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Creator (Definite): Anon.Date: 15 Apr 1932
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Cites Spratt's Patent Ltd.
Description:'At this exhibition, which is now in its second week at the City Hall, Deansgate, Manchester, Spratt's Patent Ltd., are continuing hteir well arranged display of the various breeds of champion dogs...
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By the amount of interest shown in the stand last week, the number of puppies sold, and the questions asked as to feeding, etc., we should say that Spratt's are rendering a great service to "dogdom."'
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Quoted by T. Quick, 'Puppy Love: Domestic Science, “Women's Work,” and Canine Care,' Journal of British Studies 58 (2) (2019), pp. 289-314.
Description:'breeders profited from the promotion of their dogs as animals fit for the modern home. Our Dogs judged that by “the number of puppies sold” at the Manchester exhibition of1932, Spratts was “rendering a great service to ‘dogdom.’” [note: '“The Brighter Homes Exhibition in Manchester: Dogs Still a Big Attraction,” Our Dogs, no. 87 (15 April 1932): 164.']' (311)