St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-21
DOG CONVENTION.
Fifteen Hundred rets OF New
York Swelldom at n show, =


York Swelidom at a show.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-Upwards ,of
1880 dogs are engaged i'll having their.
day at Madison Square garden, ana
going about 1t in an intelligent, entktf.
siastic, appreciative way, such as dogs
alone are capable of. 1t-begins to look,
as though the bench show were to rival.
the horse show in popular favor, Tor
the big garden was crowded with speca
tators, the majority of whom compriSgd
the swelldom of New York. AS has
been he case with all the similar shows
held at Madison Square garden this
year, the number OF entries far exceeds
that OF any previous display of the
club. The floor space of the building
ha been entirely taken up with tile
rings and stalls for the larger animais.:
In order to secure sufficient space for.
the entire display it has been found
necessary to range a large number OF
the stalls holding the canine contests
ants behind the first tier of boxes. 5lni
the fifty or more classes III which prizes
have been offered Will be found repbeu
SentatlveS of every breed of dog that
coaxed or lorded his way into a dog
lovers affection. Among them are in
Vulnerable prize winners dogs with
records in every field open to them.
The display of st. Bernards is unusu-
ally large, and furnishes 0ne OF the
chief points of popular appreciation.
From these sedate examples of canine
responsibility the display runs on
down through all the hound and hunt
ing family and other rough-and-tumble
members of the race to the fragile and
pampered bOudoir pets that are too
ethereal for the touch of vulgar air
even, and appear in the kennel clubs
pageant behind glass cases and in lac
quered pagodas wrapped in cotton
wool.
During the hour ortwo before the show
opened the attendants were busily
shaking down fresh straw for beds for
the more robust aud arranging the
snowy nests of the ethereal pets, comb
ing and washing and general getting
ready OF every separate and Individual
one of them III shape for the iudges'eyes.
This rather important part OF the pro-
gramme began promptly on time.
The judges began their work as soon
as the doors opened, and the dogs were
brought Il into the center of the ring
III all incloSure, where the Judging took
place. The most notable exhibits are
those of the White-haired fox terriers
and pointers, of which there are a large
number. The best of this collection
are probably Sister Pattern. st. Crlbble,
st. BOwlton, Sister Janet and Sister
Grit. Sir Bedlvere is the best known
Of the st. Bernard. He has been q fire
quent prize winner. and is now the
property of the Argyle kennels. of
Little Rock, Ark. Jacob RUPERT has
sent three good specimens in Kingston
ian Countess, Empress of CoItacook
and Miss Anna. George Gould exhibits
the Russian wolf hounds Cedric Ii.
and Olga ", both of which were ''bred
Ill the purple" and can show a long line
of distinguished ancestors who have
won renown in many bench shows.
The Judging of the dogs for prizes
was begun this afternoon. Miss Anna
Il. Whitney, of Lancaster, Mass, was
judge of the ST. Bernards, Newfound-
lands and spaniels; Maj. j. j. M
Thornton, the English settlers, American
f%oXhounds and Chesapeake bay dogs;
Clinton Wilmerding, the spaniels used
for sport; s. T. Belling, of Albany, the
fox terriers; l.. G. Sauvier, the ~collies;
DR.. III. T. Foote. of New Rochelle, n. YI,
the black and ans and Italian grey4
hounds; G. A. Stevens, OF Hoboken, the
bull terriers; A. B. Purdy, the English
fox hounds; e.. A. Woodward, of Chica-
go, British bulldogs; F. j. Underwood,
English mastitfs; j. d. Munro, English
~bloodhounds, Russian wolf hounds. Irish
settlers. Gordon settlers and beagleS.