Vicary; and in Rough Toys Messrs. A. Boulton and R. Greenwood. Foreign Dogs produced the usual miscellaneous collection. There were twelve entries in Sporting Puppies, the winners being Messrs. Mapplebeck and J. T. Richardson; and in an entry of thirteen Non-Sporting Puppies the prizes were taken by Mr. W. R. Bryant (with Pugs), Mr. W. W. Thomson (with Collies), and Mr. W. J. Everard (with Mastiffs).

The Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Sporting and other Dogs was held in Curzon Hall, Birmingham, on December 3rd, 4th, 5 th, and 6th, 1877, when an entry of 1,000 was obtained.

The following were the appointed judges: for Pointers, Viscount Combermere and Messrs. T. L. Brewer and C. E. Lewis; Bloodhounds, Mastiffs, and St. Bernards, Mr. E. Hanbury; Deer-hounds and Greyhounds, Mr. S. Mallaby; Otter-hounds, Harriers, Beagles, Dachshunds, Dalmatians, and Foreign Non-Sporting, Mr. J. Fisher; Setters, Rev. R. O'Callaghan and Mr. C. G. Ross; Retrievers, Mr. W. Lort and Colonel J. J. Allison; Spaniels, Major Willett, Rev. A. L. Willett, and Mr. C. B. Hodgson; Fox-terriers, Rev. C. Legard and Mr. W. Cropper; Newfoundlands, Messrs. W. Lort and M. Smith; Sheep-dogs, Mr. W. Lort; Bull-dogs and Bull-terriers, Messrs. J. Taylor and Percival; Smooth Terriers, Black-and-tan and Yorkshire Terriers, Pugs, Pomeranians, Maltese, Italian Greyhounds, Toy Spaniels, and Toy Terriers, Messrs. M. Hedley and P. Eden; Skyes, Dandies, Bedlingtons, Wire-haired and Broken-haired Terriers, Messrs. Nisbet and Parker. Secretary, Mr. G. Beech.

In the two classes for Blood-hounds the prizes were taken by Mr. E. Bird's Brutus, Mr. L. G. Morrell's Rollo (who gave the title to the shield afterwards presented by his owner for this variety, and which has been such a coveted trophy), Mr. J. C. Tinker's Dido (a well-known winner then under nine months old) and Mr. T. Hutchings, jun.'s Bridesmaid.

Mr. Chaworth-Musters was first in each class of Deer-hounds, which contained thirty entries between them, with Torunn and Brenda, other winners being Messrs. H. Fitt and H. P. Parker.

Greyhounds had about twenty entries in the two classes, the winners being Messrs. Waddington, Gill, Edwards, T. Kirby, J. S. Prince, and Hollingsworth.

Mr. J. C. Carrick, M.O.H., was alone in Otter-hounds.

In Harriers Messrs. J. S. Gibson and C. D. Everett took all the prizes.

Beagles were small entries, in which Messrs. H. A. Clark and F. R. Neville took the money.

Fox-terriers produced the grand entry of about 120, Mr. J. Fletcher's leading off in Champions with Rattler, and Mr. J. Wootton the like with Lille. In Large Dogs the winners were Messrs. W. J. Hyde (with Buffett) and J. Slade (with Willie); in Large Bitches, Messrs. W. Hulse (with Nottingham Star) and G. J. Ireland (with Trinket); in Small Dogs, Messrs. J. Fletcher (with Trimmer) and T. Wootton (with Badminton); in Small Bitches, Messrs. Jack Terry (with Bell) and W. Gillett (with Gerty).

Pointers were a grand entry of seventy-five dogs and bitches, not merely entries, as now, and comprised most of the best then living, the Large-sized Champions being Mr. Lloyd Price's beautiful Wagg and Mr. C. H. Mason's Lady Isabel, the Small-sized Champions Mr. J. H. Whitehouse's Cedric and Mr. J. Fletcher's Luna, and the winners in the Open Classes Messrs. T. Sturgeon, J. Pilkington, Thorpe Bartram, G. Moore, and R. P. Leach.

English Setters had fifty entries, Mr. J. Fletcher's Rock and Mr. Van Wart's Belle being the winners in Champions. Mr. G. de L. Macdona, was first in Open Dogs with Blue Prince II., and all the rest were taken by Mr. Purcell-Llewellin with his Count Dick, Princess, and Novell.

In Gordons, which numbered nearly thirty, the champions were Mr. Coath's Lang and Mr. Parson's Floss, the other prizes falling to Mr. Richardson's Duke, Captain Rankin's Monarch, Mr. Eglinton's Nell, and Mr. Negus's Sherry.

Irish Setters were just two short of the number of Gordons. Mr. Hilliard's well-known Palmerston was winner in Champions, other prizes going to the entries of Messrs. G. de L. Macdona, Kennedy, J. H. O'Brien, and J. S. Skidmore.

