The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-23
HIGH-CLASS DOGS ON SHOW
WEsTMISsTER KEyNEL CLUB OPEN
mo At MADISON SQUIRE GARDEN.
Pleasure seekers and Fsnciers Make = Rocera
Throns OF yisiters-Crnsste. Kennel Rep
re-estative. Take all the Collie Prizes
Cisud,sr Make. His Msrh-lAst OF Awards

Throps or y-Isiters-Crnss,s. Kennel Rep
re-estative. Take all the Collie Prizes
Cisud,sn Make. His Msrh-nAst Of Awards
Hundreds OF holiday pleasure seekers, many
sportsmcn who love a dog aileld or on the bench,
fanciers for pleasure. vendors for profit. novices
IN kennel sccrets, handlers In blue jerseys, rich
amateurs in twceds, and a sprinkling OF
the ultra-fashionablo set, were at Madison
square Garden yesterday for tho twcnty-lrst
annual show Of tho Westminster Kennel Club.
Men will vote this year who were babes when
the first show was held In the old, low-roofed,
brick. walled Garden, and there have been many
changes In canine types and ~favorites since those
early times: but the onward progress has been
steady and the Westminster fixture is now only
second TO the London exhibitions among the
bench shows of the world.
1--WE are seven" like little girl,
IL the way the "old guard" might describe
themselves. The veterans who took an active
part In the first show, nearly n quarter Of a CEN
fury ago, are c. Dubois waestaff. II. Walter
Webb, Elliott Smith. 7. II. Terry, George do
Forrest Grant, Y. o. dc Luze. and Robert G. Cor
nell. Grant, Just bnck from Europe with q batch
OF new stories; de Luze, who takes caro- OF the
cash; Cornell, now u Judge, but as erect as whom
he pulled n stroke for Columbia, and Terry. who
10 not exhibiting this year, were at the show yes
terday.
In the morning men made up the attendance,
and they were chiefly the knowingo wncrs ofdogs
view. In the afternoon the crowd was like the
ordinary theatre audience, women fully as con-
spio-sus as the men, and the spaces between the
rows were almost impossible, whilo n throns
stood four deep about each Judging yard.
There was u great crush of holiday visitors at
night. when each canine had singled out q
different electric light and was trying to
bark IL out OF countcnancc. This forced
the visitors to speak loudly. or else re-
sort to the sign language, and as they wcro
lively and laxative, odd scraps OF conversation
were heard on every side. The listener heard
such bits Of talk rs "a mastiY would not At In
our flat" Offered me $40 for a $1,000 set
ter" "Don't push; I'm up against q bull
dog" "a turban and bolcro jacket is becom.
ing to" "a dcep-jowled bloodhound every
time THAT clumber is like a woolly door
mat Charming girl, Bob" XIII a
rat n minute" Gretchen cannot cook-"
Those dear little fat pugs-" And so on as
the crowd fled past.
1t Is easy to believe that the show surpasses
all former ones In the number OF exhibits, for
beside the main floor the two balconies are lined
with wire cages. The Twenty-sixth street bal
cony is given over to the pet and toy dogs, and
Il Is always crowded with visitors. The novelty
on this row Is the Maltese terriers, a collection
OF curly-coated white CANNES that look for all
the world like the worstcd dogs that are hung
on Christmas trees. Tho classes are all repre-
sentative. and the snowy glass-covered houses
give an aristocratic air to each dog. One pug,
Mrs. Fred Scnn's entry, still only a puppy,
promises TO DO n wonder. He has a splendid
head, and recalls the Inflated Bradford Marvel,
last years star.
The smallest dog in the show is on this row,
A. Lachner's toy terrier Nellie. He is n tiny
lla,lL aul a - ~ fhA onrf Nprla ma m nat
two decades ago, when sports" used to carry
them about in their coat pockets. BY mistake
Nellie Is entered in the regular black-and.tan
class. The contrast with the active and strong
specimens shown by Sidney Dillon Ripley and
Mrs. s. Van Rensselaer, Cruger is a striking oh
ject lesson on the modern development of black
and-taps.
The regulation black and tans, with tho over
how from the terrier benches, occupy the Twenty.
seventh street balcony. There are only two
specimens OF that sterling old breed, the Dendie
Dlnmont, and Champion Tommy Atkins III. is
the solitary white English terrier on view; but
r repre scented ana SN By a sood sort. ERdelifse Mag.
gle, is an especially fine Skye in coat, carriage.
The miscellaneous class Is also on the Twenty
looking are the fnrry.coated Chow-Chows. Mrs.
great vogue in England. The Pyrenean sheep
uOk 10 " ousu. bli thup, ~ tErb ctth III
with every caller. Two Eskimo dogs are in
a handsome and well-groomed canine. but lack.
ing In the wear-and.tear character that dis'ir,
guishes Lieut.. Pearys pair that have seen active
service In the polar regions.
A good way to take In the show is to explore
the two galleries at FIRST and then to drift about
main door. Next TO the number, the noise Of
the dogs most 'mpresses the casual visitor
Tho canine chorus was never still and lacked no
tone nor semi-tone, from the basso p~rofundo OF
the mastiifs to the yoiping falsetto of the toy
away. for no one would care for a dumb dog
The adage that "a barking dog never bites" np
BBt elnesshts S for for when p not eia%orau sS sSeS insiS SR ,nt
was usually seeking n caress from u bystander
The throng dullcd their ears to the noises and
the dogs were pettcd In defiance OF the do MOI
Handle placards.
Aquiet enjoyment possible is to pick out thu
hounds that recall Sir Walter SCOTS Mazda
Byron's faithful BoAtswain. buried on the iawI
3: 80 S %Ss Sron aoS of ;ih was S E Sswf %mSr"sion an:
and %.., Rso, immorttS rInd,d BY Dr. John BrpWn. W Was
occupation e puzziing to some Of the bipeds, bu
BIZ me-" remarked a cockncy handler to hi
mate, that cove with tho specs has been moon
Ing about for .arf an our. an never once arskc'
The man 80 fippsn,tlEy alluded to was just thc'
lite books" he said. ".'Pickwick has no famou
dog, but ] have placed tho hull terrier that 10
lows Bill Skies to death In Oliver Twist Dick
ems calls him u whitcroated, red-eyed dog, whic
fits Cardona,. Thackeray's dogs are all here. toe
Jim Crawlcy's fox terrier Forrcps, and the sam
young mans bulldog Towser, mentioned |
Vanity Fair were easily found out, and ] al
sure King Orry Ia n duplicate OF the bulldo
Harry Foker had between his legs when he drov
up TO ,Pendennis ON the grand tandem at Cha
teris."
"Come out and have n drink broke In hi
friend. There Is fiction enough. about som
of the pedigrces to satisfy me. and ] need a stin
ulnnt before l listen to any more OF your ideas.
Tho two sauntercd OF toward the restaurant
which .is n sort, Of kennel, club for tho weel
Talk Of dogs, pcdigrees, lucky hicks in breeding
and OF great shooting feRts with favorito setter
or pointers II heard At every table.
II like the Crngston family OF collies best
all" said a chubby faced schoolboy. as he stoo
entranced before the regal sable and whit
Seton Hero.
"Oh, you stupid!' exclaimed his candid chun
Dogs don't have family names. They are jul
called by any name, like an Indian, You know
Just osceolR, or Tecumseh. or anything"
The Candid Chum WAS only half right In h
assertion. DOGS have no surnumPA vet eaC