Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-21
LAST DAY Of
THE DOG SHOW.
SPECIAL PRIZES DISTRIBUTED
TO EXHIBITORS
PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
Many Suggestions for improvement
Of Next Annual EVent-Judge
Ashton Talks on Local
Products
PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR

less DAY at the OOg SHOW lHe CaiiitN
aristocrats simply laid in their kennels
and were not called upon for duty In
the judging ring Many of the more
Interested visitors ventured to ask the
prices Of several of the well known
dogs, seemingly with an idea Of pur-
chasing. Some, when Informed that
$500 would buy the dog In question,
were, mctaphorically floored and pre-
sumably left the tent a little more
thoughtful of what a big thing dog is
around show time. And then again
some of the disappointed owners were
glad to even give their dogs away.
The attendance during the day was
exceedingly large and the evening
crowd proved to be a record breaker,
for at times during the evening the
large tent was filled with visitors.
especially when the cups we're being
presented. The cups were many, COM
p1etely covering a large table about six
feet square. They were a beautiful lot
of trophies, differing in size and shapes.
A beautiful sculptured vase was the
most conspicuous prize on the table.
1t stood four feet high and was of a
beautiful greenish color. The scene
represented several nude figures dash |
ing OH the crest of a huge ocean billow.
Stems Of pewter, wood and copper COM
prised a number of the prizes and were
conspicuous by their odd designs. A
very short period was taken up in pre-
senting the cups, for almost every Win
ner knew what he was going to get
and the sooner the winners got their
prizes the better pleased they were.
A show never to be forgotten, was the
general opinion expressed by the ex-
hibitors and the members when the
final event had taken place. 1t was
highly successful from financial point
of view, and was as we'll encouraging
to large number of the younger and
inexperienced breeders, for the defeat
OF numerous former champions offers
the novices opportunity to accomplish
some great feats in dog breeding. But
the officials who took an important
part in the affairs of the show have
formed new ideas on the ideal arrange
ment of bench exhibit to be run so as
tc eliminate any feature Of sore dis
appointment among the fanciers. A
number of the officials and members
found fault with the number of cups,
claiming that there were too many
and too common to be of any value.
Almost every winner had two or three
cups, and in many instances the cups
ir,to
as the best dog handled and exhibited
by a lady," Features of that kind will
be eliminated hereafter And that
will not be the only new feature. They
will cut down the number of classes,
and try to get a larger number of dogs
in a class, thus making the competi-
tion keener and giving the show
larger number of entries. In fact
there are ever so many Improvements
to be made, says the arrangements COM
mittee, and there are ever so many
suggestions-good ones at that-to be
offered that larger and better show
can be expected for next year.
From judges point Of view, the
show, considering the number of en-
success. Judge Tom Ashton in re-
viewing the exhibition said: THE
show will undoubtedly prove a great
help to local breeders who have been
plugging along trying to do the best
they can. They have been given a
chance to build up a name for their
kennels and in all likelihood the next
ric will
finer bred dogs than has ever been
benched in this portion of the country
before. You can never tell just what
you can do or what your limitations III
dog breeding are, until your animals
have been judged. Then the lesson to
be learned in either the success or fail
ure of your dog will give you new
ideas as to the proper IDEAL 1 have al
ways made a practice of giving advice
to breeders who have asked for my
opinion. and in many cases such sug-
gestions have proven of great benefit
to the breeders. There are always
new lessons to learn in the science of
successful dog breeding and it is for
that reason that dog shows are
planned. Because the sire and dam of
a dog may be poorly pointed amin; Is
that does not necessarily bar the off
spring from being we'll pointed ami
mails. That's where good many peo-
pie make a mistake. They lose all in
terest when they are unsuccessful and
they become lax in their methods,
which eventually leads to dismal fall
ure. 1 can say one thing omphatically
for this show. 1t was we'll managed
affair throughout its short career and
IL is one that will be long remem-
bered."
There are a few local owners who
are extremely happy. One of these
happy fanciers is George II. Albers,
whose sable and white collie bitch.
Vern Tottie, took first prize as the best
bitch in the show. Paul PEPPERS also
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