Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15
GROWING INTEREST IN
THE PEKINGESE DOG

feather A strong dog in Individual char
acter, development of hundreds of years
Of breeding may be seen by carvings in
Chinese jade and crystals attributed to
very early dynasties.
The color of the Pekingese dog Is various-
The English breeders Of course, set up
their opinions and upon exceedingly limited
knowledge of the ideas of the Chinese upon
the subject. A little over a year ago a
Chinese gentleman resident in London who
had a thorough knowledge of the dog at
home and what was valued there. was
asked to award the prizes at one of the
prominent London shows. and the exhibitors
were aghast when they saw their cherished
ideas ruthlessly disregarded. When the ex-
hibitors and critics had sufficiently recov-
cred from the shock, one newspaper repre-
sentative had the courage and the thought
to ask Mr. Wang Yum the reason for hts
decisions. to which he added the following
as his description of what we would call
standard of the breed: THE head should
be large and proportionate to the body.
The breast should be wide. The car should
be big. The neck should be short. The
eyes should be prominent The legs should
be short and are much better If the front
ones bend out so as to form a circle. The
tail should wind upward and not incline
to either side The nose should turn up
ward few alterations have been made
in the wording to give clearness to the
text.
In the matter of color Mr.. Wang Yum was
altogether different from the English IDEAS
which was that biscuit color was the Ideal
dog, His placing was yellow and white
and black and white equal first. entire
black second. red. fox or wolf color third.
black dog with white spot on top of
skull ranks high, but the black dog with
four white paws, called stood in the snow,
is the best of all colors. One white leg or
paw, flesh colored white blaze
are imperfections which should be penal
lied
Danbury at one time was the only show
we had between April and February of the
next year. but now the old standby is being
squeezed and 1t has no plain, undisturbed
sailing. AS usual It is in the first week in
October. but that is the season OF the year
when there are fairs all over the country,
and as dog shows are now conceded to be
great attractions, we have and will have
more during September and October with
each succeeding year. Brockton, Mass,
York and Newcastle, Pa, have all shows In
the same week as Danbury. and as there Is
a circuit of shows at that time in Ohio and
western Pennsylvania, they may attract
some Of the dogs from Philadelphia which
have supported Danbury hitherto. Batavia.
which Immediately precedes or leads of
this circuit will draw a large number of
dogs from eastern New York. and IL they
go there the probability is that the con-
densed circuit a little farther west may
hold them from returning to Danbury.
Fortunately for all, however, the wonder
fully increased interest in the showing Of
dogs which has developed throughout the
past three or four years renders 1t possible
for a number of conflicting shows to give
good exhibitions, and this will be found
the more and more with each sue
ceeding year. Shows are no longer depend
ent upon getting the patronage of one or
two handlers of dogs who dictated who
should Judge or at least stated who they
would not show under. and the simple rea-
son Is that managers found out some time
ago that these handlers were not at all es-
sential, but somewhat of a drawback. to To-
cal entries which are the most desirable
and attract the paying attendances.
Mr.. Bates, the secretary of the Cedar
hurst Kennel Club. which has show
September at Cedarhurst, L. l., has about
completed his judges list and there will
likely be fourteen officials. Trenton fair
will again have a dog show this year. but
II will be managed differently from last
years unfortunate experience.