Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-27

condltlon something more Is necessary than
building and feeding the fires. supplementary
| out important consideration is, whether the
| steam beyond certain point will not be produc
tive OF unpleasant consequences in the form OF
| an explosion.-Ntn4 Morals in Popular Sciencs
| Monthly for May.
The New York Dog Show.
From Harpers Weekly.
How great and how rapid has been the ad.
vance in dog culture in this country was amply
| shown by the grand collection Of animals ex-
hibited last week at the American Institute
hall, New York city. From whatever point Of
view the exhibition is looked at, it must be pro-
nounced complete success. No better build
ing. despite It's distance from the fashionable
quarter of the town, could have been found; the
ventilation Gan important consideration) was
perfect, and the arrangements for the
reception Of the favored animals and
their visitors were all that could be
asked. It was, however, in the general quality
Of the dogs exhibited that true admirers OF
dogs found their chief qualification. In every
exholtOn preceding this last one almost every
class, except those of sporting dogs, contained
one or more animals whose presence there de-
mOnstrated the fact that their owners knew but
little OF what was required to win place in
compettion-so little, indeed, that dogs would
have strayed by purest accident. Now, how
ever, owing to the spread of knowledge of
things canine, such mistakes are not apparent,
and the quality of the exhibits is much more
Uniform than before.
The principal feature of the show was the
large and excellent display of settlers and point
ers. No less than $50 of the ESQ dogs shown
were settlers, and they occupied 20 of the 1O5
classes for dogs Of all kinds Pointers were not
nearly SO numerous and il the statistics Of the
Ctlnvu ann %,r:1
which these two kinds Of dogs are respectively
held, the setter has considerably more than
twice as many friends as the pointer.
At an English show, on the other hand. point
ers would OutDumber settlers The conditions
however, under which field shooting is carried
on in the two countries are different. The best
quail grounds in this country are fields that are
cultivated in a somewhat slovenly fashion. and
lnterspersed with woods and young underground.
The ''old fields" of the southern states are as
pretty quail ground as could be wished, with
their thin but sufficient cover; and for such
shooting the setter. by reason of its well-prO-
teeted hide, is better fitted than the more ten
.der-sknned pointer. But on the praires among
the grouse, the open nature Of the ground, and
the general scarcity of water (fOr the setter is
thirsty souD, make the pointer the more valued
animal. In Great Britain, likewise. where the
fields are cleanly cultivated, and the grouse
moors extend in vast unbroken eXpanses, the
conditions are more favorable to the pointer
than to the setter. Never, however, either in
England or elsewhere, has larger and better
collection Of settlers been brought together than
that lately exhibited in New York.
Next to sporting dogs the exhibition was re-
maTkabe LOT the excellence of the animals that
may be classed generally as companionabie dogs,
and these ranged from the infinitely great to the
infinitely tiny-from the majestic niastiH. stand
ing thirtysx inches at the shoulder, to the deli
cately sensitive tOy-terrier, weighing less tran
four pounds, and enduring rather than enjoying
an amount of luxury to which wise mother
would hesitate to habituate her own child. 1t
is a curious commentary on the eccentricities Of
human (and especially feminne) affect ion to see
such loving care lavished on animals which, ex-
cept for their infantle winnings and helpless
ness, have less to recommend them to human
companiOnship than almost any other kind of
dog. Delicately upholstered cages decked with
ionship), wax doll baby; in another, a cup Of
rare blue china. out of which the pet might
quench esthetically the thirst engendered by
rich llvlng-these were the surroundings which
made show life endurable to the ladies' pets.
How refreshing it was to turn to their near
nards, and others Of the nobler kind! Never
before in this country has so fine an exhibition
been made Of large dogs. A new class was that
OF the Berghulds, splendid fellows, exceeding.
If possible, in size and nobility Of aspect the
r0ugh-coated st. Bernards. Berghunds are of
German origin. and but little known outside of
their native country. They differ from the
rOugh-cOated st. Bernards Though doubtless
originally from the same stOck) principally in
being self-colored, tawny, gray fawn and
brindled fawn,) while the st. Bernards have
white markings. The mastiffs were q remark
ably good class, and it is difficult to imagine a
finer specimen than Col Stuart. Taylor's Gurth.
which took the first prize in the champion class,
and whose owner prOfessed himself willing to
part with him for $4,000.
Among the smaller yet worthy breeds of dogs
none possesses more attractive qualities than the
fox-terrier. His handsome appearance and game
disposition have won him many friends. and he
appears in sixty entries, which is probably only
one-half, however, of the number that would be
shown at an exhibition of equal size in England
In that country he has a specific duty to per-
form, as his name implies, and his race has for
generations been preserved with more or less
purity in the great fox hunting establishments
Notwithstanding this, nearly all the priZe-win-
ming fOx-terrers of to-day have common
ancestor In Old Jock, a famous dog that lived
and died within the past twenty years.
Scotch cOlies and Irish water-spaniels were
we'll represented, and are comparatively new to
American shows. The exhibit in both of these
classes was sngularly uniform in quality-a
remark which applies also to the spaniels Of all
kinds, among which was a tiny little fellow hail
ing from Pekin, but obviously near relation of
the King Charles spaniel.
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