3-082-932 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sketches at the Ladies' Kennel Association's first show, at the Ranelagh Club, Barn Elms, [London], 1895. 'The Ladies' Whippet Handicap; Curiosity; The Ladies' Idol; Mrs. W. B. Stamp's Russian Wolf Hound "Ssawladay" [Zavladai]; Miss Jay's Fox-Terrier "Kaiser Fritz". The first dog-show of the Ladies' Kennel Association was held in the pretty grounds of the Ranelagh Club, at Barn Elms, on Saturday, June 8. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Princess Maud were present during part of the proceedings, and the Princess gave away the prize to "The Champion of Champions." A first prize was won by her Royal Highness for a collie exhibited by the Princess. The whole of the fittings of the show belonged to the "Old Calabar" Biscuit Co., Ltd., who supplied their famous food for the benefit of the dogs exhibited, to the general satisfaction of both owners and animals'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.