The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-17
NEW BENCH SHOW DIVISIONS.
American Groupings Of Terriers Com
mended Abroad.

At the fall bench shows. beginning locally
with the one day fixture OF the Long Island
Kennel Club at the Brighton racecourse on
Sept 4. the division OF the dogs into three
divisions. sporting. transporting and terriers.
will in most cases be tried, under the recon-
mendation OF special committee OF the
American Kennel Club appointed to arran &c
the classification OF dogs. The committee.
while adopting the British classification o!
the so-called sporting varieties and non
sporting respectively, suggested recon-
sideration of the subject with the breeds
divided into the following groups. to mako
more equitable and interesting the Judging
OF general and special classes for such divi-
sions The arrangement recommended Isl
Sporting -Bloodhounds. ottcrhounds. fo1hounds.
barriers. beagles. Basset hounds. dachshunde.
greyhounds. decrhounds. Russian wolfhounds.
whippets. pointers settlers. retrcvers Irish water
spanlcls. water spanies other than Irish. Clumber
spaniels. Sussex spanies. cocker spaniels Chesa-
peakc Bay.
Non -sporting-Fr-nch bulldogs. bulldogs. mas
.lns. Great Danes. Newfoundlands. st. Bema rds.
colles. Old English shcepdogs. Dalmatians. poodles.
King Charles toy spanels. Blenhcim toy spanlels.
Ruby toy spHnels ,reoiot toy spanieS; peknsse
hruxcllols. Pomerenlans, foreign dogs. pugs,
Terriers ~Airedalc. Bcdlington. black and tan.
bull. Boston, Dandie Dinrnont. fox. Irish Scottish.
skye. Welsh. Yorkshire. toy. white English
"
spring show in BROOKLYN the Long Island
Kennel Club followed out the three division
with much success and hereafter there should
The American Kennel Tub committee on this
point scored most decisively over the English
British owners In its decision to retain but
The London Field, which finds little to praise
az rule on this side of the water comrnends
the work Of the American committee. AS to
the English grouping, Field states: TAs the
s Of the bes
Is put in, the non-sporting section. With
and leaving entirely alone the has been. at
the present time the Skye terrier. with Its
enormous coat. is about as much the antipodes
poubtsss ' he viii III k r. rats when he the hair
about his head allows him to see them. but
Y i,S terrier. a veritable toy. a, remark
Manchester terrier. On the contrary. tho
sede The bulldog as lighting animal, nor has
Excepting cp to add to his qualification for the
sporting section by keeping his ears on.
Once the nd ks those
puss. cropped. The bull terrier has In some
parts Of our empire proved himself TO to be the he
useful dos 70 Sse bs
honors with the hardly bred, field spaniel
and ha: been found to be vastly sHperio, as
or retriever. Our American cousins, are
fond OF the hull terrier, and they would GER
were they to remove 1t from the degenerate
position it occupies among pet and fancy,
dogs, OF which the so-called transporting
mon sense classification OF The Terriers
Possibly even our own Kennel Club may at
some time or other rearrange their grouping.
az its chairman. Mr.. Sidney Turner. so re-
Gently expressed himself in favor Of doing
more In the future than his club has. done in
the past to forward the interests OF the sport
ing dog"