National Republican., 1888-05-30
THE nrGTr-pEGREE DOGS.
Some Of the Prize winners al the Ken
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The bench show of the Washington Kennel
club the uutgrowth Of the recent series of
articles in the sunday papers ON Good dogs
owned here began yesterday In the Light
Infantry hall under most promising auspices,
and will continue for four days. There was n
large company present during the afternoon,
and an ovcrlowng house in the evening, and
Il great deal of interest was manifested In the
excellent exhibit. Those present embraced
dog fancicrs generally, snOrtsmcn, and lovers
and owners of dogs The audience was a
fashionable one, and composed in good part
oi society people who admired the beautiful
pets. The management, under the direction
Of Mr. Frank Hall, deserves Commcndation.
Notwithstanding the large number Of dogs IN
the hall the atmosphere Is perfectly clean and
fresh, and everything looks bright. The bench
arrangement is the newest and best. and the
health and comfort Of the dogs are carefully
regarded, Some of the dogs hal not become
tcrs, but the old stagcrs soon
made Themselves comfortable. The. array
Of dogs presented was a most creditablc one
to the city. aud the dogs owned here made
IN excellent showing against animals that
lave been exhibited on both sides of the
ocean. aud have taken a cargo of prizes. The
exhibit confirms the statement made IN the
papers that there are larger number of fine
dogs here than was supposed, and II some
owners were not timid about sending their
niHg;Gi i,ig;i i, i9r exhibit, great many more excel.
seen, In many instances the Judges had no
little difficulty IN selecting the prize winners,
thc animals being pretty evenly matched:
NJ he rules governing the American Kennel
Flub were used by the judges in making their
decisions, and they Were generally satisfac.
tory; There was a fine array Of Irish settlers,
u splendid class of English and Gordon set.
ters, both dogs and bitches, and some very
fine pointers, with pCdigrCcs as long as ono's
arm The beagle was also .spendidly repre-
scnted by some beautiful specimens, and
slnNNpl tlnir ipl "a nd
attractive faces. Bull dogs and
6mdI,,,,n, pull terriers handsome or ugly
II highly representative specimens, Primrose,
the English thoroughbred, presented by Mr..
Henry Irving tu Mr.. George w. Childs, coming
u for 4 large share, of attention. The dgni.
fed collie, with his handsome coat and frill,
his stately dignity aud kindly disposition, was
much admired. Many of the cOlies had dainty
lihbon collars: showing that their owners
were ladies. The kennels of the beautiful
little grayhounds were costly arranged With
inrs and soft cushions for the little ones. The
FOX terriers and fox hounds presented very
attractive appearance, and thc famous ChcsG-
peake bay dog was represented ny some fine
specimens. The exhibit ul the noble specle5-
mastllis, ST. Demands, and Newfounlldnds is
The Judges were all experts and ma le their
decisions very carefully. They We're on set
tiers, pointers, Spaniels, grayhuundS 200 lies
an1, pugs;, and all kinds of spaniels.
The following awards We're made: Great
Danes, dogs and bitcies-First Prize to i. Il
Wmgrove's. Levi and Jessie II. Pointers.
champion dogs, - pounds and oycr-Flrst
briIe to Z. W. Littleiohn's champion Fritz.
prize to Ed Godeys Peter White. open
bitches, 80 pounds and over, pointers First
prize to Jno. Firms Beauty u. Pointers, open
Webster,s Prince Don, Pointers, open bitches,
under 80 pOunds-tirst prize, Prof. j. c..
Schnylor,s ,Bertie May; second prize, D, W.
Oysters Tellie Doe; very highly commended,
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highly commended Ed Godey's Bessie q;
POINTERS, puppies under twelve months, dogs
first prize, John Wanstall's Dom; second
lriZe, Frank Pit2Cr's Bonnie Jean. Pointers,
novice class-Fnst prize, +. S. Webster's
Prince Don English settlers, champion dogs
FIRST prize, Z, W testers Glenrock; Eng
IIen9ere's Count lLendrckS. second prize, f.
W. Testers Blue. Prince; third prize, Richard
smiths Dixie Gladstone, Very highly com
mendedTCharlcs 5. ,Kelly's Flash, and Wash
Fereuson's Ned, and IL NJ. De Alleys White.
Conmended-l. w. Lyons Moses. English
settlers, open Hitchcs-E!rst prize, D, T; Lewis's
TrSE rSaE SrG ;Sf9nd T1S W. a. THyGr pfces
Very highly commended -E.W. W.Jestcr's Dream
and Morning, Associated Fanclers' Bessie
TIL, Commended-R Richard smiths Queen.
dogs-First prize, L. Herzog'S Jack; second
prize, L. Wagner's Fritz Bltches-First prize
!: Her2ogs Kate. English settlers, dogs and
II. W
heagty; second Prize, L. W. TESTERS Don bee;
third prize, e. w. Testers Dreaming Glen.
Irish settlers, dogs--First prize, Ed: AIaher's
Larry $, second prize, AssQGiated Fanciers'
C.. Kirk's Benn second prize, Associated Fan.
ciers' Lady Fawn; third prize, q. II. Offutt's
Flirt., Very highly commcnded--Allen Dodge's
Blonde and John Clark's Fan. Gordon set
tiers, champion dogs First prize, A. II. Christ's
Alp; bitches, first prize, Tioga Kennels
Rose Rose. Gordon settlers, >oren dogs-First
second prize, Henry Meneken's Fannie
Irish waterspaniels,, bitches.-First prize, d.
!. Lewis's Jess field spaniels, open bitches,
twenty-five pounds and over; second prize,
iwen.y.sieGt pounds, open doss Prize priHo,
Horahlore Spragne's Ligero; bitches, first
first prize Harold Birney's Cachon; second
prize, Thos. $. Kimpton's Prince Licifer.
PPoodles, d,oss-Flrst prize, Mrs; Nelson
FRSSers Tws FkS FEao sccP%G Pa price Cpen css
prize, Dr.. W. H. Cryers othcllo; second prize, ses
+: E. D. No,yes's Fin: third prize, Associated
Ia ranGiers IA RadIord ,y; Rowdy; very highly com.
J, /, Magnire's. Snip; bitches second prize, $,
T. Rabbits Daisy: puppies, first prize Il. w.
1esferS 1eJ FaWn iknG Charles $p4nieis-SeG
third prize, associated Fanciers' Dandy. Blen.
helm Spaniels-First prize, j.. II. Winslow's
Joan Arc. Japanese, spanicls,-First prize,
!, w, NpratIty MlkauO; second priZc, Il. w.
Spratteys Yum Yum. italian greyhounds-
First Prize, Mrs. \. NJ. KrOmer's Romeo; sec.
ond prize, Miss Annie Creswell's Zip. MeXi-
can hairless dog-First prize c. Leuman's
McXie.
Among those present were noticed: Mr.. j.
Finn and wife. Miss Florence Bayard, Miss
n. Wood, Secretary Whitney and wife, Secre.
tary Bayard, Russian Minister. .Greger, French
and lady, L. W. Jester and wife, Don Cam.
eron and wife, John j. ingalls, and wife, Miss
Biddle, Miss Morriss, Mrs. Henry \, Pepper,
senator II W. Blair, Senator VI. G. Butler,
Mr. and Mrs, Littleiohn, Mr.. and Mrs. Pitzer.
Mr., ". Nailor. Mrs \. VI Kramer, Mrs. G. VI.
Childs, Senator &. V. Vest, Senator Leland
Frye, Mrs. L. s. Allen, J. f. Barbour. Miss L.
Blackiord, Miss Annie Crcswcll, Miss VI, II.
Cryer.