New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
FRENCH BULLDOGS SHOWN.
FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION IN THE sun
PARLOR OF THE ASTORIA.
ABOUT FIFTY ANIMALS IN THE KESNErs-T1iE
PRIZE s-DEscRIFTIoN AND CHAR

ABOUT FIFTY ANIMALS IN THE KE,sNErs-T1iE
PRIZE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND CHAR
AcTERIsT1cs OF THE BREED.
The first annual bench show Of the French Bull
dog Club Of America, which held in the sun
parlor OF the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday afternoon
and evening great success in every wa!
The sun parlor. which is a large L-shaped room on
the fifteenth floor. was filed all day with we'll
dressed crowd. The dogs. about fifty In number
ranged about the walls In kennels.
The French bulldog might be described az peck
ct edition Of the regulation English bulldog. tie
is clever and gentle animal generally OF DARK
brindle color. bat occasionally showing white mark
ings. He is active and muscular in appearance
with bowed foreegs and enormous chest. neck and
head with eyes set wide apart and which should
show no white when he is looking straight ahead.
In those shown Yesterday what Is known as the
bat was regarded important feature. The
bat Is large IN size. broad at the base, Wen
elongated and with rounded top carried erect and
giving the dog a quaint and pleasing appearance
The body IS short and compact. and tapers away
to the TANKS His lower Jaw is undershot with
/ two overlapping teeth.
In Judging the dogs yesterday the following scale
OF points used: General appearance, skull.
body Is each: legs and feet. tail color, skin and
coat and ears. 10 each; neck, ewes ard muzzle' 3
each There were eight classes and six special
prizes.
Class /. puppies. dogs-Won by the shawmut
Kennels Odite; same owners Pauus. second
Class . puppies, bitches-Ffrst prize John P
Buchan's Lisette. first; Shawmut Kennels Ri
quette second: William Wakeman's Niniche, third.
Glass g. Junior (uShere than four first
prizes have not been WON. dogs-Mrs II. NJ. GIL
lig's Dirnboolaa and Diabutsu. first and third ir
the order named: g. y. Phelps's lie Petit To To.
second.
Glass 4 Junior bitche.-G y Phelpss sapho
end Ninette first and third Shawmut Kennels
Boule. second
class :. free for all doss-won by same dogs
that won Class 3.
Class s free for all btches-Won by same bitches
than Won Class
Class : winners class dogs-Won by Mrs
II NJ Gillg's Dirnboolaa.
Class S winners class bitches-Wor by G. "
Phelpss sapho
rh.. prizes In all these classes were for the
first prize and ribbons for the other prizes.
The cup offered for the best French bulldog was
won by Mrs Gfig's Dirnboolae. and she also car
RED of the cup for the best kennel OF three with
Dirrbooaa Mkko and Diabutsu.
G. y Phelps captured the tankard offered FOR
the best bitch with sapho. and also took the cup
offered for the best dog and bitch winning WIN
Ie Petit To TO and Sapho. an.
shawmut Kennels took the puppy cup with Odite
Tie cup for tho bes, ears won by r H.
During the Judging the crowd was. five deep
around the ring, women being largely In the ma
Mrs Gulig was formerly Miss Amy Croker. OF
san Francisco S!r Phelps IS from Boston. and Is
one Of the most successful breeders OF this type
Among the other exhibitors were Miss Virginia
Fair r. Hale Mccormick Mrs. Peter cooper
Hewitt. Mrs. j L. Kernochal and MIS-. blakeley
Hall.
The French bulldog Is expensive a good pup six
seye, months old Yesterday for 80. a grown dog
often costs 81 a.. one dog In the snow was valued
at scn These prices are due 70 the d!fhculty y
raising these dogs. they are weakly wnen young
but u they live TO eight months they then become
rugged - =, =,
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs q. II: P.
belmont Miss Fair. M and Mrs. Frederick Geb-
hard craig ". Wadsworth. Miss Gray, Hamilton
Fish ir Mr. and Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt, Gen
eral Whittier and Mrs =. Loriard Ronalds
the show said. 'In England. in order 20 increase
the value and popularity OF breed II Is me Gus
tom TO have special shows for dogs o; particular
class The French bulldog Is comparatively new IN
this country and o. introduce him W. nave nae re-
course TO the English custom. The expense is borne
wholly by the club which was formed on FEBRUARY
q 1897 Walter ". WatTous IS presiden; .. y.
Phelps vice-president. John r. Buchan secretary
and Richard II. Hunt treasurer
g. y Phelps said: There Is no speciality club In
paris FOR the French bulldog although that city Is
the orly place where they are found. and conse-
oueutv these dogs shown rs lightweight hul-
dogs and their peculiar bat ears are not taken into
account In fact. Kreil. the great English Judge.
cared dogs although he acknowledges the bat ear
10 be the natural ear. our show IS held under the
sanction Of the American Kennel Company, and. as
We 70 the only speciality club for this class or dog
in the world by adopting the bat ear We nave set
precedent and I do not how the Westminster
kennel club can offer separate class Tor these
dogs with rules differing from ours In respect 70
the ears"