Bandy legged Dog and Spotty Dog do the Egg and Spoon Race

Here’s another vivid piece of twenties life from the same page in the Dover Express as the Boy who caught Fire-

Not a lot to say about this, except that communities really knew how to make their own entertainment in the good old days-

But note that althrough the charming prize categories in the Dog Show are remarkably democratic - open to every village child and mongrel- only two winner’s owners get their names in the paper, Mrs Barlow of Eythorne House, Eythorne and Mr D. McCall Smith, and they are surely gentry -

Great Mongeham

DOG SHOW- On Saturday a dog show organised by Miss Wickham and the Hon. Mrs. Walter James, took place in the local Nursing Association. Prizes were given for the longest dog, and the dog with the longest tail, the most bandy –legged dog; the dog with the most spots, the biggest and the smallest dogs, and the one with the most sympathetic eyes. There was also a tortoise race, a three legged race, an egg and spoon race (with dog attached), also a dog race with owners attached. All created the utmost amusement for a large crowd of spectators. The programme concluded with an amusing parade of dogs in Fancy Dress. The judges were Sir Reginald Tower, Lord Northbourne and Mrs. S. Spanton. The championship prize was won by a Red Setter belonging to Mrs. F. Barlow, of Eythorne House, Eythorne, and that for the smallest dog by Mr. D. McCall Smith of Ash, with an 18 months old Pekinese ‘Old Bill’, weighing just over three pounds. The prize for the ugliest dog was awarded to a Dalmatian.