Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-09

Pretty Peas-The Canines that Will
Re seen at Madison square Garden
This Week.
From the New York Herald.
The seventh annual exhibition Of dogs, held
under the auspices OF the Westminster Kennel
Club. will be held In this city on Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week,
at Madison Square Garden The doors will
open each day at a. m. and close at 10 D. IN
Under the efficient management Of Mr.. Charles
Lincoln, the show promises to outshine all its
predecessors. Since the inaugural exhibition
In 1877 the canine world in this country has been
revoiutiOnized Every dog that Is now entered
for competition has some quality wherein to
hang ribbon. As the fancy for dogs increased,
tudlcious breeding was more looked to, so that
to-day there is no country that can show as fine
q class Of sporting dogs as America.
Dog show week in New York has long
since been recognized among fashionable cir
Giles as the flower shows are during the London
season. Only. while the latter are painfully
exclusive the Westminster club exhibitions are
Intensely democratic. There Murray Hill
elbows Mott street. and opposite neighbors of
m0ny years standing, who have never even
nodded before, scrape up an acquaintance be-
lore the pens OF their pets The common
ground Of the canine world levels all dog
lovers Ladies' come to pet their pugs sports
men TO recount the achievements OF their set
tiers. 1t Is place for little children to pester
Their parents for pets, their youthful fancy rum
ming down the canine gamut from the solemn
mastin TO the tiny toy dog. The dogs bark
and way their tails for every one and indulge in
an extra wtggle when their owners bear in
sight. People who have never been to dog
SHOW and who have been bred to the knowledge
OF the orthodox cur alone gaze with wonder,
and say they never knew how manv different
kinds of dogs there were In the world before,
In fact. first-class dog show Is like trick at
euchre and should be taken in when the oppOr-
tunity offers.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
The return Of the Westminster Club to Madi-
son Square Garden after q two years absence.
has given satisfaction to everybody 1t Is not
only the most convenient place to drop into for
an hour or two, but 1t is, as far as ventilation
and sanitary conditions go. the place of all
others for the benchng of dogs. The garden
has been entirely covered with board flooring,
and Observation-Disclosures since JumbOs exodus
The arrangements this season are entirely diff
ferent from those Of previous years. The
benching Of the large dogs will be on an open
platform, raised eighteen inches from the
ground and encircling the whole garden This
Will enable every one to take In at glance the
mastiffs, st. Bernards Newfoundlands deer
hounds and other classes Of large dogs In the
center Of the garden, with an aisle twenty feet
wide on each side the small dogs will be exhb-
tied In cages. These last have been constructed
more spaciously than heretofore, being two feet
square, with open wire netting fronts. At the
Madisaa avenue and Fourth avenue ends large
rings for the Judging have been laid out. Seatsen-
clrcling them have been provided for ladies'
The judging will be carried on simultaneously
In both rings. NJ Lincoln will have nine dep
oties this year, under whose direction sixty at
PENDANTS in uniform will have charge Of the
feeding, watering and exercising of the dogs.
Each dog will be taken from his pen twice .
n n At fho
Fourth avenue end Of the building. In the
boxes above the main floor there will be q num-
Der OF displays Of spOrtsmen's goods and stuffed
animals and birds.
THIS YEARS ENTRIES.
Comparing the number of entries with those
q former shows it is found that this year the en-
tries are above the average. At the closing of
the entry list on April 81 9S1 dogs had been
booked for competition, with an additional list
of "a filters of puppies. Estimating four pup-
pies to each litter, the number of youngsters is
found to be 152, showing that 1, 1873 dogs will be
on hand to carry out DR.. Watts musical pro-
gram.
Settlers AND POINTERS.
In the setter classes the silky English and the
mahogany colored Irish, the latter especially,
will be found to excel in quality those shown in
former years. The velvet coated and very beau
tiful pointers will be a grand display During
the last few years this class of dogs has been
wonderfully improved by the judcious breeding
by such well-knOwn phiiO-kuons as Dr. A. Rus
sell Strachan, Of this city; Mr. W. F. Steel. of
Piermont, N T.; Mr.. Edmund Orgill, of Brook
Ign; Mr.. GOdefrOy, of Orange county N. Y, and
last, but not least, the ST. Louis Kennel Club of
Missouri. Many years ago, when this country
was but IN swaddling clothes. the pointer was
imported to Virginia, and for years was held In
nigh esteem But although several strains were
carefully perpetuated for many decades, they in
their laft
the setter In almost full possession. or late,
however, the pointer stock has been rejnvenated,
and now has many strong admirers.
GREYHOUNDs AND COURsING
The importation Of greyhounds from England
b also on the increase. Onthe Pacific slope and
st several Of the military posts In the west there
are first class dogs. But the east has been slow to
recognize the exciting sport of coursing Indeed.
but TO few are Its pleasures known. It must.
however: In time follow liz the wake of other
imported Angio-Saxo1 pastimes and with the
view of promoting the breed and organizing q
cOurslng club the greyhound fanciers will hold q
meeting on Tuesday evening next at Madison
Garden Should an organization be effected
Engfsh hares Will be imported, and no finer
courslng ground can be found In this country
than the plains of Montauk. In addition to the
above meeting the mastiff breeders will also
come together during the show.
OTHER DOGS.
There will be q large class of bright and merry
little spaniels The aristocratic fox terriers will
count up to three dozen, an increase of eleven
over last year. As nearly every dog has been
imported since last year from the choice kennels
OF England 1t may be safely said that thew will
De the finest lot OF terriers seen together in
this country. Mrs. Pue, of Philadelphia. ex-
Pects-wearing two champion medals sslLher
breasf-to be present with her champion mug
9og GEORGE; indeed, no New York show would
De complete without the presence of this fair
exhibitor Among the hundred toy dogs which
include the terriers, pugs, &C., the only two
known Bienheim spaniels In this country Will be
curlously looked for. This breed Of deus Ia now
very scarce, being almost unpurchasable In Eng
land In the miscellaneous class will be found
ten Caniehe poodles, two LeOnbergs, q Belgian
poodle Daimatian and q conundrum of dog.
said to differ from the leopard by q peculiar en-
oowment OF being able to change his spOts
WHERE THE DOGS ARE FROM
The widespread interest shown In the coming
bench show is Illustrated most pointedly by the
contributions to 1t from far and near There will
De eleven dogs from England and Ireland. The
most noticeabieis Accelerated deerhound named
Hero. bred in the kennel OF Her Majesty Queen
Victoria He is valued in the catalogue at the
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