New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19
MORE DOGS THAN EVER
FEATURES OF THE BENCH SHOW TO p,
OPENED THIS WEEK.


Tuesday there will be more than two ,hous,,,
dogs on exhibition there This is an incrs,,.
Of at least three hundred over the nrmbe, 4,
last year AMI nothing could more surely tes,,,
to the ever growing popularity OF the show |,
almost all the classes there have been ma,,
additions, so that m numerous cases the Din.
winners Of 1898 and previous seasons will !.
brought into comDetitiOn for the first time M.
year with new candidates. many II which hay.
been imported recently with especial reference
10 this exhibition. Never hciore have the oxn
ers Of dogs spent so much money 10 get hlgA
class animals here in the hope Of winning IN.
blue ribbon.
There are so few classes which show an,
decrease this season that il may be- as well :,
mention those exceptions FIRST The 1lOot
hounds, for example, Will hayc only hall A
many representatives. as they had in 1895 n.
chief reason assigned for this is that there Wsr.
several young dogs Of this breed which becan.
sick and died after the show last year. an!
their owners believing that the animals ha.
contracted distemper there. have been reluctan,
TO send more dogs. The masti0s also show
decided faing-on IN numbers, though no on.
appears to be able TO account salts factoriy 70,
the apparent decline Of interest IN them Dr.
c. A. Longest. however the well-known BOs,oc
breeder OF mastffs will have several specimens
on exhibition, among which are Black Peter.
superb brndle which arrived too late FOR ts
judging at the show last year, and Chief an.
other brindle TO make his first appearance
America.
The collie classes show a remarkable gain
there being 1i3 specimens as against II laa
year This is due principally 10 the reappear
ance as an exhibitor of J. Pierpont Morgan
whose dogs were not In the 1885 show M
Morgan has just paid large sum to secure
from their English owners three coes which
have been notable prize-winners IN Great
Britain. These are known respectively as Bal
gregie Hopes. Ormskirk Galopn and OrmskIrk
Connie. and they arrived here only few dsu
ago on the Germanc. 1t is said that Western
collie-fancier has offered Mr.. Morgan s3eO0tH
Balgregie Hopes. The splendid array OF *
Bernards, in both the rough and smooth coa'ec
classes. owes its unusual size this year to Tie
advent OF several new owners. Among them
Frank J Gould. who will show the roush-coated
Chantrell Prince and Marvelcroft, for which twoI
fine animals he has paid large prices. TherI
are also. for the first time, many 81 Bernaf |
entries from California, the most prominent
them being lie Prince, jr., smooth-coated dos |
the champion Of the Pacific Coast He is owne
by Frederick bushnell Of San francisa
Among the Great Danes Queen c., confidently T
believed by her owners to be priZe-winner
also a new competitor from California Tr \
ponters show a considerable Increase, nes
exhibitor OF these being Clarence II. Mackay (
who has Broxwood Aaron, a noted bench an.
field trial winner in England. W Gould Bro
kaw. president Of the Pointer cub Of America
has a fine Iyer-and-white pointer sir Ieo'Es
and several other high-bred animals.
The wire-haired fox terriers have had especA +
importance given to their class by the I'D
portation Of the famous Ilt.lc dog 60 Batg /
recently bought by G. NJ. Carno0h han froS
George Raper the English d1r idncler MI
Carnochan paid the unusually hIsh price
81 800 to secure Go Bang as prize-"Inha
Both the English and French bulldogs VIII
at the show in great force. Among the forms
Diablo owned by II. S. McCurdy. and Baro'
Stockwell, the property OF T. * Austin an
new candidates for blue-ribbon Donors B4-
terriers are apparently more popular than e'a
and there is an extraordinary Increase 10 w
number Of the game little beasts known
Irish terriers. Leeds Muddler a frequent p'i1~
winner in England and a champion AT the Ns"
York show last year, will be shown again a.
typical specimen OF this courageous and SOW
tempered little breed.
Among the other classes which VIII
strongly represented are the various types
settlers, the Russian wofhounds the beas'
md the dachshunde There VIII De- ne" c@'
his year for English retrevers, IN which 81"
Black, Glimpse and My Honey are entered
Clarence III. Mackay Two other new GAS"
ire those for Chesapeake Bay dogs and ]"
Bedington terriers.
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