Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-07
A LARGE COLLECTION.
The Exhibit Made BY Captain A. B.
Anderson,

Scarcely anyone not concerned in the
organization of the Southern California
Kennel Club has taken more active in
terest in tie success of the bench show
than Captain A. B. Anderson of San Ga
briel. He has shown this interest bv
making large number of entries in the
show. Ten OF the fifteen dogs which he
has in his kennels at "the Grange
have been sent to the show.
Captain Anderson is especially fond of
dogs and has put good deal of money
and attention in the improvement of his
kennels. They are now among the
finest in Southern California, containing
number of fine specimens of the best
varieties of dogs.
In the mastitf class Captain Anderson
leads off with No. l, Richland Commo-
dore, large, hght-fawn dog with a
magnificent head. The animal, like all
of those from these kennels, is of gentle
disposition. He was whelped Septem-
Der "a, 1888, at the Richland kennels;
sire, Mccormick; dam, Princess Dolly.
The price set is $3.50.
No. 6 in the class of mastiff bitches is
Atella A. 1900. This is solid, fine
looking animal, of a beautiful fawn
color. She was whelped March 12, 1889.
G. A. Swartwout, breeder; sire, I'M
perial Arno Q3,01O; dam, Zella M.
(6,555). The price set is 5000. Both of
these mastiffs attracted much attention
yesterday from visitors.
Captain Anderson's favorite dog, or, at
least, one of which he is most proud, is
st. Bernard bitch, Dido II. This, like
most of the others of Captain Andersons
collection, is an imported animal. Be-
fore she left England this bitch gave
birth, at various times, to litters that
included total OF 166 pups. In color
she is orange and white, not very large
for a st. Bernard, but handsomely pro-
portioned. She was whelped August 81,
1885; sire. Scotch Barry dam, Dido l.
The price is $500. 1t is noticeable, by
the way, that this is almost the only st.
Bernard in the entire show. She has
many admirers.
In the pointer puppy class Captain
Anderson has dog, Ell Rio Rey, and
bitch, Susie Post Ell Rio Rey is lemon
and white in color, whelped June Z,
1889. The breeder of this dog was P. d.
out of Ballona); the dam, Roberta (bv
Robert LIE Diable, out of Young Beulahj.
The bitch, Susie Post, is also lemon and
white in color, and out of the same litter
with Ell Rio Rey. She is beautiful
animal, with keen, alert face, every
line of which shows fine breeding and
intelligence. They are both gentle,
affectionate creatures, and attract much
notice.
Among the collies Captain Anderson
has dog, Laddie, sable in color, a good
natured, athletic animal. He was
whelped July 1, 1889. The breeder was
Wood Wattles. The pedigree is not
stated
In the fox terrier class, Captain Ander-
son has Regent Jock C0,889) white;
whelped April 30, 1885, breeder, August
Belmont; sire, Regent Vox (by Tucker
out of Sandy VIC; dam, Blempton SAT-
from (by Belgrave Primrose out of Flirt).
This dog took honors at the second dog
| show in San Francisco in 1885, The
value is $500.
In the fox-terrier bitch class, Captain
Anderson has two; Tricksey, white
black-and-tan, one of the most beautiful
animals in the entire show, and
Golden Patch, black white-and- d-tan,
the latter having a litter of pups.
Trlcksey was whelped April 18,
1889; breeder, James E. Watson; sire,
Teddy; dam, Gyp (9,937) value, $75.
Golden Patch was whelped June %,
1888; breeder, j. B. Martin sire, Sly
Mixture (by Mixture out Of Shone);
dam, Beatrice (by Bacchanal out of
Blemton Arrow. This bitch took
prize at the Southern California Kennel
Clubs show of last year.
Among the pugs Captain Anderson
has very bright little dog, Bobby, fawn
color, well sprinkled with black. This
ends the enumeration OF one of the most
striking collections in the whole show.