The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-03-15
DOGS OF HIGH DEGREE.

There VIII BE Great Array of Them at
the Bench show.
The bench show of dogs to be held by the
Washington City Kennel Club will be the event
OF this week. Once devotion to dogs was re-
gsrded as evidence of a rather low tone, but
that has all changed, and now the best and
most cultivated classes are those among which
are found the most ardent admirers of blooded
CANNES AT the present time It is safe to say
tnat there is almost as much money invested in
fine dogs as in fine horses. When dog is sold
Tor Sl0,OO0, and some are held at sos, 900, this
fact is a revelation to some people.
AT the recent show of the Westminster Ken
mel Club In New York over fifteen hundred
dogs OF the highest breeding, whose total value
1t would be hard to estimate, attracted the best
society people of the city to Madison Square
Garden. where they met their friends, and per-
haps now and then foe; but they ali loved the
dogs, and those who did not love admired, and
those who did not admire wondered The
grand st. Bernards all admired, and the mastiff
greyhounds and other larger breeds came In for
their share of admiration. But all the love of
the ladies was centered in the smaller fancy
breeds-the King Charles terriers, the spaniels,
and pugs.
The Kennel Club show, to be held at the Rid
ing Academy, Twenty-second and p streets,
which will open next Tuesday, will be In every
respect equal In character II not in size to that
OF the Westminster Kennel Club. 1t will have
on Its benches five hundred of the choice dogs
that were on exhibition in New York The en-
terprising secretary of the club spent four DAYS
In New York arranging for the exhibit of such
dogs as Sir Bedrere, the $1,000 rough-coat ST.
Bernard; Hesper, Alton, and Plinlmmon OF
the mastiffs there will be two in hot contest
here, Champion Beaufort and Iford Chancellor.
The former is owned by Mr.. E. H. Moore of
Boston, and the latter by James H. Whitney.
wealthy resident of Rochester, N Y. Mr..
Whitney has kennel of five crack mastiffs,
and Will be here looking after his interests
Hounds of all Breeds the most interesting of
which will be the Russian wolf hounds, never
before seen in this city, The best of them
were bred by the Gar of Russia. They are
beautiful creatures with long slender legs and
bodies pointed muzzles, and soft silken hair
like the English setter. There are only seven
in this country, and five of them will be here
OF the famous pointers there will be King of
Kent the sire of more field trial winners than
any dog of his age in America Rip-Rap, son
OF Kent, and Maid of Kent, a daughter, all
winning dogs of the last years. derby Mr..
e. Dexter, a millionaire of Boston, owns this
kennel and is doing grand work to elevate and
improve the breedfn this country.
Robert lie Diable, Duke of Hessen, Woolten
Game, Bracket, and other famous pointers,
numbering eighty-seven, will be benched Mr..
Thomas 81. Terry, of the Hampstead Farm
Kennels; F. B. Hitchcock, August Belmont,
John A, Logan, Jr.; James Anthony, John M.
Tracy. the artist Miss Anna H. Whitney the
breed of the glorious old life-saver of St. Hos
pice; James Mortimer, of the Westminster
Kennel Club; E. H. Moore and T. L. Mitchell,
breeders of the world-renowned blood hounds,
the n: P, will be in attendance.
There are three famous man-trailers the
finest in the world, which will attract great at
tention.