Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-10

silk than anything so determined as n
dog, Black ''pugs' are among the ca
mines often I'm attendance Oh her majes-
", who Is said to like them because
they have such nice table manners and
are rarely greedy. A certain blue whip
pet. the cleverest OF the greyhOunds in
miniature Is also beloved of the queen.
IL Is, however MS bullgog expert that
her majesty has most recently come be-
fore the public. She appeared this sea-
son for the first time o. an exhibitor
at the twenty-ninth show Of the Bull
dog clum. Her majesty's renowned
dogs Sandrngham Paul and Sandrlng-
ham Pansy, looking as unlike either Il
Paul or Pansy as possible took all the
prizes in sight Their skulls were the
biggest and squarest; their iaw-grlp
lrmest their ugly noses most finely
turned up and blmted. Paul Is the son
of Peter, the kings fayorite deg at
sandringham
VISITING HER PETS.
or the dozens Of dogs tie queen owns,
most reside at Sandrngham Kennels
quite elaborate enough for the housing
of men and women, occupy a line spot
on the Spndringham estate not far
from the house itself. score of
servants do nothing but attend to the
queens kennels. The sanitation OF the
Lighthouses Is perfect Her majesty vis-
It's them while In residence at Saudrng.
ham. with cloek-likc regularity every
morning after breakfast. She win have
no regal preparations made for her
visits (such as carpets on the kennel
steps, or any care taken which reduces
the feeling of professionalism with
which the queen endeavors to breed
dogs.
Clad IN short skirt, high boots plain
"turban" hat and a black veil, the
queen OF England visits her puppies
with the simplicity Of greatness, Her
view OF the Kennels is frequently fol-
lowed by a walk through Sandringham
park when a dog Is nearly always Sc
lected 20 make the tour with his royal
mistress Her majesty often INDUCES
in veritable romp with Paul ana
Pansy, but this only when she gets
them into the secluded confines Of
Sandringham' rcmotest lawns.
II is said that on an average, half
the queens dogs are presented 10 her,
The other half she buys and the at
tendant cost Of keeping up the kennels
Is estimated at not less than $1,000
year,
WHERE DEPARTED PETS LIE.
Having seen how the queen gets her
dogs and where she keeps them, one
thing remains TO be told Where does
she bury them? Not I'm the plebeian
dog cemetery adjacent to Hyde Park,
frequented only by such common folks
as dukes and duchesses, lords and la
dies, but in a royal burying ground Of
their own within the grounds of MARI
borough House In Pan Mall. lnscrin-
tions such as these are numerous IN
this queer little graveyard:
Tiny,
The favorate dog OF RI, r. H.,
The Princess Of Wales.
Died 18th March. 1889,
Aged Is months,
Bonny,
Favorite Rabbit Of
ii, r.. H.. The Princess Of Wales.
Died June Sth 1851.
Fortunately. there have been few
additions to the Marlborough House
cemetery since Alexandra became
queen, so the tombstones all bear the
name of the then Princess of Wales.
one of the queens most practical
tributes to the love of dog, Is the men,
bership In the Ladies Kennel club This
Is the only woman's club TO which her
majesty belongs She never misses the
annual opening OF the show and APP
pears daily while II remains OPEN The
queen Is eX-otficio president of the Ken
mel club, but has no wish to be in act
ual fact more than the commonest
member. She Is reported to have ex-
pressed the wish that she could belong
10 the club in disguise in order that
she might enjoy It's professional priv
ileges more FUZZY and without the un-
denable drawbacks Of reference at
tached to her as a royal lady.
THEIR PORTRAITS PAINTED.
1t is not surprising In this land Of
ceremony, of "gold-sticks-i u-waiting'
and such oddly named offices, to find
that her majesty has artists, as IL were,
I'm waiting to immortali2e with the
brush, the beauties Of such bulldog
celebrities as Paul and Pansy. Miss
| Elizabeth Magil the animal painter,
| dose most OF this work for the queen.
| Miss Magll is a clever Irish woman,
a pupil of Carolus Duran and de-
voice Of Landseer She long since
painted the beautiful "Aix" and her
| picture of Queen Nictoria's donkey,
| who was so long an inhabitant Of Ken
| sington gardens has been exhibited on
| innumerabe occasions. The present
| queen and Miss Magill are great friends.
Then there is Mrs. Gertrude Massey,
| The mniaturst. Mrs, Massey makes
miniatures of the little dogs while Miss
| Magll paints the big ones.
Queen Alexandra freely admits that