The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1897-05-07
STYLES CHANGE IN DOGS.
Breeds that Have Gone Out and Breed
that Have Come 1t.


that Have Come 1t.
Fashions in dogs, as in almost every
thing else, change with each year, and
the breed that is favorite ut one show
goes out in the succeeding year, while
others come up to take its place. A
glance over the catalogues Of the show
of the Westminster Kennel club for the
last ten years shows great change in
the number of dogs of each class
benched. and some breeds that were
popular ten years ago have almost dis
appeared, while breeds which were then
either not recognized or relegated to the
miscellaneous class have not only been
classified, but their numbers have greatly
Increased. The number of dogs at each
show has varied but little, in 1883 and
1892 there being about 1900, and be-
tween 1900 and 400 in other years.
Probably the greatest increase has
been among the Boston terriers. which
were shown in the Madison Square gar
den for the first time in 1871, when thir-
teen were benched. The next year there
We're thirty-two, and then dog fanciers
picked up the breed, and they were in
were benched. This year, when the show
was opened, there were 1O5 on the
benches, but they were by no means all
of good type, as there was such de-
nand for the round-headed little animals
that the breeders tried to get as many
as possible to the show, the quality suf-
fering in consequence What will be the
outcome next year is doubtful, but it
would not be surprising to see the num-
Der greatly reduced. as they are hard
to raise, being so closely inbred 1t is
possible. too, that some other small dog
may come up to take the place of this
type, for fashion is tickle.
In casting about for a possible success
sor to the Boston terrier, it is more than
likely that the French bulldog may be
settled upon, as the breed was looked
upon with a good deal of favor this year
This diminutive bulldog is by no means
new breed of dog. but has been shown
for years in Paris. The first of the
breed to be shown in the garden was last
year, when seven were benched. This
year there were nineteen-a proportions
ately larger increase than from the first
to the second year in which the Boston
terrier was shown. There is Il big dis.
pute as to the proper type of this dog
however. which may interfere with its
coming forward, although it is likely to
be settled before the next show.
Among the other small dogs there have
been ups and downs-one breed beinc
more prominent one year. to be displaced
by another in the succeeding season Pugs
We're in favor up to the time of the in.
the greatest number shown in the last
ten years being forty-two in 1890, the
number slowly falling until but ten were
benched in 1895. In the last two wears
there have been twice as many shown
but they do not seem likely to come again
into favor. The slim Italian greyhound
never has been a popular dog. but he
>tIt JnSS> a.
the breed being shown. The black and
tan terrier will always have it's admirers
but this year it was below the average of
other years. Bedlington terriers. Dandy
Dimmonts, and the white English ter
riers, which have been more or less prom.
inent at shows in the past, have about
gone out, and in a year or two will prob
ably disappear, while the Clydesdale and
Welsh terriers and whippets. Shpperkes
disappeared from the benches.
Scottish terriers were not so numerous
this year as last, when the greatest mum.
Der shown, thirty, was reached; but the
steady increase from three in 1889, wher
they were first shown, makes it look as il
| they had come to stay. Irish terriers
numbered forty-seven this year, there
when fifteen were to be seen. The Nal
tese terriers, Yorkshire terriers, and the
B.enheim. Ruby, Prince Charles, King
Charles and japanese spaniels have never
been shown in great numbers, but the
specimens benched have been good ones
Fox terriers are still Il large class, al
though there were not as many shown
this year as in 1889, 1880 and 1S91-the
greatest number benched being in the
! tirst-named year, when there were 1877
! This year there were but ninety, bu
| they were IL fine lot and the only rea
| change in this breed has been in the wire
haired variety. where the increase has
| been large, with Il corresponding fallins
off in the smooth-haired type. Dachs
| hunds have come more and more into ia
vcr each year since 1883, when twenty
| three were shown, until this year, wher
| hfty-one We're benched, and there was
noticeable improvement in the quality o.
| the lot-New York Evening Post