This gentleman will be well known to a very large section of Doggy People as having held, for a much longer period than any of his predecessors, the important post of Secretary to the Kennel Club. And when the large annual shows and field trials, and the vast amount of general business transacted, are borne in mind, it will be conceded that this was no sinecure, and entailed an immense expenditure of time, attention, and ability to carry out.

Mr. Aspinall, in 1899, retired from this onerous position, and accepted the secretaryship of the International Kennel Club, which has lately been formed under most distinguished patronage.

Although he never brought his doggy tastes prominently forward during his connection with the Kennel Club, I think his original fancy was for Fox-terriers, and I have obtained permission to give the following effusion from his pen, with his views on that variety: -

MR. W. W. ASPINALL.

From photo by Russell & Sons, Baker Street, W.

"Description of a Fox-terrier

"Head long and lean, with skull very flat, Neck strong and clean, set on shoulders that

Are sloping, with plenty of freedom; Ears should be small, V-shaped as well, Eyes dark and small, and clear as a bell,

And chiselled out neatly beneath 'em.

"Although they should cover plenty of ground, With well-sprung ribs and barrel round, Their back should be but a short one;

Muscular quarters, hocks low and bent, Tail thick, and carried as if they meant Business when they are called on,

"Forelegs very straight, not bony outside, Chest giving heart-room, but must not be wide,

With coat close and dense, and a hard one, Then I think you will have one to gallop and stay Through plough, cold, or wet to the end of the day, And one you have cause to be proud on."

When only in his teens Mr. Aspinall started in Fox-terriers by the purchase of a son and daughter of Old Jock from Tom Wootton.

I wish to correct an "error about the above "Description of a Fox-terrier." I find it was written in a competition for a prize of £5, and was awarded second prize, and was published in some of the sporting papers of the time - a fact I had forgotten. He was one of the original members of the Fox-terrier Club.

Mr. Aspinall was educated at Cheltenham College, and in his younger days used to hunt a great deal with the Cotswold Hounds, and, later, with the Cheshire, the Queen's Stag-hounds, the Old Berkeley, and the Windsor Drag-hounds.

In his official capacity I have been frequently brought in contact with Mr. Aspinall, and have found him watchful and attentive to the interests of the important body he so long represented, but a courteous and reasonable gentleman, to the public, with whom he had so much to do; and I have always thought he filled a somewhat difficult position with considerable tact and success, and enjoyed the friendship and esteem of a great number of Doggy People.

I consider the accompanying portrait a good likeness.