Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-05
THE COMING DOG SHOW.
Celebrated Animals 10 be Exhibited-Tt
Entries Made.

Entries Made.
The last regular meeting Of the Washington
Kennel Club prior to the show. which takes
place on the 18th. 18th, 18th and 10th Of this
| month at the Washington Riding Academy, was
held last night at the club rooms Of the club.
Ill 18th street north west, with President s. ".
Stinemetz in the chair. The principal bust
| ness transacted was the election Of the follow.
ing members: Gen. N. L. Anderson, Charles A.
Mum, Dr.. Henry May, W. E. c. Morehead
David King, A. A. Birney. DR.. Ralph Walsh,
Geo. HELEN, Richard Smith. Gen. B. F. Robert
son, Henry T. Wright Campbell Darlington,
W. W. Boarman, b. H. Hempler. Thomas W.
Fields, Gen. Jos. Dickinson, Capt. H. L.
Buchanan, Jas. r. Keenan,, L. p. Shoemaker.
THE ENTRIES.
The entries yesterday were very large, and
exceeded by long odds any estimation of the
club, reaching 400 at 10 clock. The local en-
tries are large and represent many fine breeds.
including mastiffs st. Demands, fox hounds.
deer hounds, pointers. settlers, pugs, bull ter
riers, King Charles spaniels. collies, cocker
spaniels. Chesapeake bay dogs and representa-
tives Of all the other established breeds.
The mornings mail brought upwards of 300
entries from Maine, Canada Tennessee, Colo
RADIO and all points in the east. comprising the
very choicest dogs Of the country. The show
promises to eclipse all others yet held in this
city.
SOME NOTED DOGS.
Among the noted dogs entered are Beaufort,
the champion mastiff, who has won twenty-one
first prizes; Jack the Ripper the bloodhound used
by the London police in their efforts to detect
the Whitechapel murderer. and Victor, the
prize winner in the bloodhound class ut New
York. In the rough-coated st. Bernard class;
E. b. Sears of Massachusetts, enters Sir Bede-
we're and Hesper. besides SIX others. E. H.
Moore, also Of Massachusetts, will have on ex-
hibition ten dogs. including Lord Melrose. the
largest st. Bernard in the country. W. s.
Diffenderffer, secretary Of the Maryland
Kennel Club has entered in this class Blod-
win, Lord Baltimore and Hepsey, all three
very handsome specimens. The latter has
just been imported by Mr. Diffenderffer, and
will be exhibited for the first time in this
country. The English setter class will be rep
resented by all the prominen. field trial win
ners, including the famous dogs of j. NJ. Aren't
of Tennessee, F. II. Hitchcock of New York.
the Blue Ridge kennel of Virginia and Others
the Kildare kennels of Pittsburg, the Killarney
kennels of Chicago and dogs owned by Il. s.
Jones, A. A. Birney, George Barr and others Of
this city. The Dumblane Hunt Club will ex-
hibit pack of twenty-four foxhounds and A.
B. Suit of Suitland, Md, H. H. Miller of Sandy
Springs, Nd, and Admiral Jouett of the United
States navy also have entries in this class.
Chesapeake bay dogs bulldogs, cOllies. point
ers and Newfoundlands will also be we'll repre-
sented. Mr.. August Belmont, jr., OF New
York will send nine fox terriers and Mr.. j. A.
Logan will send thirteen Of the same class to
compete for the Tombor stakes offered by the
American Fox Terrier Club.
Mr. Wasserbach of this city will exhibit his
magnificent st. Bernard, recently imported,
and 1t will doubtless attract unusual attention.