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Quoted byT. Quick, 'Puppy Love: Domestic Science, “Women's Work,” and Canine Care,' Journal of British Studies 58 (2) (2019), pp. 289-314.
Description:'The prominence of dog shows at home exhibitions appears to have declined after 1933... The brief fashion for displaying dogs at these events nevertheless marks the fullest expression of their incorporation into scientific domestic ideals. The hugely successful Home Pets’ Exhibition of 1934, organized by the People in aid of the London Hospital, demonstrates a continuing enthusiasm for exhibitions among pet owners of all stripes. This exhibition featured not only dogs but cats, rabbits, poultry, caged birds, and even a pet fox. In sharp contrast to the home shows, however, the biological capacities of animals were close at hand here: the event included a “chick factory” in which “a giant incubator which will hatch no fewer than 18,000 eggs during the three days.” [note: '“Greatest Gathering of Home Pets the World Has Ever Known,” People, 9 December 1934, 9.']' (312)
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Related toThe Home Pets' Exhibition (Olympia, London) (12-14 December 1934).
Description:'The Great Home Pets Show organised by "The People" in aid of the London Hospital opens on Wednesday next at Olympia. It is for three days only - so be sure to come early.
It will be a truly wonderful show, unique in our time and unrivalled the world over - the very first time that animals, birds and fish have been rallied together on a vast national scale.
The magnitude on which the exhibition has been planned may be guaged from the following facts and figures:-
Over 34,000 exhibits;
A prize list of over £10,000;
Miles of staging and thousands of pens;
More than 500 attendants and 70 "vets";
Non-stop day-and-night meals for 72 hours.
The Earl of Lonsdale is president of the exhibition, and celebrities in every walk of life have rendered eager and enthusiastic support.
The distinguished vice-president, H.H. the Maharaja Dhiraj of Patiala, lends a touch of Empire interest, and the patrons include dukes and duchesses, peers and peeresses, soldiers, politicians, people famous in realms of letters, science and medicine.
Many celebrities have themselves joined the man-in-the-street in exhibiting their pets.
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The National Hall and Gallery will be entirely devoted to dogs - over nine hundred classes of them. It will be a spectacle you will remember for years to come, one that no dog lover can afford to miss.
There will be a really wonderful show of cats...
[rabbits, poultry, pigeons, cage birds]
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There is also a corner for Quaint Pets, and they include a remarkale variety of strange companions.
Among them are three marmoset monkeys, a wild cat, a Moholu night ape, a polecat, an African grass monkey, a ferret, a cat with 26 toes, and a pet fox.
Sportsmen will not miss the parade of greyhounds on Friday. It will be one of the high lights [sic] of the show.
And there is a "chick factory" in full swing, - a giant incubator which will hatch no fewer than 18,000 eggs during the three days.
The exhibits in this show are benched and fed by Messrs. Spratts, Ltd.
The last day of the Exhibition is "Exemption Day." All who own non-pedigree dogs may bring them and enter them on the spot for valuable awards.'
