New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
PROGRAMME OF SPORTS TODAY
DOG SHOP OPENS.
Excellent List of Entr3eS-Largc
Breeds Giue Wdy to Smaller.
FEW BOSTON TERRIERS eENcHEo.

FEW BOSTON TERRIERS BENCHEO.
| Pandemonium broke loose in Madison Square
Garden yesterday at dawn when the dogs that
had already been benched for the annual show of
the Westminster Kennel Club the greatest on
this side of the Atlantic, began to make each
others acquaintance. They joined in the
early morning hours by hundreds of other dogs
whose owners had decided not to bench them until
the last minute and at half-past 10 O'Clock every
Of the 1850 ANIMALS entered from this country
and England had arrived and awaited the pleas
ure of the judges 1t goes without saying that
this years show is of a high order OF excellence
AS 10 wether its quality equals that of last year.
opinions less divided, each dog IAN
cier. amateur professional, being more or less
swayed in his judgment by the strength or the
particular breed he most affects. But whatever
difference there is, is extremely small and specta-
may so in confidence to the Garden, secure OF
finding exhibition that is in line with the record
of the Westminster Kennel Club.
A new feature of the first day Of the show was
the luncheon rendered by the officers Of the West
minister Kennel Club to persons known this coun-
try over dog lovers of eminence and achieVe-
ment- The luncheon was served at 1:jO IN the cale
a the Madison Square Garden. where the annual
Horse Show Luncheon takes place. and was at
, tended by about eighty persons. George de Forest
Grant, president of the Westminster Kennel Cluh'
acted, by virtue OF his office, chief host ana
among those who sat down table were Richard
Williams, Lincoln Mccormack. II. X Knapp. Will
lam Runsch. ". Ferguson, jr., August Belmont
president Of the American Kennel Club; center
Hitchcock W. u. Ilaffan. Thomas Patton, Winthrop
Rutherfurd Charles Guthrie, George Post, sidney
Appleton H. X BIoodgood, A z. Vredenburgh. De
Witt c. Cochrane @. ". CarnoChan- Isaac Town
send Freeman Lloyd. L. X. Austin, Miss a. H.
Whitney. Miss Elisabeth Marbury. Richard Durkee,
Marcel Viii. Charles ". Keyes, George H. Taylor
II T. Peters and c. ". Rodnan, jr.
The judging began early in the forenoon with
the St. Bernards, so woman judge. Miss Whitney
had the honor of starting the ball rolling. A
brief stroll about the Garden revealed to the
he fact hat in q classes
FOR big dogs the numbers reduced this year
from the totals of 1902 but the gains in several of
the medium and small classes almost made up this
loss.
1t is a recognized fact that fashions in dogs
change with considerable abruptness There are
number Of standard breeds which remain practi-
calIy unchanged year after year in the affections
Of the public but these arc. for the most part,
animals for which there has been developed dis
tincI speciazed use such the setter, the collie
and the pointer. the field spaniel Other breeds
there are, and many of them. whose very existence
is the result of desire for something new and
smart and up date. These breeds are especially
dependent for their support upon the whins Of the
fashionable public Such breed Is the Boston ter
rier, whose popularity at the New-Yor show has
FOR several reasons wellnigh carried everything
before it. Whatever may he the cause, this year
secs a tremendous falling off in the number of en-
tries from of this type. There are no less
than fifty Boston terriers in the show this year
than last. of course, it we'll known last year
rers at the show not entitled to the least
consideration at the hands of the judges. Nor did
these animals get any consideration, though the
dogs that Won this class were high class ami
r1ais It may be that the breeders have simply
declined this season to send animals for exhibit
ton which they know have no chance TO win
But II begins to look as if the Boston terrier had
had his day of popularity for the present
The Bulldog Club Of America makes ny far the
most pretentious display this years show. Each
dog exhibited has above his bench a circular Pac-
ard encfrced with d wreath, where is inscribed his
name in letters of gold while the name of the club
is emblazoned IN electric letters above the long
row Of benches set aside for these animals.
There is an unusually good showing Of old English
sheep dogs. among the principal exhibitors being
Tilfey Brothers. who Yesterday received = cane
T ,i, is hat tbey had left abroad had swept
everything before them in three classes III the
The judging during the morning and afternoon
showed surprising reyersa!s OF form, nor as
and tried competitoTE untlI las Ri lo trssr Iu,r
S,gI Cos " oaf Cli his Waterloo at the hands of H. II.
created somethng Of SCI sfnsftl2n ate m AT tne rneI da.G
expected TO beat such a redoubtable competitor
True to his resolution of some years ago, J. Pier
pout Morgan. though an ardent admirer OF the
12.bich vouId he hard to beat has refrained from
S60s @ d get tmc m to st the eGS show once or twice
Nearly all the old exhibitors are represented by
entries. and there are many new ones - ItqnEeS1'
Of Boston. Mrs James /: KGrnochan. G. NJ Car
nochan Richard Croker. jr., Robert 4; Murray. OF
I2nsron: Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Gould, Frank II.
md Edward =. Croker. George Douglass. Of Wood
stock ont. and +. f Dole, are a few of the
names that are never absent from the catalogue.
viile from across the ocean comes n brigade Of
British competitors.
The judsre who arc this year awarding the COY
ofed ribbons follows St BeTnardS.
EeTfo1ndIln,s and pucs. Miss a II. Whitney;
French bulldogs Miss Elisabeth Marbury: blood
hounds maStiffS deerhousds Russian wolf
hounds greyhound English foAhounds except
I,4rkSt retriaverS. Dalmatians. old English sheep
dogs whipuets. chow elbows. Welsh. skye, black
.nel-tan t1rrjers schipperkes all toys and msceI-
lau.ous classes. = Freeman LLOYD; great Danes,
g II. Nantler; rough and smooth coated coies.
William - Hunter; poodleS, Charles u. Bern
f14iTnel; pointers. Chesapeake Bay dogs ha>set-
bounds and dachshunds. G. Muss-A ArnoIt: Irish
water spa nielS. cumber spanies, field and cocker
s,anicls George Douglas; American foNhoundS and
al settlers William Tallman; beasl"s a J. Fu11p-
tom. bulldogs + *. Austin, Boston terriers 7. J.
RricLey: bulI-terriers " $. Gartner; fo&terriers.
Winthrop Rutherford; Irish terriers: oscar W.
Donrcr: Aredale terriers. John Lorillard Arden;
Scottish terriers, ". 2 Fraser