Height overall: 15cm (6in)
Patinated bronze. Modelled as a gaze hound with crouching attendant, on naturalistic base inscribed with maker’s detailers ’Dobson & Sons, 32 Piccadilly, London W’. Raised on a circular ebonised base applied with a presentation plaque, engraved, 'Lahore 1905 / Ch. Houghton Ladylove’. Height of bronze: 11cm.
The present trophy was presented by Lady Rivas to Captain Richard Wemyss Quin, 41st Dogras, at the eight annual Lahore and Mian Mir Dog Show held near Aitchison College (a school founded for the ‘relatives of the Ruling Chiefs of the Punjab, youths of good family’). The Lahore show benefitted from the patronage of the local ruler Maharajah Sir Ranbir Singh of Jind (1879-1948). Like Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Ranbir Singh was an extravagant womanizer and philanderer, but was also a dog lover and owner of the best kennels in India. According to the archivist at the Kennel Club in London, the present trophy is on the generous side for dog shows of the time and no doubt reflects the level of interest and patronage bestowed on the Lahore event by the Maharajah of Jind.
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The prinze winning hound Houghton Lady Love (born 1903) was a successful show dog in England and gained three titles of Champion (Ch.) by the time she was taken to India by Captain Quin.
Colonel Richard Percival Wemyss Quin (1874-1945) was born in India, the only son of Major-General T.J. Quin. He was educated in Germany and was appointed to the Indian Staff Corps in 1893. He served British Central Africa, 1897-99 (medal) and was appointed to the 41st Dogra Infantry when raised in 1900. In August 1914, he went with the regiment to France as part of in the 21st Bareilly Infantry Brigade of the 7th (Meerut) Division. After the bloody battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers, 41st Dogras were withdrawn and served in the defence of the Suez Canal and in the Mesopotamian Campaign. In 1917 Quin was instrumental in raising a second battalion at Jubbulpore. He married Elizabeth Maud Lumsden in 1909 and retired in 1922 to Borleigh, Inch, County Wexford, where he owned a vast stretch of the Slaney River.