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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
77
But
from
this
small
beginning
important
results
were
to
spring,
and
the
Old
English
Sheepdog
has
made
great
strides
in
popularity
since
then.
At
Clerkenwell,
in
1905,
the
entries
in
his
classes
reached
a
total
of
over
one
hundred,
and
there
was
no
gainsaying
the
quality.
This
satisfactory
result
is
due
in
no
small
measure
to
the
initiative
of
the
Old
English
Sheepdog
Club,
a
society
founded
in
1888,
with
the
avowed
intention
of
promoting
the
breeding
of
the
old-fashioned
English
Sheepdog,
and
of
giving
prizes
at
various
shows
held
under
Kennel
Club
Rules.
The
pioneers
of
this
movement,
so
far
as
history
records
their
names,
were
Dr.
Edwardes-Ker,
an
enthusiast
both
in
theory
and
in
practice,
from
whose
caustic
pen
dissentients
were
wont
to
suffer
periodical
castigation;
Mr.
W.
G.
Weager,
who
has
held
office
in
the
club
for
some
twenty
years;
Mrs.
Mayhew,
who
capably
held
her
own
amongst
her
fellow-members
of
the
sterner
sex;
Mr.
Freeman
Lloyd,
who
wrote
an
interesting
pamphlet
on
the
breed
in
1889;
and
Messrs.
J.
Thomas
and
Parry
Thomas.
Theirs
can
have
been
no
easy
task
at
the
outset,
for
it
devolved
upon
them
to
lay
down,
in
a
succinct
and
practical
form,
leading
principles
for
the
guidance
of
future
enthusiasts.
It
runs
thus:--
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
