The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-12
CLOSE OF THE DOG SHOW.
The Managers Thoroughly Satisfied
With the Results OF the Exhibit.

With the Results OF the Exhibit.
The bench show at the Pavilion, held
under the auspices OF the Pacific Kennel
Club, came to very successful close last
evening. Notwithstanding the exceed
ingly warm weather very large gather
ing of ladies and gentlemen was present to
witness the closing scenes. AT 0:50
o'clock the big bell which hangs lazily be-
tween the rafters of the Pavilion sounded
its la st closing notice to the hundreds OF
barking CANNES whose masters were wait
ing impatiently for the time when they
could hberate their priced beauties from
close confinement and whisper i'll their
ears the sweet and never to be forgotten
words-no place like home.
The closing scene was noisy one. The
big st. Demands and great Danes growled
savagely at each other as their keepers LED
the m from the hall to the street, and the
little pugs and terriers assisted to no small
extent in making the final act of the show
as boisterous as any lover Of ''man's best
friend" could wish.
The show, was most successful one from
all points of view. The number of entries
was very large, there being 351 dogs ex-
hibited. Every one who went to see the
CANNES was pleased with them, from
Colonel R. D. 1aidlaw's big prize-winner
mastiff Major down to J. G. Farley's toy
terriers, Moxie and Midget.
The show was a pecuniary success,
though the managers were unable to tell
last night how much the club had cleared.
Neither could they tell how great the at
tendance was, but it is known to have
been far above what was expected. A new
feature, pleasing to all dog-lovers, was the
large number of aociety people attracted
to the show. They left vowing that they
would have large lot of fine dogs before
the next exhibition.
A large number of society people visited
the show in the afternoon, and the
majority of those present closely studied
the different CANNES on exhibition. Con-
siderable enthusiasm was shown by the
society people, and several announced an
intention to purchase and import, if nee
essary, dogs of the various breeds which
they most fancied. This was pleasing
news to>the members of the Pacific, Kennel
Club, and they hope to have large entries
been the desire of the Pacific Kennel Club
to arouse an interest in the matter among
the wealthy people of this City and State,
and they feel now that it will become quite
fad among society people, ladies as well
as gentlemen, to raise dogs of the finest
breeds.
The feature of the programme in the
afternoon was the children's matinee, at
which all the trick dogs gave perform
ances. There were large number OF chill |.
dren. present, but they were mostly well
along in the teens, so that it could be bet
ter called matinee for young misses and
young men. The young people greatly
enjoyed the show.
The programme last evening consisted
OF a parade of prize-winners and an exhi-
bition by the trick dogs. The parade went
off quietly but for the action of Colonel
Laidlaw's mastiff, which must have had
fight. He mixed up with several dogs, and
nearly crippled fine pointer. The at
tendance in the evening was very large.
All of the seats about the parade grounds
were filled and many persons crowded to
get view.,