The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-12
ST. PAUL'S CANINE 400
WILL STAND A GOOD CHANCE IN
COMING SHOW.

Ihere are so many people breeding
chickens that specimens have been found
to score nearly absolute Perfection. but
dogs are more like human beings and
never yet has perfect dog been ex
matted. When one is found there will
De no limit as to the price he is worth "
ms Is on the authority of DR.. George
Clayton who is here to superintend the
Iourth annual bench show given nv the
Northwestern Kennel club DR.. CIayton
mas the name of being a conservative
Iair-h!inaed Judge OF dog, and, by vir-
tue OIL his wide experience at the many,
dog shows where he has acted as sm-
perintendent or judge or both, he has
! brought TO st. Paul the confidence of the
| handlers Of the dogs who will be shown
| here next week
! The judging of dogs is upon A basis
/ OF comparison he continued mo dog
i Is perfect. Each has his weak spots. and
i the matter of passing upon entries
amounts to comparing the dogs as Won
! might two bolts of silk. This general
! subject is fairly deep one, and would
! stand lot of explanation. but If wouId
be interesting chiefly to dog fanciers as
against gentlemen owning dogs. 1t is
! hard TO judge local dogs in MANY cases
! and give satisfaction In all cases for the
reason that every man, and every woman.
~ 'AiNt matter, lnIIlRS he or she has the
/ best animal. This is as it should be- or
else there would be no rivalry and nos
! slbly no dog shows. Some women are
! Keen judges of good dogs. seeming in
/ tultlNely to pick out and recognize the
animal good points. In several Of the
eastern shows women are selected as
judges in several of the breeds such as
81. Demands, Great Danes, pugs, etc.
They are well judged, too
Judges have odd experiences A iudge
whose reputation is national told me he
was passing upon the merits of two dogs
/ owned and shown by neighbors When
the decision was made and the award an
nounced the loser protested that his
neighbors dog was blind of an eve.
Why. said the judge, he had your
dog beaten If he hadn't any eyes at all,
and that ended It,"
! Supt. Clayton says there are an IN
usually large number of good dogs owned
In st. Paul, and he wishes them entered
for the coming show. When he was here
Two years ago arranging for the prelim-
mary work he noticed a smart-Iooking
Irish water spaniel on the street He
asked the small boy who had the dog
something about him, and learned the
animal was just considered good watch
dog.
Looking further into the matter. Mr..
! clayton secured an entry for the dog.
and the published list Of winners in the
catalogue shows that the beast carried
off a ribbon
Among the entries this year it is ex-
pected that there will be shown some
| black and tan or Manchester terriers. the
property of NJ H. Hensel, of this city.
chicago Flyer, bred by Mr. Hensel. car
ried off first honors at the Chicago show
| just ended
DR.. Clayton is as busy as possible re-
ceiving entries for the show, which be-
gins at the Ryan Annex a week from
Wednesday. He wishes especially to have
as full list as may be of local entries
and urges that the lists will be closed
at midnight Wednesday, Judging from
bis visit to the Chicago show Just ended
he has no doubt of the entries from
abroad, and is now bending his efforts to
secure all the home-owned dogs.
The Ryan Annex is well suited for q
bench show, and is to be well heated and
lighted during the exhibition No ef-
fort will be spared to have the place kept
pure and sweet, so that visitors may
avoid the unpleasant doors resulting from
| imperfect ventilation
/ A large number of the prominent So
! ciety women Of st. Paul have been asked
to serve as patronesses, and the event