Retrievers had an entry of sixty-two of both varieties, the winners in Champion Classes being Mr. Gorse's Wave and Mr. Andrews's Beaver, the winners in other classes being Messrs. A. Large and E. Ellis in Curlies, and Messrs. S. E. Shirley, J. A. Piatt, Gorse, and Pulsford in Wavies.

The winners in Irish Water-spaniels were Messrs. J. S. Skidmore, Ebdell, J. Fletcher, Mason, and Captain Arbuthnott, the two last named in Water-spaniels, not Irish.

Messrs. P. Bullock, Spurgin, and J. Fletcher took all the prizes in Clumber Spaniels.

In Sussex Spaniels Messrs. T. B. Bowers and A. Arnold were the only winners.

In classes for Other Spaniels for Sporting Purposes, with an entry of forty-two, the winners were Messrs. J. Fletcher, H. B. Spurgin, P. Bullock, C. A. Baylis, and J. S. Skidmore, all at that time well-known exhibitors.

Mr. Enoch Hutton and Major Cooper had it all their own way in Dachshunds, which had twenty-two entries.

Mastiffs, with forty-two entries, found C. T. Harris's well-known Shah (a dog I much admired) winner in Champion Dogs and Mr. M. B. Wynn's Empress in Bitches, other winners being Mr. Parkinson's Colonel, Mr. Holliday's Nero, Mr. Beaufoy's Beau, Mr. Morris's Duchess, Mr. T. W. Allen's Creole, and Mr. Elwell's Maggie.

St. Bernards with an entry of forty-one, found Prince Albert Solms's Courage first, Mr. W. Henderson's Barry second, and Rev. G. A. Sneyd's Hector third in Rough Dogs; Mr. W. Tatham's Augusta first, Rev. G. A. Sneyd's Hope and Linda de Chamounix second and third in Rough Bitches. Mr. Fred. Gresham's The Shah and Abbess were second in Smooth Dogs and first in Smooth Bitches, the other winners being Messrs. G. Rider's Monk and J. F. Muckley's Irene.

Messrs. H. Mapplebeck and Wildman took all the prizes in Newfoundlands.

Old English Sheep-dogs were small entries.

In fifty entries of Rough Collies the winners were mostly owned by the well-known exhibitors Messrs. W. W. Thomson, A. H. Jubb (with Hero and Mec, the black-and-tans who met so often), M. C. Ashwin, and Rev. J. Barnes; in Smooths Mr. H. Mapplebeck (with Fan) and Messrs. Charles (with Scot) were both "in the money."

Messrs. Hale and Fawdry were alone in the prize list in a fair entry of Dalmatians.

Bull-dogs, with an entry of thirty-nine, found the winners Mr. St. John Smyth's Alexander in Champions; in Open Classes, Messrs. E. Brook's Major, G. A. Dawes's Young David, Danger, and Dora; in Small-sized ditto, Messrs. C. E. Bartlett's Baby and Nellie, Gwynne Phillips's Billy, and Knott's Duchess.

Over thirty Large and Small Bull-terriers were shown, the winners in the former being Messrs. T. Hastings's Prince, R. J. Hartley's White Prince and Violet, and J. Harrison's Myrtle, and in the latter Messrs. J. Davis's Young Sankey, R. J. Hartley's Turk, Burley's Myrtle, and Tredennick's Little Princess.

Messrs. Yardley, Mather, and Morrison had it all their own way in Smooth-haired Terriers.

Thirty-five entries in two classes of Blackand-tan Terriers we should consider very good at the present time. Mr. H. Mapplebeck was first in both classes with Jet and Queen III., the other winners being Messrs. J. H. Mather and S. A. Melen.

Skyes were more than an average entry, the winners being Messrs. Mark Gretton's Sam and Scottish Queen, F. H. Vicary's Monarch, and Brooke's Oscar.

Bedlingtons were more typical than numerous, the winners being Messrs. Allen's Piper, Parker's Tyneside, and Bedlington Terrier Club's Nailor.

Wire-haired Terriers were a good entry of thirty, and some well-known specimens appeared in the prize list - Messrs. S. E. Shirley's Tip, Hulse's Nottingham Star, James's Peter, Sugden's Nettle, and Jack Terry's Wasp and Thistle (the latter afterwards Mr. C. H. Lane's).

In Pugs the prizes, in an entry of thirty, went to Mr. H. G. Foster's Comedy, Mrs. Bligh Monck's Tom and Darkie, and Mr. Cartland's Judy.

In Toy Terriers the winners were Messrs. Mapplebeck, Marsden, C. Whitehouse, Mrs. B. Monck, and C. Greenwood.

Dandies were a fair muster of twenty-four entries in two classes. The winners were found in Mr. James Locke's Riddell, Doctor, and Meg Merrilees, and Mr. J. Finchett's Nellie.

Mrs. W. Forder, as was her wont, took most of the prizes in Toy Spaniels, and Mrs. B. Monck and Mr. John Jacobs all the prizes in Maltese Terriers.