Thomas William Hogarth

Thomas William Hogarth (April 6, 1901 - January 26, 1999) was an author, dog judge, dog breeder, genetics enthusiast and veterinary surgeon. He was an author of several books published in the 1930s about the Bull Terrier and breeding of Bull Terriers.

Hogarth was born in Kelso on the borders of Scotland, on April 6, 1901. He attended Kelso High School and Giggleswick School. After the First World War he traveled to and worked in Canada. He bred Bull Terriers in the early 1920s in Scotland using the kennel name Galalaw.

Hogarth traveled extensively in the late 1920s and early 1930s as a dog judge; specially in 1929 judged in South Africa, India, Ceylon, Burma, Australia. Also in Argentina in the early 1930s. He attended Ontario Veterinary College, University of Toronto (now University of Guelph) in the 1930s, and he graduated in 1937. While he was studying he published four books relating to Bull Terriers in the 1930s, as well as one book on recollections of his dog judging travels, and possibly the only book of verse about Bull Terriers.

Hogarth practiced as a Veterinary Surgeon at Swanbourne Veterinary Hospital (now known as Swanbourne Veterinary Centre), in Perth, Western Australia 1940s to the 1960s. The main customers were dog and cat owners, but he did have the opportunity to deal with the occasional circus animal from visiting circuses. He was involved with early stages of the Guide Dogs for the Blind, Dogs Refuge Home, Western Australian Veterinary Surgeons Board and was patron of the Fremantle Ladies Pipe Band.

In the 1970s and 1980s he was one of a group of West Australian book collectors who were well known on the antiquarian book sale and auction circuit in Perth.

On retirement he lived in Darlington, Western Australia. He occasionally judged at dog shows in his 70's. With his wife, he bred Old English Game fowl and kept a range of dogs - but never a bull terrier. He died in Perth, Western Australia on Australia Day, January 26, 1999. His wife, son and three grandchildren survived him.

1929 Dog Judging and Travel
These are correlated to some of the text - Travels of a Dog Judge, a 1929 diary in family collection, and catalogues from the dog shows.


 * January 3	 Sangrur, Jind, India
 * January	 Patiala, India
 * January 25-26	 Calcutta, India
 * January 30	 Rangoon, Burma
 * February 8-9	 Chutter Manzil, Lucknow, India
 * February 11-12 Allahabad, India
 * February 18-19 Bombay, India
 * February 25	 Patiala, India
 * March 4	 Dehra Dun, India
 * March 8	 Calcutta, India
 * March 15	 Colombo, Ceylon
 * March 27-28	 Perth, Western Australia
 * April, South Australia
 * April 26-27	 Sydney, New South Wales
 * May 14-18	 Ipswich, Queensland
 * June 3	 Newcastle, New South Wales
 * June 7-8	 Melbourne, Victoria
 * August 2 -3	 Ceylon
 * September 20-21 Durban, South Africa
 * October	 Buenes Aires, Argentina