The San Francisco call., 1905-05-10
SMART CANNES
OUT FOR CUPS
Great Collection of High
Class Dogs Are Entered
at Mechanics Pavilion
EASTERN CHAMPS HERE
George C. Thomas Collection
of Settlers Will Be Seen
Here for the First Time

To-day at IL o'clock the annual dog
show of the San Francisco Kennel
Club will open at Mechanics Pavilion.
All day yesterday kennels from out of
the State were arriving in the city and
the trainers giving the necessary at
tention TO the dogs in preparation for
the show. At the Pavilion the manage
ment was busy preparing the building
for the crowds that are expected to
throng the place.
The show as planned will be the
greatest that has ever been held in San
Francisco. Thirty more entries have
been made over those of last year and
the grade of dogs is reputed to be far
superior. The judging of the animals
will begin at 2 O'Clock to-day, and
Thomas Ashton of Leeds England, has
been selected to act in that capacity.
The exhibition will last four days, clos
ing Saturday night at IL o'clock. Many
valuable prizes and trophies have been
prepared and will be awarded at the
close of the show.
Among the kennels to arrive yester-
day was a beautiful string from Phil
adelphia owned by George G. Thomas.
The dogs have been exhibited in the
shows held recently in Portland and
Seattle, and it is possible that after
the close of the San Francisco exhibit
ton they will be sent to the Los An
geles bench show. They are in charge
of Trainer b. +. Lewis, who handles
Thomas stock at all exhibitions.
Among the Philadelphia string are
four of the finest English settlers in the
world. Each is valued at $4,000, and
Trainer Lewis is as careful of them as
of a baby. Yesterday the trainer spent
all day in preparing the dogs for their
San Francisco debut. The settlers,
which are without peer in the world,
are Rumney Racket. Mallwyd Sirdar,
Lansdowne Mallwyd Dey and Madcap.
All the dogs are champions and trophy
winners and look every inch of $4,000
beauties.
Three fine pointers are also in the
Philadelphia kennel-Champion Marks
Rush, an animal of the finest strain;
Narragansett and Lansdowne Bit o
Courage. OF the nineteen dogs in the
string there are Irish settlers and Bos-
ton terriers of fine breed.
Other outside cities to be represented
in the show are sending strings varying
from ten to thirty dogs. George 5.
Thomas is sending four fox terriers
from the Sabine kennels, including the
famous Selwonk Topper. Jack Bradi
shaw is here with the well-known bull
terrier Edgecoat Peer. He also brings
a STRING OIL twenty -tlSIit Jugs lIOil lhe
| north that he is getting ready for the
! show.
Norman j. Stewart is due with a
string from San Jose. o. j. Albee is
here from Santa Clara with kennel OF
| collies r. NJ. Dodge comes from Ba-
kersfield with the w. S. Tevis pointers.
Charles Babcock will arrive here to-
day with w. w. Van Arsdales settlers
from Mendocino. Charles Lyndon OF
Menlo Park will bring up kennel OF
President Harley's fox terriers. George
| A. Cranfield will come from Bolinas
with w. w. Stettheimers fox terriers
Robert Hartman is due from Salt
Lake City with kennel of prize-win-
ming collies, while Mcdonald is bring
ing string of Irish settlers from Den
yer. Phil c. Meyer of San Mateo is
bringing up a string of Boston terriers
The novel method of benching will be
appreciated by the visitors. the wire
screen partition enabling the entire row
of dogs on each bench to be seen. The
erection of the benches and supervision
| of the dogs is under the direction OF
| Thomas Banks and William Chute,
the chief steward.