The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-30
THE SPRINGFIELD DOG.sH0w
An Interesting Exhibition.
The lsiuh BREEDS Present.


Springfield, Mass, on Wednesday. The
array of canine aristocracy was gratifying
to the sportsmen, and Rod and Gun club,
under whose auspices II IS held. There
are 1876 dogs entered, and on exhibition in
one hall, and 1t is something to be studied
for its revelations in natural history aud
hitherto unprecedented opportunity to fix
in mind the points and distinguishing traits
of the many breeds Of dogs.
With the majority Of people Il dog is a
dog, and that's all, and they look with
equal eye upon the cur of low degree and
the thorough bred-are quite unable to dis
tingush one from the other, in fact. 1t
will interest and profit such to 30 and study
the mold and bearing of these gentleman
dogs, who wouldn't speak to the Tom, Dick
and Harry sort of dogs to note their clean
build in body and limb, their silky coats
soft cars, fine eyes, intelligent faces, and
other marks such as true blood wear. \
menageric of rare, wild beasls does not
more richly illustrate animal nature, and to
the general visitor the hehali II Of The dOE
in such an unusual situation is vastly enter
tanning. The big dogs, NeNtoundand-
and -. Bnrnards, seem to have the inteliec.
tual grasp 10 comprehend the thing, and
comfort themselves with their usual calm
dignity, quite at home. The native point
ers, of which there is Il large number, were
quiet most of the time, hut toward night
some of them got homesick, and whined
and howled in the most plantive manner,
till every dog in the hall that was a shade
uneasy hOwled, too, in sympathetic re-
Spouse. The settlers, as a class, are the hest
behaved in the room. They lool, on quiet
ly, repayng with thanks OF their expressive
eyes the caresses of the visitors The most
dissatisfied dog in the hall is q little terrier
"Jnks." His tormcnlng instincts a. at
| tagonsm to everything gave him NO iic,rr
the whole day. There Is moi r.O-e do. IL
the whole collection at r"ic. except a
| few waspish terriers, that will not gracipts-
| ly receive the attention of the visitors
The most intelligent appreciation 81 he
animals comes, of course. from the con-
noisseurs, and some OF the best judges of
dogs in the country are in the city The
admiration Of these gentlemen is divided,
according to individual taste, between
many fine representatives of the different
classes. Probably Mr.. Raymond's pure
Laverack settlers, Pride of the Border and
Fairy attract as much attention as any.
Two Gordon settlers, Hero and Alice, en-
tered by Il. w. jenkins of Baltimore, and
| Di Vernon, one Of their progeny, entered
by j. A. Foster, of Stafford Springs, Conn.
| are also much admired. There are a dozen
or more fleet, racily-built foxhounds, and
one splendid black greyhound, Jeff, who
looks as if he could outrun the winds. He
is entered by J. L. Wales of Springfield.
The show of red Irish settlers is exception
ally fine. Duke is at the head of this class
and his owner, Hamilton Thompson of
New Jersey, asks $1,000 for him. W. 5.
Webb of Springfield enters two fine dogs,
Jim red setter, and Whisky pointer of
famous lineage. Settlers and pointers are
the leading classes, as was expected and
intended. There are few bulldogs. One
English pug terrier, owned by Major In.
gersoll of the armory, Springfield, attracts
considerable notice from his comical
facial aspect Baroness Won Stralendorff'f
Blenhcim spaniel and silken terrier are
of breeds so rare that they are chiefly ad
mired of the fancy dogs. Mr.. Davis OF
Holyokc enters a terrier, named Ebony" q
real pocket uOp, WuO Is Tue aiidllcsl III int
hall. The biggest is "Honest," magnih.
cent mixed st. Bernard and Esquimauz
weighing 1876 pounds. -Four or five fine
Newfoundlands, one by West Stoned Co.,
and one by Mamie Bates Of Springfield, are
of strikingly noble appearance. The only
trick dog is George Rice's bull terrier
"Guess, who, however, is host in him
self. He was exhibited to the great amuse
ment of the audience.
The judges are esquire" Smith of th'
Forest and Stream. Lieut.. Harry Metcalf'
of the United States armory of Springfield
and +. w. Lawrence of Brookline, wht
will make up their list of awards during
the day, and the prizes will be givei
Thursday. A most interesting feature OF
Thursday:was a real fox hunt on Hampdei
park. A bonaiide fox, lately from his ma
tive wilds, was let loose there at o'clock
and the fox-hounds entered at the SHOW
put on his trail and left to their instincts
1t was an exciting spectacle. -SpriaGfel'
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