The San Francisco call., 1897-04-14
NOW FOR DOGS
OF HIGH DEGREE
Inaugural Bench Show of
the San Francisco Ken
mel Club.
The Premium List Is Ready
and Entries Can Now
Be Nude
Four Experts Will Pass Judgmen on
Dogs of Divers Kind AMI
Color.

The premium list of the inaugural
bench show of the San Francisco Kenne
Club, which will be held in Mechanics
Pavilion commencing May 10 and ending
on May %, is now out and can be had by
making application to the secretary at 224
Montgomery street.
Tie entries will close on May 10 and i
is presumed that the owners of dogs O.
high degree will not delay until tho las
moment entering their respective charge.
for what gives promise of being one of the
grandest bench show exhibitions thai
have been held west of the big mountains
1t willcost the club something like S75C
to express a patent benching apparatus
from New York to this City, but the Off.
GERS say that they will not spare any ex.
pense in making this show thing o1
beauty as we'll as joy to all sportsmeI
and lovers OF mans best frIeno-the dog.
E. NJ. Oldham, the gentleman who has
been selected as superintendent of the
show. will leave New York to-day for this
City, and he is expected to arrive Tuesday
next.
The judges selected are Mai ]. NJ.
danes, greyhounds, toxhounds, dear
hounds, bloodhounds, Russian wolf
hounds, pointers, settlers of all kinds
Chesapeakes, bull-terriers, Newfound-
lands and dachshunde.
E. NJ. Oldham will Judge st. Bernards,
mastiffs, collies. cocker spaniels, field
spaniels, ciumber spaniels, bulldogs and
Yorkshire terriers.
G. L. Waring will judge all fox-terriers
and J. Otis Fellows will judge the balance
of the classes. Tue veterinary surgeon is
+. w. Skaife of Montreal.
The prizes are very valuable and IN
clude many beautiful cups besides cash
prizes, which are numerous.
The rules state that:
If the name OF dog which has won a prize
has been changed, The old name must be given
on the entry blank and inserted in the cata-
logue. to ;eIher with a list of all prizes won by
the dog, until such Time as 1t wins a prize un-
der its new name.
If dog has been entered without being
identified, directed In rules 3 and 4, it shall
be disqualified and forfeit any prize which
may be awarded TO 1t.
A dog suffering from any contagious or OBJ
jectionable disease shall be disqualified and
forfeit the prize which may be awarded TO it.
and shall be at once removed from the show
building. The regularly appointed veterinary
surgeon shall alone decide as 10 the condition
of the dog. and his decision must be given in
writing
A judge may disqualify q dog which, in his
opinion, has been improperly tampered with,
subject 10 the decision of the veterinary sur
geon. Should the judges disqualified ons not
be sustained the class must be rejudged.
Full discretionary power is given TO the
judge of each class to withhold any or sll
prizes for want of merit. The judges decision
will be final in all ses affecting the merits o
| the dogs, and appeals can only be entertained
where misrepresentation or breach of the rule.
IS alleged.
Should an appointed judge be unable to fl
his engagement the committee shall have the
right to fill the vacancy. All the separat,
classes of any breed of dogs must, however b,
adjudicated upon by the same judge or judge,
acting in conjunction.
The officers of the club are: A. B
Spreckels, president; John Z. de Ruyter
| first vice-president; II. J. Crocker, seconC
| vice-president; II. II. Carlton, secretary
F. w. Tallant, treasurer; directors-A. B
| Spreckels, II. ]. Croker, w. S. Hobart, J
+. de Ruyter, +. w. Tal!ant, DR.. +. w
d Evelyn and John G. Barker. The benct
| show committee is composed of the boarc
| of directors, w. S. Kttle and Sam f
Hughes OF English setter fame.