Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-12
DOGG|ES HOLD
THE SPOTLIGHT
ANNUAL BENCH SHOW OPENS
AUSPICI0USLY
Average Class of CANNES Is Better
Than Ever Before Shown in Los
Angeles and the Attendance
Breaks AL Records


ever seen here and a record breaking
first days crowd in attendance, the
Southwestern Kennel clubs annual
bench show opened most auspiciously
yesterday afternoon.
From the first, society has set the
seal of its approval upon the canine
competition for ribbons and cups.
Tastily gowned women displayed their
pets in the ring before the watchful
eye of Judge Cole and ministered to
the needs of those which passed the
day IL exhibition only.
A constantly shifting panorama of
spectators viewed the various breeds,
among them tourists from many of the
Atlantic cities. where the banner
events of dogdom occur, and many
were the praises sung by some of the
visitors, who were genuinely surprised
at the high grade of the exhibit.
Terriers, cookers, settlers that would
earn honors anywhere were giving
Cole his troubles all day, and it was
notable fact that right down the
line, local dogs carried away the cups
from those which had been shipped
here.
OF the visiting brigade. none were
joted more numerically than '"Fat
who brought English settlers, fox ter
riers, colles and some others-not
bad one in the lot either, but on the
whole just good enough to get beaten.
In English settlers. ]. G. Wilhoit
showed a very passable string: quite
as classy as is to be expected of the
breed in any coast show. His puppy,
Joe Bangham, bred by that sterling
sportsman. D. ]. Desmond of this city,
carried off puppy honors.
Entry in the class was light in point
of numbers, and judging speedily
passed to Irish settlers. which, strange
to relate, outnumbered the English
men.
Little use to daily much with the
breed, for that magnificent specimen,
Oh. Shandon Ben, was in the hunt,
and in this part of the world that tells
the story of the redcoats.
Peppers had his dog in good shape.
and Ben never showed better, literally
asking for ribbon and cup with his
dark. lustrous eyes. Verify if all Irish
settlers were of the same feather, the
breed would not be losing ground with
dog lovers. Joe Varley's breeding was
in evidence and he had some classy
youngsters on exhibition, but Shandon
Ben was unbeatable.
Fox Terriers Many
The coming of fox terriers was an
nounced by a buzz of excitement in the
crowd surrounding Judge Coles sane
tum sanctorun. A red hot contest
was predicted by the program and en-
try list, but everybody found beating
w. K. Peasley very hard work.
Peasley has not been in the fox ter
rier business as long as some who
might be mentioned, but he has made
splendid use of his time.
The Hampshire kennels entry was
the goods in such classes as fell to the
lot of the smoothcoats. Again Fat
Jack" suffered dashed hopes: the floor
of the judging ring was dented with
depressions where they had hit as the
husky handler suffered defeat after
defeat
Finally he got little solace in the
rough coats with Thunderstorm Radi-
um, a northern dog of real class and
very fine example of the wire-haired
fox TERROR. Against him was the
Pasadena dog Cairnsmuir Pitter Pat
ter, shown in staring coat and any
thing but bench condition.
Taken all in all, fox terriers were
splendidly represented. The dogs were
many and they showed the combina-
tion of points that gets awards any
where.
Peasley's dogs won clean-cut vic
tories on their merits and it is very
probable that any other judge than
Cole would have affirmed the Kansas
City mans decisions.
Varley "Gets His"
Joe Varley had look-in for his white
alley in Irish terriers. He showed a
typical dog and bitch, Patsy Bolivar
and Royal Kathleen. They deserved all
the ribbons they got.
Rather neglected of late years, this
breed has many things to recommend
it, The Irish terrier is not entirely a
thing of beauty, yet he is a we'll made
dog, intelligent, faithful and none better
canine company. Terrier all the way
through. one cannot but feel as he
looks at a good specimen that.he would
jump out of his skin if anyone said
'rats!'
Scotch and black and tam terriers
were barely represented, and that is
all. Percy Harley had a good pair of
Airedales in the ring-they SAVIOR much
of an overgrown and developed Irish
terrier but are far heavier-pointer
standard in fact-and marked dark on
the backs. Likewise they are most use
full animals and seem able to learn any
thing but articulate speech.
First of the days judging were the
st. Bernards, about such a lot as were
seen last year-Mrs. DeniePs Prince
Yam, e. Schwartz Rover, e. E. Argst's
Prince Royal II, very passable dog
good in head; Charles Stickelbaut's
Port Royal, William Reavis' Captain,
Feilchenfelds Queen Regent II among
them. Nothing sensational in the lot
and all tolerably good. though in the
big classes one regards the adjective
much as DR.. Johnson did when he
poked fun at 'tolerable egg"
Good Lot of Cookers
A heavy showing of cookers made
quite hit with the women. OF late
years the tendency seems TO be to make
a toy dog of the cocker and deprive him
of what seems his natural avocation-
serving the huntsman in the field.
Cookers of large size make first class
retrievers and the duck shooters find
them most serviceable in the warm
waters of this southern country where
the otter coat of the Chesapeake Bay
or the dense, impenetrable curls of the
Irish water spaniel are not necessary
to a dogs efficiency All the varieties.
black, black and white, red and other
nolorc were ranraSented DaUv KatZ a