The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-04 00:00:00

THE DOG SHOW.

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This most interesting exhibition has obtained a great
lift since last year. The animals are now located in a splen-
did ball. built specielly for their accommodation and com-
fort. This is the Curzon Hall, the first stone of which was
laid in July lest. and a structure, second to none in the
kingdom for this particular purpose, has been erected ; and
very great credit it reflects on three who established the
show. As to this yetis exhibition, which we have only
had time to glance at, there can he no doubt whatever that
it is, upon the whole, an advance upon any other held in
Birmingham. The catalogue is published, but, without
referring to it, we tike the summary furnished byMr.George
Beech, the persevering hut. eecretary. From this it
appears that the entries exceed by 80 the highest number
ever attained. This will only be the seventh anniversary
of the holding of the show, and from 90, the number of
dogs exhibited in the first year, it has now gone
up to 731. Lest year there were 701, which
showed an increase of 65 over 1863. Is 1864 there were
466 entries in Division 1., which consists of sporting
dogs ; this year there are 550, showing on increase
of 84. Is Division IL, " Doge not used in field sports,"
there were 233 entered in 1864 ; this year there are 231,
which shows& decrease of 4. The following is a detailed
list of entries :—Division I. Sporting dogs : Bloodhounds,
19 ; deerhounds, 22 ; greyhounds, 29 ; ditto poppies, 2 ;
foxhounds, 6 ; ditto, other than sires and brood bitches,
16 ; otter beguile, 7 : beagles, 7 ; fox terriers, 57 ; pointers,
large size. 27 ; ditto, medium size, 56 ; ditto, small size,
42; ditto, puppies, 12 ; English setters, 68 ; Irish ditto,
12 ; setters, puppies, 8 ; retrievers, 59 ; Irish spaniels, 15 ;
water spaniels, 10 ; clumber *rankle, 21 ; @papists, large
size, 37 ; ditto, small size, 6 ; ditto, poppies, 8 ; foreign
sporting doge. 4. Division 11. Dogs not used in field
sports : Mastiffs, 12 ; Newfoundland,, 11 ; sheep doge, 8 ;
ball doge, from previous winners of a first prize, 2 ; bull
dogs, 20; bull terriers, largesize, 22 ; ditto, small size, 12 ;
smooth-haired terriers, 21 ; black and tan ditto, 21 ; Skye
ditto, 11 ; Dandle Dinmont ditto, 3 ; broken-haired ditto,
14; Pomeranians, 7; pap, 7; Italian greyhounds, 8;
Maltese, 1 ; Blenheim epaulets, 3 ; King Charles ditto, 3 ;
toy terriers, smooth haired, 21; ditto broken-haired, 7 ;
foreign doge, large size, 12; ditto, small size, 4. The only
class in which there appears to be no entry is that of har-
riers. To record the prizes would occupy too much space;
we must, therefore, be content to nay that the sporting dogs
—pointers and settees —occupy the first place in the
show. The al:moth-haired English terriers are
good; as are also the Italian greyhounds. English grey-
hounds show rather mew*. Ooe specimen there is of the
ronghlaired Mount St. Bernard, a breed which may chal-
lenge comparison with any dog of its kind in the world.
Bull-terriers are an excellent class. The catalogue is a cu-
riosity in one particular at least. There ere two clop exhi-
bited by a gentlemen residing near Rochdale—a pug aid a
terrier—each of which is prized at the modest sum of a
hundred thousand pounds. Even the dog-fanciers—a very
honest, but seemingly a very sensitive race of people -sp.
pear disposed to admit that this is the best exhibition of
the kind in the kingdom. There will be a great crowd as
Monday mart air itridiy to withers it