This lady, to the writer's certain knowledge, has long been a warm admirer of dogs, as he remembers her as a breeder of Collies and Japanese Spaniels (and one of the best specimens he owned of the former, with which he won many prizes, was purchased direct from her ladyship) at the time of the successful and admirably managed shows for many years annually held at Warwick, and where the Countess and her husband, then Lord and Lady Brooke, used always to put in a daily attendance, and usually exhibited in some of the classes there.

Although Lady Warwick does not exhibit much at the present day, she often gives the benefit of her patronage and influence, and offers valuable special prizes at some of the shows, and is a member of the Grand Council of the Ladies' Kennel Association.

The Countess is always to the fore in any undertakings having for their objects the advancement of her own sex, and one of her schemes, that of the "Warwick Hostel," an agricultural college for female students, to be worked in a practical manner in connection with a farm, seems likely to be carried out, as a public-spirited landowner has given the site for the college at Reading, and a meeting was lately held at the Mansion House, by permission and under the auspices of the Lord Mayor, when explanations were given of the objects of the undertaking, and interesting speeches delivered by Earl Grey, Professor James Robertson, of Canada, the Right Hon. H. Chaplin, M.P., and others. This is but one of the many occasions on which Lady Warwick has taken an able and active part in matters for the good of the public.

MR. ROBERT VICARY'S FOX-TERRIER VALUATOR.

From photo by Hedges, Lytham.

Her ladyship is an illustration of the benefits derived from leading an active, useful life, as she appears to be blessed with perpetual youth, and, although she has always taken a lively part in the discharge of the many high social functions inseparable from her rank, and long been one of the ornaments and most popular ladies in Society, she appears more like the sister than the mother of the children who sometimes are seen in her company.

I am glad to be able to give even this slight sketch of one of the most distinguished amongst the best class of Doggy People, accompanied by an excellent portrait of this popular lady, and a group of her Japanese Toy Spaniels.

THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK.

From a photo by Bullingham, Hannington Road, S.W.

THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK'S JAPANESE SPANIELS.