Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-31
CANINE CLANS
MAKE ENTRIES
DOG SHOW PROSPECTS REMARK
ABLY IMPROVED
Kennel Club Men Enthused at OUT
look for Greatest Bench Affair
Ever Given on Coast, All Con-
dltlons Being Favorable

Working up enthusiasm in dog show
used to be a sad business in Los An
geles, but the local kennel clubmen say
entries are not hard to catch now.
Time was when an owner side
stepped all propositions to exhibit his
dogs and lodged solicitors as most
men do the measles, but all that is
changed. From "Weary-eyed Willie"
Morris of winning pointer fame to
w. *. Peasley and George Albers of
the fox terrier and collie divisions, re-
spectively, the canine clans are conf
ing into line with their filled out blanks.
The biggest entry and the best bred,
best pointed dogs ever seen on the Pa
cific coast will make the Los Angeles
show memorable If present prospects
are realized.
Quietly working under cover, trying
to sneak in some of the best specimens
in the world today, several local and
northern fanciers are preparing TO
touch off a surprise about the time
entries are announced in the papers.
From far away New York-and even
beyond, 'tis whispered where dog men
do congregate some fearful and
wonderfully made dogs have stepped
right out of the A. K. c. specifica-
tions, built to order to clean UP the
best there is here in the western
country
In collies, pointers and terriers, local
men will have to show better animals
than ever before to land any per
simmons with their prowess. Thus
far none of them seem to be worrying
much, however, for in the past the local
product with a few notable exceptions,
has successfully withstood all the as
saults of foreign breeders.
The business of raising fancy dogs
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reasons, one of which is the keen com
along similar lines toward the same
result.
The Improvement of nature by care
bull selection in breeding and the slow
but steady change for the better are all
absorbing to those whose talents run
to such things.
Well recognized as a diversion, and
often profitable in the east, it is only
recently that the dog fancier's favorite
sport came to be at all generally rec
ognized here. Los Angeles never does
anything by halves and therefore pri-
vate kennels of the bluest blooded aris-
tocrats of caninedom are quite zen
regle' among the local 400-in fact 1t
is doubtful if one is quite up to date
nowadays without a finger in the pie
somewhere, if it be only purchased
pup, not to say dog OF one own
breeding which is by all odds the
thing"
Among the heaviest local exhibitors
at the show, which opens April IL and
continues through April A. will be
Arthur Let's and his collies; George r.
Albers with the same breeds; Paul
Peppers and his champion Irish setter
kennel headed by that grand visaged
animal Ch. Shandon Ben, none better
| in the business; ] w. Brooks and Fred
Herr, whose Boston terriers are of the
! best; w. K. Peasley, S. Tyler, r. G.
Halstead of Pasadena who specialize
on fox terriers; James Ewins with his
winning bulldogs; Morris and his point
ers. Smaller exhibits will be there IN
force, not counting the northern repre-
sentation, which will be heavier thar
had been hoped, owing to the change
in dates of the Puget sound show.
Judge Cole of Kansas City will pass
upon the. merits and demerits of the
entire list of classes. He has achieved
a reputation for ability and fairness
second to no domestic judge and it is
thought Tom Ashton will not be seri-
usly missed, though the bluff ole
Briton's genial replies to questions ant
his painstaking explanations made hin
many a friend here who will not soor
| forget him.