Connecticut western news., 1884-05-14
THE GREAT DOG SHOW. TRAY, BLANCHE ANn SwEEruHARr T0tskrIlkR FOR TItE kDtFtCATtuN OF TnE frHl.It.
 Society and Field sports have Iatiy Week
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 The world O. souety and field sports has been kept busy this week with daily attcndaneos at the dog show, and if the walls of the much tried Madison Square Garden could have spoken they would have expressed relief over the change from the horrors of the walking match. With its eighth annual Bench Show the Westminster Kennel Club have capped the climax Of it's prcvious successca- The number of dogs on the bench. com. ing not only from all parts ot the United States, but from Canada auu Eagland, proves tho popularity Of the Club, while the daily attendance of visitors is the strongest evidence that the Bench Show has become as much m established sporting feature for New York society as the coaching parade, the opening of ter ome Park and kindred affairs.
 It is singular how the fashion in dogs changes. Some years ago small dogs were all the rage, and among them the pug who looks like concentrated mas tifl, rcigned supreme. The Italian grey hound and the silk haired spaniel ranked next in estimation. Now, however, large dogs are at the head of affair.". and among them mashfs have acquired an ascendauey undreamt of even year ago. No would-be young swell, no young lady aspiring to have a complete fashionable out-of-door makeup can afford to walk the avenue in any other wny than at the end of chain drawn taut by huge, struggling brute of this order. At the show there are fifteen mastif dogs, eleven bitches and fourteen puppies. Among the lot arc three champion dogs and two bitches. This is certainly a good showing. The winner in the cham pion dog class, Nevison, owned hy Mir. Mason, of Yorkshire, England, is splendid animal. He is a fawu with black points, Al years old, aud in the course of his wanderings has picked up no less than 3s prizes, not including specials.
 The St Bernmds hold their own, compared with previous shows, as also do the Berghunds. The Newfoundland, however, have lost, and unless thora should be revival in thcir favor, this noble breed, which has given rise to 90 much senttmentality in dog literature and urt, will soon be as rare as piehald horses. Greyhounds, too, have fallen of, perhaps not In number, but certainly in quality. This is Co bo deplored, for although the racer of the canine world may not be an afIcctiunate house dog, ar even an attractive watcher, his looks alone ought to bring him many admirers. Practically, new feature is furnished at the show by the deerhoun6s. Last year there WIS but ono, while this week there were eighteen. They are noble specimens of the cuuine urcc, combining the graceful lines of the greyhound with the size and substance of the blood hound, and their bristley coats give them an mir of rugged strength aud de- termination wonderfully picturesque. One of the prcttiest sights at thosh was furnished by Mrs. Geo. Shcphard lagos Dunrohiu. He is light, briudle, years old. His box was hung with dixk-greon Scotch plaids, forming sombro back ground, which made the hlyery tips of his hair fairly glisten. He was not in the first flight of prize winners, but as he lay extended in his box, with his head erect and his eye gazing clearly and un- fiinchingly at the strange sights about | l. l. s#tkfaKssIf1 model for an artist
 Pointers and settlers of all varieties were exceedingly well represented, aud so high was the quality throughout that in many of the classes the judges had considerable difficulty in arriving at . decision. As a> result, the feeling of rivalry between the owners Of different dogs ran very high, and bets were freely made. When the judges awarded the blue ribbon to Mir. Munson's champion pointer Meteor, against Mfr Mason's Beaufort, 5000 changed hands. Point CTS seem to have had moro attention paid to them by breeders during the last year than setters, and among the latter class, the English variety bids fair to crowd out the hlack.and.tans and Irish. Spauiels, both field and water, seem on the verge of losing their hold on the public fancy, for they are neither numer- ously nor we'll represented. Fox.hounds are also roorly represented at the show. The reason of this s that the local hunts, who have spared neither labor nor money on improving this breed, have been using their packs up to week ar two ago. aud thus, while the hounds may be ilt @ addles for run, they are in no condition for the bench.
 Beagles hold their own as compared with former years, but they have made no proRress; the same may be said ot the daohshunds Fox terriers, however, have improved greatly, both quantita. lively and quRlitatively. There were any number oi pcSIcct specimens al tho show. The fox terrier is beautiful little animal and the most all-around useful small dog extant It is pleasant to see his merits rccognised, Collica have also received great attention hy hfeNhefN uuthE the Pf'h NNht eto hla fair to supplAnt St. BeruNri's in iashion- able Gtimation before another Bench Show comes around. Bulldogs and bull terriers have fallen of somewhat, particularly the latter. Tho fox terrier has to great extent monopoliEed tho place once occupied by his kinsman in the bulldog family.
 AS regards the toy terriers, quality is we'll renrenented. hnt the quantity haa