The herald., 1896-04-22
THE BENCH SHOW OPENED
Many Pedigreed CANNES Are
Placed on Exhibition
DOGS OF A HIGH DEGREE
Some Of the Notable Specimens That
Are on Exhibition
Judging Begun and VIII BE Finished Today.
Over 400 Dogs Exhibited From Abroad
and at Home
DOGS OF A HIGH DEGREE

With the babel Of noise created by the
| barks, yel1s, yowls, hawls and growls of
| something over 200 dogs, the eighth an
nual bench show of the Southern Cali
| fornia Kennel club was successfully in
| augurated yesterday afternoon. All
morning long the CANNES had been
| pouring in and assigned their respective
| Kennels, and at 1 O'Clock Judge j. Otis
Fellows of New York entered the ring
to pass upon the respective merits of
the various canine candidates for hon
ors. The. present show is the largest IN
| point OF numbers that has ever been
| held in this city, and the dogs, as
| whole, the best yet exhibited.
The benches occupy three whole store
| rooms in the new Newell & Cannon
block on Broadway, between First and
second, while the judging ring is situ-
ated IN a light and spacious room in
| the rear. Along each side of the rooms
| are arranged the kennels, beginning
With the smaller dogs in the entrance
apartment and ranging upward
| through the second room to the Great
Danes, mastiffs and st. Bernards in
the last. Coming through the entrance
upon the right are the field and cocker
spaniels, daschbunde, colliies and bull
| terriers. On the left are poodles. terriers.
pugs and fox terriers, of which last
class large number are shown. In
| l.,c SeCoiu apartment are pointers,
| chesapeake bays, English, Irish and
Gordon settlers, and one lone entry in
the greyhound and foxhound classes.
| The third room is devoted to the larger
breeds. Newfoundland, Great Danes,
mastiffs, etc,
OF the St Bernard class some repre-
! sentative specimens are to be seen In
point of honor must be mentioned the
noble dog, California Bernardo. who has
won nrSt prize every time he has been
exniolted. He is owned by J. G.. Barker
OF san Francisco, and is a grandson of
run brother of the worlds champion.
| recently deceased, Sir Rediyere Ber
nardo is beautiful rich tawney Or
ange. with white markings and black
shadings. grand body, legs and feet.
beautiful head of fine type and Dos
sesses in marked degree that benevo-
ient expression so characteristic of the
breed. Grand Master, another clebrat
ed dog, was entered, but for some IN
| expected reason was not brought down
from San Francisco. OF the smooth
| coats the best is undoubtedly Califor-
| ma wonder, owned in the city and in
bitches Lady Thornton, who richly de-
served her first prize
Mastiffs as whole are an Indifferent
lot, although Duke. winner of first in
| the open class for dogs, is not bad. Rich
| ard Gird's Bessie from the Chico ranch
was awarded the blue ribbon over one
| COulp6CltOr.
The Great Danes show up in large
numbers and comprise some fine speci-
mems. Heading the list is ]. G. Borg
lum's imported Titan, a dog of almost
| laultless type and carriage. Caesar ASld
Fanor, owned by Jean Rappet, are good
and Queen c., Frisco bitch, was we'll
| worthy of the first she received
One foxhound is shown by K. C.
Hiokke and a greyhound bitch, Oak
| Glen Victress. There is also an entry
for the Barzois or Russian wolfhound.
put the animal looks more like a half
breed st. Bernard than the breed he is
| supposed to represent Two Newfound
lands are also shown. each mediocre.
One entry in the Irish wolfhound was
! allotted first prize. There are two
| Chesapeake bays. one fair the other
poor, and one puppy.
| POINTERS. as usual, come to the front
with great showing. and keen is the
r1valry between the various dogs Old
Kioto, owned by Truman of San Fran
| cisco, heads the list in the challenge
class He is from Kan Koo who. in his
day, was the most celebrated dog in
this section. A. P. Kerckhoff shows
Jap. another Of Kan Koo's get and I
H. Kiefer's lightweight dog Baldv
scored distinct triumph over a large
field. OF the bitches Lassie K. Doris
and Ruby are the best, although all are
| good
H. T. Payne's Countess Noble. who is
IN shape, form and carriage all that her
name implies. Is the most notable of the
English settlers on exhibition. Countess
Is just weaving litter of puppies, and
is not. therefore. in her best form. but
will undoubtedly receive a well-de
served first in the challenge class.
Mercury q white and lemon dog. MINI
rod E. and Ruby Gladstone are entered
in the open class, but have good field
to compete against there being eight
candidates. Joe Singers Lady Stam-
boul. the noted Frisco bitch, Flake L..
| Silver Plate, one of Countess Mobiles
puppies. and Nellie w. are some of the
dogs who are among the seven entries
in the open bitch class.
Mack Swiveler, Billy Coleraine and
| two other dogs represent the Irish set
ters. while A. B. Truman's Queen of
Kildare heads the bitches. Gordon set
ters are few in number and of no par
ticular note.
The saucy and bright little Cookers
! are well represented, Woodland Duke
undoubtedly being the. best dog shown,
albeit little curly in coat. j. H. VAR
ley's bitch, Lady Eta. is good. though
heavy and poor in coat Polly Pastime
handsome animal, will probably re-
| ceive first in the bitch class Two liver
! bitches are shown. but differ widely in
| characteristics Patsy H. is in poor con-
| dition as to coat. Daisy Bell, somewhat
| HeaNy III mead but otherwise good
| seems certain of first. There are many
| entries in the puppy and novice classes
| -Four daschunde are shown by Fred C.
| Gottschalk, all good specimens. One of
| the greatest attractions to the ladies are
| the two black poodles, fine specimens.
| with their front bangs curled up with
| ribbons. Five collies and one puppy are
| benched, and several would hold their
| own in any class. Bull terriers are head
ed by Champion Crisp, owaed by DR..
Withers, who will get his deserved first.
| FOX terriers are in by the dozen. CA.
| sumner has, Bonnie Breckon. Bonnie
! Bride and Richmond Reason. some
| san Francisco dogs are also shown.
| among them Golden Flash. Golden
Jewel and Mission Idol Competition in
| this class will be brisk and the dogs fhat
| win Will have to be good
| A number of pugs, poodIes. Janaraso
| spanies and Scotch and Yorkshire
| terriers are shown, Mrs. E, u. Grace
| of San Francisco sending Frank. a
| fine bluesa tan dog, who is GOOD
| specimen The little Scotch terrier
makes more noise for his size than anv
| dog in the show. and by this time must
be hoarse enough to have a sore throat.
| Judging began with the rnastiffs and
| continued until pm, at which time the
| pointers had been gotten through with.
| 1t will be resumed at 10 o'clock this
| morning with the spaniels, settlers and
fox. terriers, and by tonight all the dogs
| will have been decorated with ribbons
or otherwise To the dog fancier the
show is revelation as demonstrating