Judge at the Waterloo Cup, a prestigious coursing event in England, pictured in Country Life Illustrated, March 6, 1897Show judge James Watson with his collies Verona Selection, Ch. Old Hall, Admiral and Ch. Heather Mint. Source: Bolton, S. K. (1902). Our devoted friend: the dog. Boston, Massachusetts: L. C. Page & Company.W. Arkwright and W. Serjeantson conferring at the second annual trials of the Retriever Society in Norfolk, England. Source: Anon. (1902, January 25). The retriever trials. Country Life, pp. 101-103English show judge and breeder of flatcoated retrievers, clumber spaniels, and other breeds, Harding Cox. Source: Lane, C. H. (1902). Dog shows and doggy people. London: Hutchinson & Co.Representing the National Field Trial Club in Vanity Fair, November 1916This page from handler Al Eberhart’s book seemed best kept intact (rather than cropped for the photo). Image source: Eberhart, Alvin George. (1917). Everything about dogs. Pub. for the Eberhart kennels, Camp Denison, O., by the Field and Fancy Pub. Corp.Vanity Fair, March 1917From the November 1938 issue of Country Life and the Sportsman
Lastly, a bit on what was reportedly the first occasion of judging by “a titled lady,” the Duchess of Newcastle, in England:
Source: Birkdale. (1897, April 24). The Borzoi show at Southport. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 438-439
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