The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-14
DOG DAYS ARE HERE
The Bench Show Opens With .
Grand Howl Chorus.
SOME OF THE NOTED eowWows
Society Turns Ont In Force % See Pet
s.poex1es'' and Big So. Ber-
nards and Bulldogs

Cats have q reputation for making the
night hiteous with urearthiy yowis.
and In some instances. imfsafors nave
given the public TO understand that 4 cat
symphony Is not properly rendered with
out the bass tones Of a chained dog With
out entering into a discussion of the If.
il may be said without fear OF SUCCESS
full contradiction that the collection OF
St Beruards. eollses. bull dogs. irish set
ters pointers. English settlers and ncrner-
GUS other classes which hold forth in the
Collins block. corner Of Second avenue
and James street can make enough noise
TO drown 1000 cat symphonies.
These dogs are all high-toned dogs. and
when taken together they represent the
third annual bench show OF the Seattle
Kennel Club The show opened yesterday
morning with loud barking. which could
be heard two blocks away. The boys aud
girls I'D in the business college above
forgot all about their lessons in trying 10
figure out the difference In pitch between
the banks OF W. Aubrey's celebrated
Scotch collie St. Claire Laddie. numerous
high-toned fox terriers and those awful
bull dogs, which have 20 many different
ST. Bernards would take q sudden start
and howl for fun-or blood. and then the
Irish settlers would take q hand In the
deal.
1t is well worth persons time to make
a study Of the different classes Of dogs,
but human nature Will not allow itself to
be so confined when a regular rat-killins
contest Is going on. There was one yes
terday afternoon and evening, and the
same programme will be followed out from
now on, including Saturday. The manage
ment intends to have twenty or thirty
rats killed at each performance, and If the
boys want TO make money all they have TO
do is TO catch rats and sell them to the
managers Of the dog show. There Is
little rour-pound black and tan In the show.
that can Kill rats quicker than a flash, and
It Is expected that he will be in the match
again this afternoon or evening.
James Mortimer. who will judge all
classes Of dogs. was on hand yesterday
morning ready to go ahead, but IL was
thought best to allow the exhibitors a day
TO get things Strengthened out, so that
when the start was made there would be
no hitch. Promptly at 10 o'clock this
morning the judge VIII commence sizing
up the fne points Of the competitors. and
before afternoon some OF the ambitious
CANNES VIII be wearing the insignia OF
zone more high degree"
1t is pity that the rules OF the Amer
lean Kennel Club will not permit Fred p.
Kellogg. OF Ballard, to show his little fox
hounds. There are thirteen OF them. all In
cnS I'VE Weeks OLD ana all marked
just alike. There were seventeen original
~. but three were lost in the shuttle The
little fellows were In big box In a back
room yesterday. and when any one went
In to call on them they would attempt to
crawl up the side Of the box. The little
midgets would bark and wag their tails
as II anxious 10 get big enough to 60 out.
Chasing the willy fox. What is there more
pleasing TO the ear OF a huntsman than
If - 40
cross high ridge in full chase? The sire
OF these puppies is Trump. owned by
THOMAS p Kellogg Of Ballard.
V. NJ Maddock's Thomas NJ. a rough
coated St Bernard. wheiped in June 1884.
which weighs as pounds. attracted great
deal of attention. The big fellow appeared
to be companionable and took life as
easy as II he had been In a dozen bench
shows. George Borchers, the well known
baseball pitcher, has two ST. Bernard's in
the show.
The cocker spaniels make fine showing.
they are bright, good-natured and quiet
Reggie, stall No. 81. was greatly admired.
as was also Elmo. stall No. q Elmo is
owned by DR.. Emil Borles OF this city.
but owing to his weight he was put in the
field class. Woodland Duke. the cocker
which is in the challenge class alone. and
valued at 81 600. kept well at the back OF
his stall, 80 II was hard to get good look
al him There are two red cocker spaniels
on exhibition, one OF which is said TO be
the finest bitch In the world. She has
been shown all over the United States, and
has Invariably taken first. She is now
commencing to show her age.
The Scotch collses show up well. and the
king pin OF them appears TO be St. Clare
I.addie. stall No. "A. He took first at the
Los Angeles show and is not for sale.
The bulldog class Is much stronger than
was anticipated, and the different types
are well shown Harry Hale. of Seattle:
]. r. Thring. OF Tacoma: o. II. Smith. Of
Seattle; George B. Helgesen, of Seattle,
and c. OBrien. of Seattle, are the ex-
hib!tors. Iassie x. is a peculiar looking
bull She won first at San Francisco in
1888 and first at Seattle In sse5
Countess Noble. the challenge English
setter from San Francisco was taken into
the ring for a short time yesterday. and
those who had chance to see her did
not wonder at her reputation
The Irish setter class has many repre-
senfat!ves. including all the well known
Seattle dogs.
Several OF the San Francisco dogs tina.
were entered dli not come. owing to some
complication in San Francisco. There will
be strong competition in the pointer class
Children VIII be admitted TO the show
hereafter for Is cents