New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-25
END OF A SUCCESSFUL DOG SHOW.
BLACK PETER AMONG THE LATE-COMERs-
THERE MAY BE A PET DOG SHOW

THERE MAY BE PET DOG SHOW
RABIES RARE IN THIS COUNTRY.
Yesterday was the last day OF the dogs at Mad
ison Square Garden. The dog show ended last
night and soon the Garden VIII be cleared OF the
yelp!ng bowling pack that has kept up contihu-
GUS din for the last four days. The show mas been
about the most successful that the management
has over given The dogs exhibited were OF the
finest strain of all breeds, and much satisfaction
has been manifested by the exhibitors and the
management There was a large attendshcs yes-
terday. While a number Of the smaller dogs were
taken away by their solicitOus owners, the vacant
places were filed by later arrivals of greater
celebrity Chief among these was DOG OF inter
national reputation. He is mastin named BACK
Peter He arrived from Amsterdam yesterday.
and although he still had the rocking mouoh Oh
tho steamer in his legs he was compelled 10 S'ahu
UP repeatedly and show himself to admirers
Strangely enough. Black Peter is not black lie ~
a brindle lie to have sailed on the tniortu-
nate Veendam. and only the passengers on that
vessel were saved perhaps ii is as well for him
that he was delayed II II did prevent his get
ting here in time 10 win any OF the prizes Inc
owner Of tho dog Is DR.. c. A. Longest. OF the
Mount Vernon Kennel Club He paid 500 for the
animal.
1, is reasonable TO suppose that the dogs are glad
that it is all over OF course this does not apply
10 the French poodles and few other varieties OF
fancy pets who rather enjoy being Honized II tho
term may be applied to dogs. The English ouiis'
however. and other sober animals looked grumpy
whenever thoughtless visitor reused them; me
terriers, for the most part. were utterly de1ected
but the beasles. wof-hounds and masths were
wide awake to the very asst me otheFs lay
or blinking. and generally oblVout OF their sur
roundings. Occasionally tired animal OF 'ne ieSS
head 10 he peted by The thoughtful paSser2y' wno
realized that the sensitive animal was keenly alive
to the lack OF atteauon.
II is to be feared that the seeds Of jealousy have
also been sown during the snow tor marx OF at
tent!on given by a pretuly gioNeu haiu 70 sons
favored pet would often bring forth howls from the
The last night of the exhibition was. in point OF
attendance, the best OF the show From early even
mred stream OF people swdrmed along the pas
sageways. Some of those who attended the exhibit
meyer, jr.' Mr. and Mrs. r y. Robb, Mr.. ana Mrs
E. Reeve Merit Mrs. Bourke Roche Frank WORK TH
lam Milne Grnnel, Miss F,zserald Mr.. and Mrs
Adee, Nj. and Mrs c Albert stevens Miss de Wls
! r Burden Mr. and Mrs A. S. Carhart, Alexander
NJ. Hadden Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Hartman, IT,, Mr.
and Mrs G.. G Cark Mr. and Mrs Prescott Law
renee Mrs John Jacob Aston. Miss Wetmore, Will
jr.. the Misses Barnes and Frank Otis, jr.
From every point of view the management Is
SHOW The attendance has been far better than In
previous years and there has been less dissats-
faction among the exhibitors over the awarding OF
Late yesterday afternoon the Pet Dog Club held a
reports OF the various officers the club is in flour
ishing condition The subject of holding special
exhibition OF the little dogs discussed, but no
definite action taken. II is said, however that
il is more than probable that such show VIII ne
held. Eight new members We're elected making
a total OF one hundred The following o'iicers
were elected: President. Mrs Walter stanton; VICE
presidents, Mrs. William Walter Green. Enfle-
WOOD Mrs. c. Frederick Spaulding, Orange; Mrs
Robert K Pritchard Brooklyn; secretary. Edwin H.
Morris: treasurer. Mrs. Horace Stokes; Executive
Committee w. J. Fryer. c; Frederick Spaulding Dr.
J. Douglas Brown and T. Farrar Rockhem.
The annual meeting OF the American kennel Club
was held Yesterday at Madison Square Garden, at
which August Belmont ted president of
the club Edward Brooks, of Boston, vice president;
A p Vredenburgh secretary-treasureri and all the
other officers were reelected.
DR. Huidekoper, chairman OF the Committee on
Veterinarians appointed TO investigate the extent
to which rabies IS prevalent in this country, re-
ported that thorough investigation showed that
il is found only in and isolated cases IN this
country except in small area in Eastern MasSa-
chusetts where there occasional outbreaks.
and in an infected district in Pennsylvania. extend
ing some fifty miles west and south OF Philadel-
phia in which there have been about two hundred
cases in twenty years Less than one hundred
cases have been recognized in the Middle Western
States and the disease is unknown north OF MdSsd-
chusetts and west of the Rocky Mountains.