13 FEBRUARY 1926, Page 21

An event of interest to thousands took place in London

during this past week—Cruft's Dog Show. Thkee books kir • dog lovers have appeared : Sporting Terriers, their Ilistorry, Training and Management, by Pierce O'Conor, and The Alsatian, by David Brockwell (both from Hutchinson, 4s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. respectively), and Everybody's Dog Book, by Major A. J. Dawson (Collins, 3s. 6d.). A foreigner in England is often struck by our fondness for dogs, not always favourably.

• But from bloodhound to pug, from sheepdog to those little lions of China, the Pekingese, our dogs are close to our hearts. * * * *