The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-25
THE DOGS BARK FAREWELL.
CE0sING DAY or THE WESTSFrNsTBR
KENNEL CLUE Snow.

hENNAL ObBb SHVWs
Three Protests Against Some OF the Minor
Awards-YounE Artists Uso the CANNES
ns ModeIs-A Welsh Fox
hound Wins In tho miscellaneous Glass.
Airedales and bulldogs, tiny toys and Rigan-
tic mnstiffs, sounded their last barks for tho
year Mt Madison Square Garden yesterday. at
the closing session OF tho twenty-third annual
Westminster Kennel Gut Bench Show. The
attendance was again large, and in this respect
the show has beaten all past records. The
presence OF an entire art class from the Acad-
envy Of Design, busily mt work on sketches
4 from life, was an unusual scene during the
early hours. The st. Demands and other large
breeds posed as patiently as professional mod
ele, but the quick dartinRs about OF the fox
terriers would have needed a snap camera to
catch n perfect likeness. The def fingers OF
the young women and youths. as they hurried
the pencils over the sketchlng blocks. were
nearly as great un attraction to the children at
the show as the dogs.
As usual on tho Hitting day Of a large show
the Westminster committee had to consider
some protests. There were three In all. The
bull terrier with the trimmed tail. mentioned
In TIL Suns remarks on luking up dogs yea
4 terday. was one OF those protest d. 1t turned
out to be DIR. Lewis's Faultless. winner In the
limit class for dogs. a recent importation from
England. He arrived so gross in flesh that
Il was o hard task to get him into show condi-
ton. and the terrier still carries too much
weight. The protest was made by George
Wilson, owner of Rob Roy. third In
the class. on the ground that Faultless's
tail had been tempered with" The
committee referred the protest back to
Wilson for n more definite statement.
The latter believes. with many others of the
talent. that Faultless's tail, by mistake. has
been thinned out by shaving" it all over. in
stead OF combining the trimming only TO the
under hairs. 1t is plain that the tail covering
is so thin that the pink flesh shows through too
plainly. Shaving" as fanciers use tho term.
does not signify the application Of a razor. 1t
means to thin out superfiuous hair. or break it
off by rubbing with emery paper. The coats
OF smooth-coated breeds and the under parts
OF the tail are often fined down by this method.
Rosin Is rubbed in first. before the emery paper
is used. The glst OF the matter is probably
that the man who fixed up the tail did not know
his business. In a couple of weeks, so experts
say. Fau!tIess will have as good a tail as any
dog need flaunt,
The other protests yesterday were in the
Irish settlers and dachshund classes; BiGdy
for dogs, was transferred 10y the judge to the
came glass for her sex. in which she won first
j. v. Kirby. owner of the third prize dog, Kill
dare Hope. filed the, protest on the ground that
Biddy Finglas had been put in after tn" en-
lIltS q tioSSus L Io COlllIllNttt'h 40 Alc iHl@-
take was n clerical one. overruled the protest.
No decision vas reached on the second protest,
limit class for red dachshund dogs. because he
was Ineligible By winnings n the West; The
Senio KenneiF's venlo' Challenge. winner Of
the second ribbon. It was said that the protest
would be sustained. the committee only walt
ing to receive the needed data regarding the
Aside from the Faultless complication the
bull terrier men were agitated over the action
of the Bull Terrier Club. at its'annual meeting
on Thursday. in passing, a resolution censuring
Frank F. Dole. owner OF the chic, winners.
says he was not at the meeting He believes
suspension. of its officers by the American
Kennel Club, One Of the oldest of, the A. K. c.
a antfs ASIDE a Shsi from rom 't the Violation SIS a Of III" this re rule itnf IN
spirit at least. Dole said that in an experience
& S ftfITts srryef cf,s ysar IS he be 4 bstta ne ;ndg k1oW 0u fhs
regardless Of the, war of words being waged
over them. the bull terriers kept UP their
vivacity to the closing of the doors. They have
such a noisy way Of attracting the notice of
visitors that. coupled with the spectacle Of their
irons who struck the row in the afternoon
gathered np their Children in arms and rushed
dogs to still louder barks. the matrons. after
their skurries from the row. had many a tale of
miraculous escapes from Infatuated CANNES to
ri 4 change g , Tss + RaG i. iG At ths n,sfiinf P1 Of the
M sfahhss f HiiI H RrIzff G haa t 9Ssn G1y q mi sS ne r.:
standing. and George II. Ritchie's Mister Crib
was moved up in his nlace. Richie also won
honors with two Of his bitch puppies in the
other division ofthis stake, and his good show.
ing is indication that his young stock are OF
the right stamp.
There were no formal closing ceremonies. but
as the hands of the clock pointed u the benches
we're emptied with a rush. The dogs to go by
express to their home kennels were boxed up
and sent off to catch the midnight trains. while
the city and suburban dogs were the first to he
led away. So many are owned in the towns
along tho Harlem branch of the New York
Central Railroad that the midnight local to
White Plains is known among the commuters
The waiting room for ten minutes before the
train was made up resembled a minor dog eXhi-
bition. The dogs were carried In the baggage
cars. and an extra car was put on for their ac-
commodation.
There was the usual number OF sales record
ed among the exhibitors. one being the rur-
chase of the pointer Shotover by W. Gould Bro
kaw for $500.