Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
COMING DOG SHOW
At ATLANTIC CITY
Rules to Be Changed Regarding
lmportations-Harley to
Sell His Terriers.
By JAMES WATSON.

There are certain shows which may he
called landmarks in the annual dog show
route. One Of these. and possibly the one
looked forward to more than any other. Is
the gathering at Atlantic City in April.
New York is business, Boston is hard labor
and the circuit is wearing. while the rush
of the one-day shows at Wissahickon, Bryn
Mawr or Englewood leaves one with a
here-was-I-at feeling. Different from all
of these in its restfulness and its surround
inss is Atlantic City. The change to the
sea side, the altogether differentness, IL one
may say so, makes the dog man and his
wife look forward to the show on the pier
more than to any other. Far more than
any other is it the show which Mrs. Elk
hibitor makes up her mind to attend and
indulge in constitutionals on the board
walk, hence all hands are on the lookout
for the Atlantic City program, which was
late in coming out this year.
Entries closed yesterday. Last year a
low entry fee and no prizes was tried, but
il did not take, so again we have moderate
prizes and moderate entry fee, ali prizes
being So for first and So for second and 81
to enter The classification is built upon
the result Of past support, and some of the
breeds have been put in line in a decided
manner. Fox terriers for one have dropped
from their high estate, and now the sexes
are doubled up. This leaves the Airedale
and Irish IS the leading terrier breeds, out
side of Boston terriers which always com
mand an extended classification, with divi-
sion by weight.
The judges list is the best which has been
made up for Atlantic City since the start
was made. and with such men as George
c. Thomas for settlers, w. c. Goldman for
bulldogs, Joseph NJ. Dale for Boston ter
rers, H. T. Peters for pointers, Dalmatians
and Russian wolfhounds, with a. d. Lewis
nl,n T,1t1 IF
Rock for great Danes, it only needed such
a man as George S. Thomas TO round 1t OF
with an all-rOunder who knows dog as
few do 1t is about time George ThomaS
got into the ring and let us have a PUBIC
announcement of his opinion of dogs of the
day Mr. Oldham is superintendent, ana
that insures good management. The snow
dates this year are April II to IL
Regulating Canine Importations
In this column on March it was stated
that the Department of Agriculture had I'M
der Amusement changes in the regulations
governing the importation Of dogs. pub
lie statement has been made recently to the
effect that | had made several Intellectual
efforts to have the rules changed, but that
the secretary of the American Kennel Club
had succeeded where l had failed The facts
are as follows: About twelve years ago J.
was appointed chairman of committee OF
the American Kennel Club to endeavor to
secure a change from the very arbitrary
rule with which it was impossible to com
ply Mr. Salmon was then the person who
drew up such regulations and he at that
time declined to accede to our requests, but
did so to a certain extent later on. He
again made the rules unnecessarily arbi-
trary and the secretary of the Kennel
Club. in opposition to my suggestions, be-
gan correspondence with the department
turning the matter over to me to follow
up hopelessly, for Mr.. Salmon was not a
man who could be budged.
Still later both the English Kennel Club
and the American club endeavored to get
changes saying that forcing upon them
the taking of money to give numbers to
certain dogs did not in the slightest degree
improve the strength of the certificates
they issued, and was only an unnecessary
tax on the exporter or importer. Again a
failure. The turn OF the tide came when l
visited Washington for the dog show, and
before doing so advised the Kennel Club
secretary of my intention to call upon Mr..
Alonzo D. Melvin, who now has the position
formerly filed by Mr.. Salmon. l did so
when at Washington, and after prolonged
interview with Mr.. Melvin he most courte-
ously told me that as they were in sill
probability about revising the regulations