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CitesIdeal Homes Exhibition (Olympia, London) (1930)
Description:'"Dogs and all about them" sums up the unique display which is being made by Spillers at the Ideal Home Exhibition.
Championship dogs to the value of £2,000 to £3,000 are being shown daily, and the total value of the canine aristocrats shown during the exhibition will reach £50,000.
Such celebrated animals as Ch. Lucky Star of Ware, the supreme champion of this years Cruft's Show, the well known greyhound Bill Ekin are among the stars of this well-staged display.
H.H. the Maharaja of Patiala is among the distinguished breeders exhibiting.'
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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:'Dogs at the shows were similarly reported on in terms of their elite associations, whether with their owners or as canine “aristocrats” in their own right... the Daily Mail had highlighted that “championship dogs to the value of £2,000 to £3,000 are being shown daily” at the Ideal Homes Exhibition, “and the total value of the canine aristocrats shown … will reach £50,000.” [note: '“Seen and Heard at Olympia: Homecraft Gossip from the Heart of Ideal Homeland,” Daily Mail, 7 April 1930, 15.']' (310)
