Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
COMMENT ON THE
WEEKS DOG SHOWS
That at White Plains Was Not
Managed on Up-to-Date
Lines.
Bv James Watson.

The dog shows of the past week have
been the WcstCheStCr exhibition IN cohhec-
lion with the horse show at White rams
md the Genesee County Kennel Club, held
Mt Batavia as part Of the annual asricui-
tural fair which has been a fixture at Ia
tavIa since 1889.
The Westchester show might nave peeh
made a success but II was not managed IN
an up-to-date manner. and entries were
sadly deficient with prizes of five and two
dollars and a man who knows a dog as the
awarder of prizes. The result was total
of far short of one hundred dogs when the
premium list and judge combined should
have been good enough for at least a four
hundred dog entry. The sprinkling of dog
men at White Plains was exceedingly small
and the futile attempt to run show on
Chicken principles may result in some
good in the way of getting up a show on
up-to-date lines.
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"Up-to-date lines is rather elastic deh-
milton, but its present understanding may
he set down as a show of less than four
days. two for preference, moderate entry
fee non-stereotyped judge list and prizes
immaterial. There has been such outcry as
to entry fees compared with prize money
and when find such anomalies as nlty
entries at 50 each Tor DessaFiy Slo VI
prize money at New York 1t Is JustlnaD!e
to raise the eXtortion cry of prizes not In
keeping with entry fees. But the New YORK
show is run a commercial bass. IN Wnlch
the supervisor is paid on percentage ba-
sis. hence year by year exhibitors have had
to pay more and get less for their money.
Next year at New York there will be a
charge for stalls for the accommodation of
the dogs over night owned by prominent eX-
hihitors. These are the horse show stalls
down stairs, which have always been al
lowed hitherto. Two years ago 1t was shown
that a who claimed he had the right
to dispose of these accommoda lions was an
interloper. and he was shut Off but with eX-
hibitors it is case of in the fire and out of
the frying pan. and while they might
evade the interloper they will not be able
to overcome managerial supervision.
Quite apart from anything in the way of
personal profit or benefit stands the Batavia
show. Managed by a few enthusiastic fan
cers who think everything of the benefit
Others may gain and nothing of their own
time, trouble or expense. the result must
have been gratifying, even if somewha t
short of expectations which are usually set
at flood watermark. The exhibit was, how
ever, such decided advance over its pred
eceSsor that there IS every reason for con-
gratulatiOn. 1t was, to great extent, pure
iy local. Buffalo and Rochester being the
limits of over ninety per cent of the entries.
afield was ALT belmont of Philadelphia, who
could not have been disappointed with the
results. He had one piece of bad luck how
ever, in the serious sickness OF an Irish ter
Tier, Thorndyke Tpster. which could not
be shown. The supposition was that he
caught a severe cold in transit but it made
difference of nearly twenty dollars to his
owner.
The best breed entry at Batavia was in
Boston terriers. and they were well Judged
by Mr.. Miron w. Robinson. OF the forty
dogs shown all but small percentage We're
from within fifty miles of Batavia so that
In this. rs in other breeds, there is a rapid
growth and increase in the number of per-
sons who own show dogs. The best exhibit
was tnat of Mrs. Champion OF New Haven,
but Mrs. Feury of Park Ridge. n j. Mrs
shannon of Rochester Mrs. Quaife of Pal
myrd and Mrs. Spencer of Buffalo also had
good dogs on exhibition. 50 that the prize
money was split UP quite freely.
FOX terriers were very large entry com.
pared with what has been the outcome al
Atlantic coast shows of late, a total OF
thtrty-three dogs being immense by com.
parison with the five TO ten dogs usually
received. Their quality was also sur
prisnsly good. and there is no reason tC
accept the claim that the breed is being
given up. All it needs is freedom from
being OVerrun by travelling kennels made
up Of imported English champions.
The dog show rules, which Will shortly
come before the American Kennel Club fol
amendment. are eXacting much attention al
present. one of the most experienced ex-