Although this lady does not exhibit her dogs as often as their merits would justify, from the little of her I have seen, and her quoted views of her dogs given in a well-known fanciers' paper, I have no doubt she is a genuine lover of dogs, and treats them quite as members of the family, and I am quite sure that many dogs so treated greatly increase in intelligence, and can literally do everything but speak, and some of them can do even that to a limited extent.

As the characters of young people are said to make themselves known at play, so I think the characters of their elders are very often displayed in the show ring, and particularly the relationship existing between the dogs and their owners. I fancy I can almost tell who are the dog lovers by the way they show their dogs and the sympathy between them, and certainly such dogs have far better chances of success than those shown in a more formal manner.

Mrs. Claude Hay is one of the ladies who have taken an interest in the Ladies' Kennel Association, and usually exhibits her dogs at the shows held under its auspices. She is also on the Committee of the Country House Club, which has been formed as an outlet for the growing taste amongst ladies for the several live stock hobbies besides dogs.

At the risk of many of my readers having already read the quotation above referred to from the Lady Exhibitor, I am tempted to give an abridgment of it, as I think it will amply justify this lady's inclusion amongst Doggy People: -

MRS. CLAUDE HAY.

By permission of the Lady Exhibitor.

"Words can never express what our doggies are to myself and my husband - I think were it a case of one meal only to be got, the doggies would have it. They are consulted in everything, and always give an answer, sometimes the wag of a tail or a forlorn look, this mostly when friends, not lovers of dogs, have sent them no invitation to accompany ' Father and Mother.'

"People tells us dogs know nothing! How then will they explain that last year, when in two classes at the Ladies' Kennel Association Show Lepel received no prize, and Cello was awarded both, Lepel started a pitiful howl, only stopped when entering the ring for the next class, and when he was awarded a prize, came out wagging his tail? Surely he knew all about it! Then, again, if we show them their tickets for the summer show of the Ladies' Kennel Association, could two children speak more clearly with delight than our doggies, whose early awakening will tell you how keen they are to try their luck?

"And now, as Soldiers of the Friendly Foreigners, put their moneyboxes round their necks, and I defy any good-hearted lover of dogs to resist from helping their pleading faces!

"Should one be favoured, the other will resent by a little snap at its companion's ears, until he too receives his donation. Doesn't he know all about it?

"Cello, should she think a gentleman caller is about to go, will run and fetch his hat - and always brings the right one. Perhaps I should add, she does not always wait until the caller has thought of going!"

This lady's portrait with her two pets mentioned herein will be recognised by her friends.