The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-11
AT THE DOG SHOW.
The People Who Attend the Exhibition and
What They See.
New York Herald.


New York Herald.
Bow-wow, ki-yi, snap, snarl, growl and
wagtail is the procedure to-day, as it was
yesterday and will be tomorrow, in the
Madison Square Garden, where hundreds of
| dogs of various degree and pedigree con- test
| for prizes in the bench show. There is not
noisier place in Gotham nor greater con-
fusion in Bedlam. Laugh! Why, there isn't
dog in the entire collection who doesn't re-
| mind the calm observer of dear, an absent
friend. The features of the ugliest are al
most human in expression. Solemn dogs
| are always funnier than professionally comic
| dogs. Some of the large animals are of start
| ling proportions, and their bark is on the
lower c. The surly brutes are pleasant of
| countenance; the affectionate dogs look as if
they would like dinner of nails. Mr.. Lin
coin, covered with badges and decorated
with medals, is extremely cour-
teous and attentive to the guests who
crowd the place. which is more than can be
said of the managers in general. Everything
appears to have been wisely chosen. The
! garden is spacious and we'll ventilated The
kennels are neat and comfortable The cat
| alogue is delusion and a snare, and of no
| conceivable use to the ordinary visitor. The
arrangements for judging are convenient,
and the facilities for seeing are all that could
| be asked.
Men and women are quite as conspicuous
in the show as the dogs themselves. Owners
make themselves known. Some have fur
nished the kennels of their pets some have
decorated them, some have carpeted them.
Fancy dogs with oddly-cut hair attract atten-
ton. Some of them are as black as charcoal
particularly one owned by Mr.. Hecksher
and another in an adjacent box. There is
| a rough-coated st. Bernard called Bon
| ward, to whom forty cups and prizes
have been given He is catalogued
at 81, 800 and attracts continuous attention.
1t would be useless to give the names or
numbers of special dogs, as there is but one
sensible way to see the show. Start with No.
1 and go around the entire garden. There
are mastiffs, st. Bernards, Berghunde, New
foundlands greyhounds, deerhounds dach-
shunde, English settlers pointers foxhounds
Irish settlers, black-andtan setters all kinds
of spaniels, fox terriers, bulldogs, bull ter
riers, all kinds of terriers, pugs King
Charles spaniels, Italian greyhounds, beagles
and collies. They are full of interest and
without a flea. Decorated with blue ribbons
few seem quite proud and contented, but a
majority yelp and YELL screach and scream,
bay and bark all day long Rents ought to
go up in that vicinity. The regular tramps
who occupy benches in Madison square are
in no sense a rival to the bench show in the
garden, although there isn't a face in the
one that has not its counterpart in the other
Yesterday morning there were very many
ladies present. Some owned dogs in the
show and exercised them Some toyed with
the ferocious and petted the bashful The
sleek and the rough had each his charm, and
the champions were no more feted than the
Others. Several theatrical celebrities have
dogs in the show and are on hand to drive
dull care away and help their pets from the
pains of homesickness. Mr.. and Mrs. Dude
| with number OF their set, were in the gar
den night and day What they don't know
about dogs would fill a book. No man need
fear to be lonesome there. The place is full
of information and people to distribute it,
The money value of tire show is very great
There are very little, tiny animals there
whose cash cost is considerable, and Others
bouncers. whose worth is equal to their
weight in silver. Perhaps the significant
feature of the bench show is its dttrac-
! ton for children, hundreds of little
/ folk being amongits most interested patrons.
At a moderate estimate there arc $4,000
dogs in New York, and although many are
not worth the price of the dynamite that
would blow them to Barren Island there are
! thousands worth $50 each, and hundreds for
which $3.50 would be a small price 1t is es-
| timated that $780, 900 worth Of doghesh runs
between the Battery and Harlem river, and
Of this much Of the creme de la creme may