Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF THE KENNEL CLUBS

of revenue is what makes a good dog dear
In England and causes the difference In
value between the sexes.
This purchase of something to win and
beat the American bred dogs Is but another
nail in the coffin In which the foreigners
are being packed away. The handwriting
is on the wall that our shows will be more
than ever restricted to American-bred dogs,
for with almost every premium list that
comes to hand there Is the addition of
classes for dogs bred in America, using the
words inclusive of Canada. That is all very
well, but 1t is not solving the problem so
well as 1t might be done. Here therefore,
is suggestion that may bear fruit The
American Kennel Club says that to permit
OF credit toward championship honors 1t
is necessary to give three of the specified
classes, the conditions of which are set
forth by the club, and that the open class
Is compulsory There are four classes in
the program of conditions, SO that one may
be omitted or qualified, and II the limit
class is so qualified as to keep it-for Amer
ican-b bred dogs it will do more good than
giving an extra class and leaving the limit
open to all.
What is the necessity Of the hour is to
make Americans spend their money, as far
as it can be forced in a legitimate way. in
purchasing the product of this country,
encouraging our breeders and advancing
the price Of our best dogs. which at pres
ent we have to sacrifice at about One-half
to one-fourth the value of what Is so greed
lily given for no better quality of animal,
but which is supposed to be unbeatable be-
cause 1t is made in England. We have just
as good material, and We have more expert
breeders than in England. but we do not
produce so many in number OF our snow
breeds, and therein lies a great deal Of the
apparent success of Englishmen as COM
pared with our owners. But there Is an
9th nipt hot &c hat no
that might be shown in this country are
not owned near shows, and owing to the
number of shows so easily reached IN Eng
land everything worth showing gets pe1ore
a Judge there. With the vastly increased
number of shows we are now having TINS
will gradually change, and in few years
the prospect is that as in some breeds SO IN
nearly all we will be able to snap our mn
gers at foreign competition, but meanwhile
it is essential that moneyed buyers should
be forced as far as possible to buy from
Americans and give our breeders the en-
enlargement they need at this time.
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The events for the coming week are
rather more important than for some time
past Monday entries close for two shows,
the first money prize shows Of the fall sea-
son. One is the second show Of the Taun-
ton Kennel Club of Taunton Mass. the
show being held on the county fair grounds
on September to 6. The judges are Mr.
AL Goode for Boston terriers, Mr.. J.
Seargent Price of Philadelphia for Dalma-
tians, Airedale Irish and Welsh terriers,
and Mr.. e. o. Sidham for all other breeds
The prizes in all classes are 81 So and 81,
and the entry fee is 81. Mr.. ]. A. Boutelle
will superintend. The Middletown, N. T..
show is to be held on August % to 81, and
the entry fee is 81, with prizes of IS and 3d.
The judges are Myron w. Robinson for
Boston terriers, F. s. Sternberg for toys
and Maj Taylor for all other breeds: This
show is held in connection with the Orange
county fair on the grounds midway be-
tween Middletown and the famed horse
town of Goshen.
The Asbury Park inaugural dog show has
had a most f1attering entry. and the value
of good judges possessing knowledge and
strength has been we'll demonstrated, as
has also the excellent selection of new
material for the making of awards. This
is particularly noticeable in the case OF
the judges Of bulldogs, bull terriers and
Irish terriers, the judges Of which are all
men who have owned and shown good
dogs. These judges are Messrs Collins,
Richardson and Price for the respective
breeds. This show Is to be held at the
beach auditorium next Wednesday and
Another very important event Of the
week is the closing of entries for the CEDAR
hurst Club show at Lawrence l.. l., which
event Of the year. at least in the New
York district. Mr.. John G. Bates. the
secretary, is a member of the stock ex-
change and has done three mems work in
getting up the show. The specials are
without any question the best offered at
any show held in this country, cups figuring
plentifully all through the list as well as
cash. This will certainly be three
points show. based upon three important
facts-splendid special, one dollar entry fee
and a good list Of judges.
Mr.. r. Dickinson Torrey, the well-known
Boston clubman, is going in for Russian
wolfhounds and has purchased five from
the Valley Farm kennels Of Simsbury,
Conn.