Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-30

peny has performed like services for the
Buffalo. Syracuse, Westminster Kennel
Club, Saratoga, St. Paul, and American
Fox-Terrier Club shows. which have all
been held this season. Tho dogs will be
fed on "Spratt's Patent Meat 'Flbrine
Vegetable Dog Cakes, will be regularly
watered, exercised. clean straw put m
the Cages, and the building well dlsin-
fected twice a day, and by 8 o'clock
every morning the room and dogs will
present q neat, clean, and attractive APP
pesrance, and be in readiness for the
crowds Of ladies and gentlemen who Will
visit the bench-show.
THE JUDGING.
The Judging will commence tho first
day. Mr.. NJ. Tracy, the most cele-
brated animal sketcher and painter IN
America, some OF whose pictures can be
seen at the Virginia Field-Sports head
quarters. on Ninth street, this city. will
Judge settlers and pointers and Chesa-
peake bay dogs. Dir. James Mortimer.
OF Babylon, l.. l., superintendent Of the
Westminster Kennel Club, will Judge
mastiifs. II. Bernsris, Newfoundlands,
Great Danes, greyhounds, co.lies, poo
dies bulldogs, terriers, pugs, tag spa
niels. and Italian greyhounds. Colonelt.
q. Skinner, Of New York, ayeteran sports
man, viii Judge English blOodhounds,
deerhounds. foxhounds, Basset hounds,
and dachshunds. Spaniels viii be
JUDGED by Mr. A. Clinton Wilmerding,
a well-knOTn sportsman besglcs by Mr..
Herman Schelhass, president OF the
American English Beagle Club; Gordon
settlers by Mt. Harry Malcolm, Of Balti-
more. a Well-kDown breeder. The regu-
lar premiums awarded will aggregate
considerably over $1,000 and the pre-
miums are the same rs those offered by
the Westminster Kennel Club, of New
York. which, owing to the large attend
ance at metropolitan shows, IS noto-
riously liberal.
SPECIAL PEIZEs.
In addition to the regular premiums
the following special prizes Will DC
awarded:
The Virginia Agricultural, Mechanical. and
| Tobacco Exposition ccers tha following prizes
% 90 zach for he best kcIoel OF English SET
ter. pointers, colnss, and fox HOUNDS mot toss
thaa six to cons It u pot Joss Than four, ana az
least Two Seuneis 10 compete, eacn kaunoi 10 De
owned by ono exhibitor.
1hey also oner no following; For tho test
setter deg Or bitch Of ANY breed In the shoE thas
has rllu 10 n Geld tina. 80. hes; pointer nat
has run in q hotJ trist $40; for tn7 Uost Dluo-
ino-tied f0x-h0Ini dog " bit,h', 50
The American Fox. Terrier cub ouors Tor tf9
best exhibit of foX-terucrs 80 a lfI7nd ol
| beagles offers for mo best GRACE or beagle
hIiehts owned by one exhibitor SILVER ,. cup
valued a. ia5; the American Jorion Nei@r i"p
| offers spccial priIo 81 solid piece OF silver,
valued A. So for the best Gordon setter dog OF
| btch,: she Collie Club Of America offers ~ clnD
medal or SO m cash for tho best mo ptod hud
owned By resident ot any southern olat',
Maryland included: Mr. Harry Aa 'o'm, 81
baltimore. offers = silver cup tur the oe% Deaflo
on exhibition ,ei,ner seVi; tho American hnE-
lish- Beagle Club offers two handsome collars To-
| b. awarded the best beagle DO add btifh eHn- "a
by nemter5 - that club; 1r @. r. Ollfk. r.
George, Del, proprietor OF 100 Diain1pl N-a'e
kennels offers prize Of q setter puppy Tor the
best dog OF bitch IA tie kng. fet'er puppy
class Owned Ga she city ~ Richmond.
B.st keunei OF m asliiis So; bcst kennel ~.
