The herald., 1897-03-01
CALIFORNIA KENNEL CLUB

The San Francisco Report has the fol-
lowing anent the disbandment of the
Kennel club in that city:
THE Pacific Kennel club disbanded
last night A contemporary says 1t died
of inanition. Perhaps it did; but the
cause of the inanition was injudicious
management. The kennel club tried to
give successful bench shows in the same
manner as so many of our merchants
and manufacturers try to do business
with Spanish America. II made up its
mind what Its prospective patrons ought
to like and offered them that. and when
1t found the public did not like that.
decided to do no business at all rather
than change its program"
John q. de Ruyter, president of the
San Francisco Kennel club, has recently
bought four OF the finest English setter
females in the world. and has also Sc
cured the English setter dog Iroquois
Chief. three years old and winner of
the first place in the all-aged stake of the
Mcnongahela field trials last year. says
the San Francisco Examiner of Satur-
Cay. Iroquois Chief combines the blood
strains of Roderigo, Bo Peep, Count
Noble and Belle of Piedmont-four
grand ancestors distinguished alike for
form, quality and the highest field ex-
celence. OF the females Daisy Craft.
by Antonio-Daisy Hunter, is four years
old. white and lemon in color, and the
dam of Pin Money, the phenomenal
field trial winner of last season, which
won first In four trials and second in the
other. Daisy Craft, since reaching Cali
fornia has wlhelped thre puppies, two
of them dogs, to Count Gladstone IL
The second female, Cleans, Ruth ny
Count Gladstone CLEANS Maid, Is
three years old, black white and tan.
and placed in five field trials, winning
l. y fr1 x,1a h.a
came to San Francisco in whelp to Tony's
Boy, Antonio-L -Laundress. and since
coming has whelped three, one of them
a dog Another OF the females. LAZY
Gladstone, by Dan Gladstone Belle or
Blue Ridge. is three years old, and also
black, white and tan. She reached san
Francisco in whelp to Tony's Boy, and
has since given birth to eight handsome
puppies, one dog. The last of the
females bought by Mr.. de Ruyter is
Speck Gladstone, by Gladstone's Boy
Speckled Gown. She is three years old.
black, white and tan, of large size ana
won the first puppy class and first in the
open class at the Indianapolis dog show
last year. Until Mr.. de Ruyter's ken
nels-the Verona kennels-are COM
pleted the recently purchased English
settlers will remain at Kenwood, in So
noma county, where conditions for ac-
climatization are favorable and where
the puppies will thrive. Mr.. de Ruyter
has already expended $4,000 for dogs.
Those already purchased were bought
from d. E. Rose at Lawrenceville, Tenn,
the Manchester kennels, Manchester,
Tenn; ]. d. Poston. Columbus, O.; the
Dexter kennels Charlottesville, Va, and
Flox & Glythe Of Harrisburg. Pa Mr.. de
Ruyters kennels will be so constructed
as to embody the latest and most ap.
proved principles. and will be located
in that part of California which by cli-
mate and other conditions is most ia
yorabe to the highest development or
type and the greatest excellence In ami
mails.
Besides English settlers the Verona
kennels will breed and handle collles.
and for a beginning Mr.. de Ruyter has
purchased ST. Clair Laddie, dog I'M
ported from England and said by James
Mortimer to be the best sable collie ever
seem in America The animal has al
ready won four first places in the dog
I shows this year. Mr.. de Ruyter's scope
embraces all that Is possible within the
lines of English setter and collie devei-
opment.
The San Francisco Examiner OF Sat
urday says, concerning the success OF
the Pacific Kennel club:
"The demise of the Pacific Kennel
club, after having givNl six or seven
we'll managed and successful dog SHOWS
left the field open for a successor the
dying bequest of the Pacific club was to
the Olympic Gun club and conveyed all
the records. wins and traditions OF the
institution to the Gun club on condition