Dachshunds found Mr. Enoch Hutton and Rev. G. F. Lovell both so long afterwards interested in them, amongst the winners Mastiffs had a good entry, the chief winners being Major Arbuthnot, Messrs. J. Hartley, T. W. Allen, Broomhall, and Dobson. In St. Bernards Mr. F. Gresham took all the best prizes with his grand team, Messrs. Walker, Littler, and Tufft being other winners. Newfoundlands were not well supported. Sheep-dogs were an average lot, with Messrs. Bevan, Welby, Strickland, Digby, and Bradbury "in the money." Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers were large classes, in the former Mr. Vero Shaw had several winners, and in the latter Messrs. Boyce, Yardley, Davis, R. Evans, C. Darby, Miller, J. Terry, and E. Burley were all in the prize list. In Black-and-tan Terriers Mr. J. Martin took most prizes, followed by Mr. J. Gutteridge. Dandies found Mr. Locke and Rev. Tennison-Mosse taking leading places in both classes. Bedlingtons" were a gift to Mr. J. J. Pickett. All the other varieties were small collections.

At the Artillery Barracks, Hull, a dog show was held on October 9th, 10th, nth, and 12th, 1875, when an entry of 480 was obtained.

The judges appointed were: Messrs. W. Lort and S. Handley, with Mr. W. Foster (Carlisle) for Dandies only.

Blood-hounds and Deer-hounds were small classes. Greyhounds were better, with the help of Messrs. Sharpies, Coultas, Bearpark, Elwis, and Lister. Pointers found the chief winners Messrs. F. S. Arkwright, Shorthose, Stott, and W. H. Walker. Setters had the prizes divided amongst Messrs. J. Fletcher, T. B. Bowers, Major Cowen, and Mr. Lloyd Price. Retrievers were mainly represented in the prize list by Messrs. J. W. Morris, S. E. Shirley, M.P., E. Ellis, and C. A. Bayliss. Spaniels were large and good classes, the chief winners being Messrs. Langdale, Bowers, Fletcher, P. Bullock, W. Allison, W. W. Boulton, and W. S. Holmes. Fox-terriers had good support, most of the winners being supplied by Messrs. Shepherd, Fletcher, Allison, Brochner, Easten, Sumner, Kirby, Lacy, and Beecroft. In Any other Sporting Variety I notice here, for the first time, Mr. F. Adcock's Harlequin Great Dane Satan, who afterwards acquired such undesirable notoriety for his un-amiable qualities, and was always shown muzzled, even on the bench!

In Mastiffs Rev. W. J. Mellor, Miss Aglionby, and Messrs. Hartley and Shaw took the best prizes. In St. Bernards Mr. F. Gresham was well to the front. In Sheep-dogs Messrs. Lacy, Jubb, Crowcroft, and H. Dalziel were chief winners. Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers filled badly. Black-and-tan Terriers, over and under 11 lb., were a good lot, most of the money going to Messrs. H. Lacy and G. Wilson: and the same with Smooth Terriers to Messrs. Roocroft and Wilson. Skyes found Mr. A. Boulton well amongst them. Dandies were repre sented by historic names and dogs, Rev. Tennison-Mosse's Shamrock and Schann, Messrs. Newcomen's Kilt and Alic, Brough's Toper, and Locke's Gyp being all in the prize list. Mrs. M. A. Foster was well to the fore in the Toy varieties, with Miss Alderson close behind.

What was called the First Annual Show of Dogs, under the Great National Dog Show Society of Ireland, was held in the Exhibition Palace, Dublin, on November 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 1875, when 451 entries were secured, the judges officiating being the following: Greyhounds and Deer-hounds, Lord Lurgan; Pointers and Setters, Messrs. J. L. Darby, W. Whyte, and W. Jamieson; Blood-hounds, Retrievers, Spaniels, St. Bernards-, Mastiffs, Newfoundlands, Sheepdogs, and Dalmatians, Messrs. J. S. Skidmore, P. Watson, and D. Bellamy; Bull-dogs, Terriers, and remaining classes, Messrs. H. Gibson, E. Armstrong, R. W. Boyle, and R. G. Ridgway. Mr. P. W. Corrigan acted as secretary.

Irish Setters had nine classes, and produced a grand entry, the chief winners being Messrs. Jephson, Nuttall, Bass, Corbet, Brennan, Crosbie, Greenhill, McDougall, O'Brien, O'Connor, Gage, Ruddy, and Brady. English and Gordon Setters were much less in number, Mr. P. Murphy being most successful in the former, and Messrs. Mainsty and Goodbody in the latter. Retrievers found Messrs. French, Scanlan, and Cecil winners amongst the Curlies, and the names of Fitzpatrick, Butler, and Sealey in the Wavy prize list. Spaniels were mostly small classes all round, but best in the Irish Water Class. Greyhounds were fairly representative, Messrs. Saunders, J. Martin, W. Barrett, and T. Nevill being chief winners.

