New-York tribune., 1906-02-11
DOGS DAY HAS COME.
ANNUAL SHOW THIS WFFr
Westminster Kennel Club Erb;b;,
Bigger and Better than EUer

Ihe enirueth annual bench show OF thu Wa.
minister Ksnnel Club. which opens IN Maa,-".
Square Garden Tomorrow and lasts sbr,.-1
Thursday. promises TO be the best ever bots
this country. Not only Is the number OF entrta. -, -
ger than that Of any show before held IN Ar,a.s4
the total being s.013. but the number Of dogs "a
IS more than were ever benched at any other -
In the world not excepting the great show o. Fh
British Kennel Club IN the Crystal Palace. ror-
don
From the tiny toy spanieIs to the huge rnas,,-.
and St Bernards. practically every breed viii -
exhibited IN more or less profusion. All the cham,
pions viii be there and many newcomers as weu
and the blue ribbon winners Of other years rons.
again pass muster before they can hold thu ulac.
they occupy to-day the best OF their kind Thar.
stories heard OF the quality new one =,
the good points OF that. TIL is led to bell.v,
that the old favOrites will have no easy tina =,
maintaining the prestige won IN the past Al th,.
may may not bo true. but there Is no question
OF the generally high quality Of the dogs enter.t
and the Judges are to have no easy time in
making the awards TO satisfy all concerned.
The ROseneath terriers and the papilon. OF bur,
terfiy, spanies are sure 10 attract than usual
interest. as these breeds comparatively new
There VIII be other novelties also. and those whe
love the dog VIII not lack for entertainment dur
ing the four days Of the show.
The big amphitheatre will be a busy and noisy
place to-day. All day long the dogs VIII be com
ing to the Garden IN crates. to be unpacked ard
benched and made ready for the opening to-ror-
row. Places must be assigned and the vartous
breeds arranged as to make the best exhibit
The task looks a hard one. but outside Of few
impromptu "scraps." everything viii go smoothly
and the dogs will be ready to be and petted
and admired when the doors are thrown open IN
the morning.
BLOoDHOUNDs AGAIN ON SHOW.
Bioodhounds missing last year from tia
benches. but this year they will be back again Dr.
Longest VIII have new and strong competitor In
DR.. Knox. while the Westbury Kennels will bs
there. as well. and many dogs will be view
In place OF the old champions trio Of good
mastiffs. headed by Sir Bedivere. all that are
left Of the scores which shows OF soma
years ago. The St. Bernards fine lot. Sons
good youngsters viii be there. well Walter
Johnson's Ch. Mayor OF watford. the Willow
mere Farms Ch. willowmere Judge and Ch- Bab5
Beautiful Mrs. Vsbo Gonrs Ch. Beautiful DUchesa
Of Watford and Ransom CaygilFs Ch. Columhia's
Hope.
In the smooth coated variety there will be Ch.
Newton Abbot Squire. old friend. and Ch- Dolly
Warden II. from willowmere Farm. and Ch.
Bonaparte. from the Rananna Kennels The Great
Danes. those big, clumsy, good tempered dogs.
should make a strong display. Among them ara
W. Nephew Kings Lady Sheppard. W. c. Hnrs
Ch. Dagobert Edward Binghurst's Ch- Guido OF
Broughton. Miss G. c. whitneys Portia II and Dr..
Lutzs Infanta Mae. There also good
looking puppies. which IT may be necessary TO con-
slider IN making the awards
There only five Newfoundlands entered. bus
the Russian wolfhounds will be seen IN numbers.
The Valley Farm Kennels viii be represented BY
such good ones as Oh. Bistri OF Perchina, Nena-
gladni OF Perchtnas Sorvan o Valley Farm,
Alaska O. Valley Farm and Sorva OF WoronzOva
Others will be Dr. j. 2. De Mund's Ch. Princess
vedma W. B. Blossoms Sonya and Mrs. Richard
Harding DavIs's Crossroads Gar to say nothing
of lot of good puppies The greyhounds will IN
clude B. T. Lewis'S Ch. Lansdowne Hall Stream,
Mrs. Philip Homes Leeds Elect II Mrs. n c.
Kelfy's Ch. Brannock III and Miss Amelia II.
Sculley'5 Bit CT Blue
The Mddlesex and Orange County hunts will
have good showing OF English foxhounds. but tina
American hounds scarce. OF pointers there 81
a good lot, among them being the Brookdale Ken.
nels's Oh. Duke OF York. George Bleistein's Cn.
Marks Rush. r. B. Adarns's CHI Oregon's Jeszts
H. @. 8. Motifs Spunk's Duke and r. x Arm
strongs Armstrong; Don. The English and Irish
setter classes have filed well Gordon settlers TOO,
viii be well represented.
Sporting spanisls usual, viii be shown N
great abundance. among them being some good
CluMbers, larger lot of field spaniels than usual
and big display OF Cookers. Among the fields
r. P. Keasby's Oh. Saybrook Popcorn, the Weald-
@ stone Ken Kennels Ch Prime R Minister Ch h Mq3aryA
Evans's Ch- Woolton Dagmar and II. c. Eames's
croft Kennels Ch CSstawav. the BrooRsds Ken
nes' CHI Fritz III. George Douglass Ch. Standard.
Waverly sweetheart. the Pen Craig Kennels Pen
purple.
PLENTY OF CoLLIEs BENCHED.
There will be great contest among the coIliss,
for all the old favorites will be on hand while J.
Pierpont Morgan and Samuel Ulterryer have en-
tered long strings some of which have been bought
especially IS d for I the show Among the champions
Laurel Ladd Ss0nsg Ssonsng to to l2 S9mgi 9ga MS
Edison, and Wlshaw CIinker. Moreton Hebs and
@on Fgbty tba Gd dpeSnns e PeTpGnt & 4orsa
Reginald c. Vanderbilt's Ch. Bouncing Lass and
Stylish Boy and Mrs. r. H Davis's Oh Crossroads
from the Blue BoG nS GfS%s Ts 81 6T9 Of % ami
chinese Chum- The Dalmatians viii be there n
Those beautifully ugly bulldogs will as usual at
tgae5 re much much attention Lo9g strings have been en-
w. w. Lawson, w s [xiner and others. Among the
sham Jock. Oh. Fascination and en- La Roche.
- he prices according to the catalogue range from
sented among the many being the AquehUng Farm
Sarab Nano+ fNIg1egs I99s IN, IN TroInpette anS psan
and Ch. Lovette.
A fine lot OF bull terriers viii Include such
champions as EdgewoOd Battle and Edgewo0d
Esteile. belonging 10 NJ b Stelle. jr. AJAX OF the
Point belonging to ". b Weaver: BLOOMSBURY
Blazer; bslonging TO I. H Clother tr, and Edge.
Airedale terriers a good list among them being
the York Kennels.
BOSTON TERRIERS LEAD ALI, CLASSES
Boston terriers lead all classes in numbers. and
before the Judge gets through he viii cause many
hesrtburnings, for the owners OF these little ans-
mails are harder TO please than breeders OF any
other type Among the many shown VIII be NJ W.
Rooinson's Ch- Oarsman. Ch. Sportsman. Ch Sei-
wonk Beauty, Oh. Lady Dainty and the Spotswooa
Kennels Ch. Boylston Reina and Ch. Govern
less There win also be a host OF newcomers. and
In the brace and team classes NJ w Robinson.
". N. Kimball NJ ~ Knipe and the Spotswood
OF fox terriers there are many representatives
SI the osss % OF the breed In both types "a hns @