A 'brief sketch of the kennel career of the distinguished savant and literateur, Dr. J. Sidney Turner, who presides over the destinies of our governing body'

Based on Who's Who 1912 'and other records': 'Turner, John Sidney, J.P. (Kent), Chairman Petty Sessions (Penge Division), M.R.C.S. 1864, L.S.A., F.L.S. 1864; b. Old Shoreham, 12 Feb., 1843; s. of James Singer Turner; m. Emily J. dau. of the late Dr. John B. Barry, of Calcutta. Educ.: Merchant Taylors School and Guy's Hospital. Formerly House Surgeon Guy's, 1864, and Prosector of Anatomy Royal College of Surgeons, 1862-63.; President South Eastern Branch Brit. Med. Assn.; President Sydenham District Medical Society. Now Consulting Surgeon Norwood Cottage Hospital; Chairman of the Kennel Club; Chairman of Penge, Anerle, and Upper Norwood Conservative Assn. (Metropolitan Division); Member of Council (Founder) of Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine; Fellow Royal Society of Medicine; Fellow Linnaean Society; Vice-President British Home and Hospital for Incurables; of the South London Botanical Societyl; and the Battersea Home for Lost Dogs. Speciality: Biology. Publications: Articles Hazell's Annual, 1886; International Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science, Jany., 1895; General Editor "The Kennel Encyclopaedia," 1911; Contribution to British Medical Journal, Obstetrical Soc. Transactions, etc. Recreations: Shooting, fishing, etc. Address: Stanton, Anerley, S.E. Clubs: Royal Societies, The Kennel, Omar Kayyam.'

'Dr. Turner is probably the oldest exhibitor of dogs living. He first exhibited iat Cremorne Show, London, in 1863, during his college days... The breeds he then exhibited were Black-and-tan Bull Terriers'

'I... have been compelled to have recourse to Mr. E.W. Jacquet's great work, "The History of the Kennel Club," for... his earlier Kennel career.'

'Dr. Turner bred and owned... Beagles, Fox-Terriers, St. Bernards, Retreivers, Yorkshire Terriers, Blenheim Spaniels, Esquimaux, Mastiffs, and Bloodhounds.'

'His articles in the Kennel Gazette from time to time, and also in the "Kennel Encyclopaedia" - a splendid work as far as it went, of which he was general editor - are alone a monument of his great knowledge of, and intimacy with, matters canine.' (1)

'He wrote for Hazell's Cyclopedia the majority of the scientific articles, which included those on Hydrophobia, Inoculation, Hygeine, Antiseptic Treatment, Vivisection, Cholera, &c., and he has written yards upon other scientific subjects in language calculated to make the ordinary mortal to creep.' (363)

'For ourselves he has written a number of articles, among which are those entitled Ideal Perfection, Unsolved Problems in Breeding, The Influence of a First or Previous Sire, On the Inadequacy of Artificial Selection, A Plea for the Mongrel, On Hybrid of Dog and Wolf, and other equally interesting and abstruse subjects.' (363)