About the Show
What follows is an excert from the book "Dog Shows and Doggy People" by Charles H. Lane about Bath dog show in 1877;
"In the Wells Road, Bath, was held the first Exhition of Sporting and other dogs on June 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, 1877, with Messrs. Falkner and King as Secretaries, and an entry of 562, when the following were the appointed judges: for Blood-hounds, Deer-hounds, Retrievers, Mastiffs, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, Dachshunds, Collies, Bedlingtons, Skyes, Dandies, Pomeranians and Toy Spaniels, Rev. G. F. Hodson; Greyhounds, Pointers, Setters, and Spaniels, Mr. Sam. Lang (this is the first occasion on which I have noticed my old friend acting as a judge); Bull-dogs, Bull-Terriers, Smooth, Black-and-tan, Broken-haired, and Toy Terriers, Pugs, and Italian Greyhounds, Mr. Vero Shaw; Fox-terriers, Dalmatians, and Extra Class, Mr. H. Gibson.
Deer-hounds and Greyhounds were poor entries. Blood-hounds found Messrs. Mark Beaufoy and Edwin Nichols dividing the money. Pointers had well-known men amongst all the winners—Messrs. J. Fletcher, R. Lloyd Price, Whitehouse, Grimwood, aud H. Clark. Setters (except Irish, which had one only) had two classes, all the winners being owned by H.R.H the then Prince Of Wales, Messrs. S. E. Shirley, J. Fletcher, W. P. Sim, Rankin, Mapplebeck, Trevithick, and A. D. Hussey-Freke. In Retrievers, one class each, Messrs. E. S. Farquharson, Fletcher, How, and Staple-Browne were at the front. In Spaniels (Water, Clumber, and Other Varieties) Messrs. Fletcher, T. O’Brien, Page, Yugwell, Way, Bonner, and R. Nicholls accounted for all the prizes.
Lord Charles Ker, Captain Donald Shaw, and Rev. G. F. Lovell were the winners in Dachshunds. In St. Bernards Messrs. F. Gresham and S. W. Smith cleared all before them. Newfoundland prizes were in a few hands, Messrs. Mapplebeck, Leader-Brown, and Mrs. Cunliffe Lee taking them all. Collie winners, too formed a small group composed of Messrs W. W. Thompson, MappleBeck, Jubb, and M. C. Ashwin (afterwards such an extensive exhibitor). Bull-dogs were divided into Large and Small; the former contained Alston’s Gambler and Smith’s Baby (both winners of many prizes), and C. E. Bartlett’s Billy and Flo were in the latter. The well-known names of Hinks, Roocroft, J. R. Pratt, and Boulter appeared as winners in Bull-terriers and Smooth Terriers. Messrs. H. Lacy, Swinburne, and Justice took the chief prizes in Black-and-tan Terriers. Fox-terriers were a fairly typical lot, shown by Messrs. C. T. abbott, Peren, R. B. Lee, S. W. Smith, Watson, W. J. Hyde, and Mrs. Underwood; and in Wirehairs by Messrs. L. Hogg and Mapplebeck. The winners in Pugs were represented by Messrs. J. Nunn (with Baron), J. Lewis (with Sootey, afterwards perhaps, the greatest prize winner ever known in that variety), Mrs. Monck’s Darkie, and Mrs. Bailey’s Topsey. Mr. Fawdry won in Dalmatians and Pomeranians (both classes very different to what we see now); Mrs. Forder in Toy Spaniels; H.R.H. the then Princess of Wales in Drop-eared Skyes; and H.R.H the then Prince of Wales took all the prizes in Foreign Dogs:"
About the City
Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England. It is situated 99 miles (159 km) west of London and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Bristol. The population of the city is about 80,000. It was granted city status by Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1590, and was made a county borough in 1889 which gave it administrative independence from its county, Somerset. The city became part of Avon when that county was created in 1974. Since 1996, when Avon was abolished, Bath has been the principal centre of the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), a part of the wider Somerset county.
The city was founded, among surrounding hills, in the valley of the River Avon around naturally-occurring hot springs where the Romans built baths and a temple, giving it the name Aquae Sulis. Edgar was crowned king of England at Bath Abbey in 973. Much later, it became popular as a spa resort during the Georgian era, which led to a major expansion that left a heritage of exemplary Georgian architecture crafted from Bath Stone.
The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987, and has a variety of theatres, museums, and other cultural and sporting venues, which have helped to make it a major centre for tourism, with over one million staying visitors and 3.8 million day visitors to the city each year. The city has two universities and several schools and colleges. There is a large service sector and growing information and communication technologies and creative industries, providing employment for the population of Bath and the surrounding area.
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About the Show
What follows is an excert from the book "Dog Shows and Doggy People" by Charles H. Lane about Bath dog show in 1877;
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