Bernaris, -: bost kennel Irish sAttors, 81
Ia saditiln 70 the aLJyo, DR.. II. Clay tloYor. of
New York, donates twelve copies 81 MS Aln'iihs
Qrealiae on Canine Diseases) "A special pr.4o',
10 10 arardcd as follows: one copy each Tor p'si
fox hound dog. fox-h0und bitch. f0X-hohnd cog
poppy. fYx-hound batch puppy. tnci'h 'rtt'
dog puppy, English softer hurh puppy il.h
= p
and-tan sotior dog puppy. black and-tan setter
hitch puppy, boaglo-hound dog, and beagle
hound bitch.
Notices Of special prizes offered by
sportsmcn and others are being received
almost daily at the bench-snow head
quarters and q list Is being prepared.
Fox HUNTS.
The first of the series OF fox hunts will
take place on the second day OF the
bcnch-show, Wednesday, October 10Th,
and Master-of-the Hounds Mr.. ". >.
Archer states that enough foxes have
/ been secured. IOX-hunters from the
North viii bring their horses and dogs to
Richmond 10y steamer and take part, and
1t is thought four or five hundred hounds
will participate, Among them Will be
I the following:
/ Alr Edmund Winston's Hanover pack......... 81
I Nr. Joun BaWss New hent pgck.. ........... ID
Tho Chesterfield o-g...................-...... -
TIE iienricO pack ...-'---.'-'..
Tue Prince Ge'fss IafN...'.. ...'..' :
The Amelia pack. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .....s I'D
Tire pIinco Edward pack. ......-..... ID
Tn Coles PACK. Ihgnfafla ........-.......... ID
THO Garth pack h,ben tr.e.................... b
The Byron pack. from NORTH tarllir 1......... I'D
+ Senator Rams lm's dogs, NORM Oefohna-...... I'D
F Tie Wslo PACK. b0ul'a.................-. D
1fn C1lbcpor pack...................... ~
i The Orange pack..........i........'' ~
go
Mr.. William 6. Archer, one OF our
I best-known fox-hunters, has consented
10 act as master OF the hounds. assisted
/ 10y another well known foX-huator. Cap
/ tain Joseph fiobson, Of Powhatan, one
/ of Jeb. Stuart's best and roughestrldmg
cayalrymen, and Mr. ROane hu.iin, Of
/ Chesterfield.
The first days run viii be called
"The skinner Run. " in honor Of that
+ famous old sportsman, Colonel +. c..
| Skinner, who has consented to be q boy
again and take part IN the sports. Tho
second day s run will be known as "The
Visitors Run" and the third day as
"The Home Run.
Assurances have been received that
some Of the best gentlemen riders IN the
/ couutry viii take part IN these great
hunts. Among them are Mos5rs. Hitch
cock, NJ. 4. H., Meadow Brook Hunt ;
/ la Montague, NJ. +. H., Rockaway
/ Hunt; Eoxhall Keene, Cedarhurst, h..
/ L; Belmont Purly. Of the Meadow
Brook hunt; John oDedecor, babylon,
/ J.. l.; 7. Swami Iatrobo, VI. (.
H., baltimore hunt; William Sanford,
Of New York, and many other gentle
men with well-established regulations as
4 cross-country riders. A number of lady
riders will also participate.
THE ENTRIES.
Entries for the Bench-Show Will close
tomorrow, October LIST, and after j..
n. it will be impossible to get dog
registered. Although over a week before
the show, this Is necessary in order TO
number the entries and print the cata-
logues by the time the show opens. At
headquarters on Ninth street yesterday
afternoon and late last night Superlu-
tendent Hill and his assistants were
busly engaged in recording entries
which hal been received during the day.
Richmond j, not behind IN the number
Of her reSistrics, and quite q number oil
Richmond ladies are entering their pets
poodles, pugs, terriers, &C, al OF which
are embraced in the premium list aud will