St. Bernards and Mastiffs, as well as Bull-dogs and Dalmatians, were small classes, with nothing striking about them. Newfoundlands filled well, the winners being supplied by Messrs. Lawder, Thomas, Thompson, Carroll, O'Donnell, and others. Sheep-dogs were just fair, with nothing remarkable amongst them. Bull-terriers were decent classes, divided by weight. Irish Terriers had nearly all the prizes taken by Mr. G. Jamieson. Fox-terriers had four classes, the chief prizes going to Messrs. W. Bullock, J. R. Whittle, Rumley, Mallinson, Hardy, Erskine, and Dr. Biddulph. All the others had poor support except Pugs, which mustered well, the winners being owned by Messrs. Meldon and Allan, Miss Stephens, Mrs. Pigott, and Mrs. Tuffnell.

In the Covered Market, at Hanley, a dog show was held on November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1875, when the entries were 217, and the secretary Mr. A. Rylands.

Messrs. J. Walker (Halifax) and W. Lort were the judges.

The largest classes in the show were Fox-terriers and Black-and-tan Terriers. In the former Messrs. Massin, Blimlett, Southwell, C. Jones, and G. H. Warren took most of the prizes; and in the latter Messrs. J. Martin and G. Wilson, with Mr. H. Capewell, took everything. In Bull-terriers Mr. J. Hinks had it nearly all his own way; and in Bull-dogs he and Mr. Anderton divided the honours between them. Pointers, Setters, Spaniels, Retrievers, and Greyhounds had one class each. In Variety over 30 lb. Mr. F. Gresham cleared the board. The other classes call for no comment.

The next show worthy of notice is the Sixteenth Annual Dog Show held in the Curzon Hall, Birmingham, on November 29th and 30th and December 1st and 2nd, 1875, when an entry of 1,000 was secured.

The following were the judges: Pointers, Viscount Comber mere and Mr. J. L. Brewer; Blood-hounds, St. Bernards, and Mastiffs, Mr. E. Hanbury; Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, Mr. S. Mallaby; Setters and Foreign Sporting Dogs, Mr. W. Lort; Spaniels, Messrs. Willett; Retrievers, Messrs. S. E. Shirley, M.P., and R. B. Moore; Dachshunds, Dalmatians, and Foreign Non-Sporting Dogs, Mr. J. Fisher; Otter-hounds, Harriers, and Beagles, Mr. J. Walker (West Gorton); Fox-terriers, Messrs. J. Walker and W. Cropper; Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers, Mr. C. Collins; Skyes, Dandies, and Bedlington and Wire-haired Terriers, Messrs. James Nisbet and J. Fisher; all other varieties not before named, Messrs. J. Percival and M. Hedley.

Blood-hounds, Otter-hounds, Harriers, and Beagles were small entries, but with typical specimens in each. Pointers were very strong, a number of the prizes going to Messrs. J. H. Whitehouse (about seven), Wippell, Brierley, Mason, J. Prior, D. M. Norrish, Oliver, and J. Bishop. English Setters were well represented by Messrs. Whitehouse, Purcell-Llewellin, G. de L. Macdona, Furness, and Sudall; Gordon Setters by Messrs. Mayrick, Neville, Parson, and Webley amongst others; Irish Setters by Messrs. Sandell, Purcell-Llewellin, McHaffie, and others. Retrievers were well supported in both divisions; Messrs. J. W. Morris and E. Ellis being well in front in Curlies, and Messrs. Andrews and Harrison nearly clearing the boards in Wavies. Spaniels found Messrs. Skidmore, Montresor, Holmes, Arbuthnot, P. Bullock, H. P. Charles, Bowers, and Spurgin at the head of affairs.

Mastiffs produced a good entry, in which Messrs. Elwell (with Taurus), Mr. M. B. Wynn (with Peeress), Mr. Banbury (with Wolsey), followed by Messrs. Leigh Pemberton, de Castro, and Hichens, were in the front rank. In St. Bernards Mr. F. Gresham took most of the money, other winners being Messrs. Bowman, Bembridge, Tinker, and Mrs. H. J. Bailey. Newfoundlands and Dalmatians were small classes; but in the latter was a dog called Britton's Captain, which seems to me the same afterwards shown so long by Mr. J. Fawdry, and which was by far the best specimen of the breed I ever saw. Bull-dogs filled well, Messrs. Adcock, Dawes, Parrott, Mayhew, and Wolff being chief winners. Bull-terriers (Large and Small) had good classes, with Messrs. Boyce, Hannan, Burgess, Stanley, Hood, Evans, and J. \V. Gurney all in the prize list. Black-and-tan Terriers were chiefly in the hands of Messrs. H. Lacy and T. Gibbons, and were the best of the remaining classes, which contained small entries for the most part, Mrs. M. A. Foster being well amongst the Yorkshire Terriers, and Mrs. Bligh Monck in the classes for Pugs, Maltese, and Smooth-haired Toy Terriers. Poodles and Toy Spaniels were small entries.