kennels, mostly in the North, except my old Rob Roy, who was second to Rev. Tennison-Mosse's Shamrock. Messrs. Pratt, Hatton, Pike, and Boulton had it all to themselves in the Skye Classes. Several new exhibitors of Dachshunds appeared. Pomeranians were small entries.

Pugs were fairly good, supported by Mrs. Hewlett, Mrs. Bligh Monck, Messrs. Field, Digby, Roycott, and H. Maule (the first time, I think, at a large show). Mrs. B. Monck took all the prizes in Maltese and Rough Toy Terriers; Mrs. Foster did the same in Yorkshires. Puppies were good and typical entries. Toy Spaniels were small but representative, chiefly by Mrs. Forder and Mr. Lee. In Bedlington Terriers Messrs. Stoddart, Foster, Brown, W. Carrick, jun., and T. J. Pickett, supplied all the winners.