The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-26
A FINE BENCH SHOW.
Many Novelties Among the CANNES
Exhibited.
Plume Dog on Exhibition for the
First Time Here.

The first annual dog show was opened
at Infantry hall yesterday and from the
moment the doors were opened to the pub
lie the show was nm assured success. 1t
Is seldom that such fine collection lof
dogs Is brought together on bench, Tor
While there are buG about 10 entries,
there Is no waste material, and each dog
Is worthy Of being entered In competition
for the prizes of mis- class.
The work of judging the dogs com
menced this morning, and the judge, Mr..
Nj. Il. Mason OF the Connecticut Valley
Kennels Northampton, Mass, Is In
time this evening
The bcnching, which is upon plan
that is original with the manager OF the
show, Mr.. W. III. O'Connor, Is perfect
AMI shows the dogs to the best possible
advantage Among these dogs there Is
every breed represented, from the big
mastiffs and st. Bernards I'd the little
spaniels and the toy dogs that have be-
come so popular as ladies pets.
In the St. Bernard class there are sew
eral magnificent specimens. Columbus
and Princess Columbus, that are entered
by Mrs n. Miller and Mr. William Miller
OF this city, are admired by all the yisi-
tors, while Tom McGoug6 shows an
eight-months-old puppy, General Maceo,
that promises To make one OF the best OF
dogs.
The mastlff class is not well filed, but
Edward Kelly Of this city exhibits Jim, one
OF the best built dogs that has been shown
IN this city for some time, and Dr. d. w.
bond of this city has several fine entries
In the grey hound class.
Inc Scotch collie classes are well filled
with fine dogs, including Highland Floss,
many-time prize winner that is owned
10y MIR. Lambert Stanfield Of this city:
special prize of silver cup has been
offered for the best kennel of English set
ters and as the result these classes are
particularly well filled, and those entered
by Walter ii. Hanley Of this city won
their full share of attention.
The Gordon and Irish settlers are also an
attractive feature, while the pointers for
which there Is 10 be another special prize,
include some magnificent dogs. The
pointer that Is exhibited, not for compe-
ttion, by NJ. Il. Mason, the Judge OF the
show, has taken many prizes.
Among the American fox hounds there
are six entries by DIR. ii. Il. Thurber of
this city that received the most favorable
comments, while the beagles were just as
interesting.
In the cocker spaniel classes there were
several fine dogs, including one little red
cocker, Defender, which is shown for the
first time by Fred w. Otto of the Park
Kennels Mr.. Otto Is also showing w.
j. Comstock's Boxer Nv and Dunmurry.
Boxer has taken 10 and Dunmurry 5
prizes In the Irish terrier classes, repre-
senting shows in this country and Eu-
rope, and they would certainly add to
their honors If they were not for exhi-
bition only.
James A. Boutelle of the Gladstone
Kennels shows several fine whippets, in
Guiding Isabella, who has won several
prizes at Minneola, Boston and New
York
The entries for bull dogs of various
kinds, including the Boston terriers and
the toy bulls, are very large. Mrs Esther
Deffley of the Boston Terrier Kennels
shows several particularly fine dogs
Among the other entries are number
of excellent terriers of various breeds.
One Of the features of the show was the
exhibit of plume dogs that is shown by
Mrs III. NJ. Jones, the inventor of the
breed. This unique breed was shown for
the first time at the last show in Boston,
and from the notice that they have at
tracted both there and in this city will
soon become very popular.
Among the other novel exhibits are FL
Paso, "A Mexican Chihuahua that is shown
bv Mrs. &. B. Newhall of Providence:
the Albino toy, Tot exhibited by Mrs.
Grace Caddy, and the Russian terrier,
Nigger, shown by ID. ID. Gilbert, Jr.
Two special prizes have been offered by
Thomas Harrison of this city for the best
bull terrier, and one by William Burke Of
this city for the best cocker spaniel. The
show will close tomorrow evening.
|. 1t was announced this afternoon that A.
ii. Wakefield of this city had also offered
"A special prize for bcagles.