Although the subject of my sketch is a member of the medical profession, of the Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine from its inception, a Fellow of the Linnaean Society, late Member of the Council of the Obstetrical Society of London, and President of the South-Eastern Branch of the British Medical Association, and has contributed many learned and interesting articles on scientific and other subjects which have gained him considerable renown in the literary world, it is in quite a different character 1 wish to present him to my readers, as filling one of the highest positions open to Doggy People - that of Chairman of the Kennel Club, with which he has been connected as a member for more than twenty years. And the very fact that he was elected to fill the position vacated by Mr. Shirley shows the opinion held of his attainments by those who had so long worked with him on the Committee, and were best able to judge of his fitness. And I think the public outside thought, with the writer, that the Committee were fortunate in their choice of a man of high standing, possessing profound knowledge of matters connected with dogs, a long experience as a breeder, exhibitor, and occasional judge, genial and courteous to all, but well able to uphold the dignity of the important position he fills so well.

I may say the general public have not the slightest idea of the amount of work, constantly increasing in volume and importance, got through at the Kennel Club, nor the debt of gratitude the present-day exhibitors owe to that not always sufficiently appreciated body.

Mr. Sidney Turner has kept many varieties of dogs since he showed a Black-and-tan Terrier in 1862; but the writer's remembrance of him, which dates some years after that, has been as a breeder and exhibitor of Mastiffs and Blood-hounds, of which he has brought out many grand specimens, and both varieties have suffered considerably from the withdrawal, it is to be hoped only for a time, of his valuable support.

When a man has shown his ability to breed champion after champion of two such varieties in which success, or approach to perfection, is hard to attain, and of which the ardent supporters are few in number, it amounts to almost a national loss if he ceases to lead the way and encourage others to follow in his steps, even at a distance.

With these few words I congratulate my fellows on having with us one so well able to fill the difficult position amongst Doggy People of Chairman of the Kennel Club, and trust he may long be spared to do so. Those of my readers who have, like the writer, perused the Kennel Gazette from its first number will know how many valuable articles have appeared in its pages from time to time on many interesting subjects from the able pen of Mr. Sidney Turner, which, if he had never done anything else, and in a quiet, unobtrusive way he has done much, should have earned the gratitude of vast numbers of Doggy People.