The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
Dog Fancying Popular with
American Women.
PEKINEsE sPANIELs FAVORED
society Buds and 1fatrons Rival Vet
eran Fanciers ia bench shows and
Are Carrying on a siajOr Part OF
the Prizes-TOys StiII the Most Pop
uIar Pets in Ever Changing style.


gaining the favor of American women
that 1t threatens to become an obsession
with them. Nearly all Of the valuable
prizes at the first-class dog shows are be-
ing won by women exhibitors. and these
exhibitors take great pride in the fact
that they breed their own show dogs
In former years th@toy dog was the
favorite pet of the women. but styles
change in everything that the feminine
gender takes up. and just now the Pekin-
ese spaniel is milady's favorite. This in
significant little fat-faced. bow-Iegged.
l0ng-bodied miniature of a dog scarcely
belongs 10 the spaniel class, bat Il is ac-
credited with being the royal sleeve dog
of the Empress Of China. Hence its pop
ularlty
This breed Of dog has many ardent ad-
miTers in America Mrs Il. l. Satterlee,
daughter Of Plerpont Morgan. has estaB-
Ashed a large kennel for her pets. and
has bred many youngsters which she
viii exhibit at the coming shows Mrs
Norris Mandy, an Englishwomau, now
residing near New York CITY, introduced
the best specimens about a year ago. Her
kennels contain many well-kuown dogs
-Tshang Of Downinshire." the head of
her kennels, has become an American
champion. Mrs. Eve Guyer, Of Philadel-
phia, has some fine Pekinese.
Larger Toy Dogs Imported.
The larger toy dog dealers have made
several importations during the summer.
The best Of the breed viii be on exhibit
ton at the Toy Spaniel Club show to be
held in November
The English toy spaniels are divided
into four divisions. II is hard 10 tell
which variety has the most supporters.
Nearly every prominent breeder keeps sew
eral varieties. The DreamWold Kennels,
which have as their most interested own
er Miss Lawson. the daughter Of the Bos-
ton hnancier. breeds all four colors Of
English toys. The Misses Henderson and
Pariett. the treasurer and secretary. re-
spectively. of the Toy Club OF America,
have some noted winners. They have
created much enthusiasm over the breed.
The Improvement in these varieties has
been noticeable since the beginning Of the
The best specimens were imported.
The influence Of this new blood has
made the breed a better one in this Sec
ton. DR.. Sternberg and his wife became
interested in Japanese spaniels while
travelling on the continent, and now Mrs
Sternberg has some very good specimens
Of the breed
Several years ago the Swiss Mountain
Kennels were established by Mrs Smythe.
of Philadelphia Mrs. Smythe believed in
keeping only the best. Mrs Sem. of New
York, has made a business of breeding
toys.
The Pomeranian is another popular dog
with the ladies' at the leading shows Of
the fluffy Pom is the center OF most
attention. The classes at our shows have
become so large that It was necessary TO
divide the breed into colors. The blacks
lead, with the chocolate. OF. reds, second.
and the white ones third.
Mrs. J. II. Brookfeld, OF New York
has several specimens Of each color Her
champion, Beautiful Billy. and his son,
Billy. are great blacks. Miss Anna Sands
Of Newport, r. l., has some clever speci-
mems. Miss Sturgis has a few runners
Mrs. Champion and her daughters. OF
staten Island. have been successful with
the breed.
POmeranians Good Lap Dogs.
Fifty per cent Of all the lap dogs now
carried by society women are OF Pomeran-
ian breeding The famous Mills sisters. Of
Newport, were the first 10 introduce the
breed at the noted seaside resort. Since
then the ladies have taken up nearly all
breeds Of toys, while many have estab-
llshed kennels for the breeding of dogs.
No breed seems too large now. The late
Miss A. a. Marks always had a half
dozen or more big st. Bernards as com
/ panions The Alta Kennels, of Toledo.
were owned by a charming young matron,
and only St Bernards We're kept.
( While the collie is supposed TO pc a
great farm dog, it has few equals as a
true companion and protector. Mrs. c.
/ NJ Lunt established the Alstead Collie
! Kennels several years ago. Two years
/ ago a consolidation was made with Miss
/ NJ Bullock. At every important SHOW the
/ Alstead collies defeated the inmates of
/ Morgans and Untermyer's kennels with
4 surprising regularity.
/ Mrs n. B. SteIle became interested in
/ bull terriers early in the SOS When her
I dogs were benched the old breeders al
ways had to look out for their laurels.
In no other breeds of CANNES have the
/ women such a lead as in French pccdles.
! The Red Brook Kennels, owned by Miss
/ Lucille Alger and Miss Louise Grace, now
! lead the country. Mrs. Moulton. Of New
I England, also has a fine collection OF this
/ breed
Mrs. Hasting Arnold. jr-. has been sue
/ eessful with the coach dog. now known
as Dalmatian. Miss NJ. G. Bourne has
divided her attention between Dalmatian
and Russian wolfhOunds. Mrs. Percy
/ Duny. Of Boston. has been successful
with Dalmatians. Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont
/ has been collecting a kennel Of white
/ French bulldogs. AT the last ladies show
I her pets won many prizes.
Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt attended many
shows in order to exhibit her French
/ bulldogs Only the unfortunate loss of
/ the principal dogs caused Mrs Vanderbilt
/ to temporarily retire Mrs Richard HINT
and Mrs William Lennox have now some
! of the best French bulls. Mrs. W. A.
/ Smythe, Of Boston, wins the leading
prizes at many of the shows with her
/ bat-eared bulldogs.
western Women ia Athletics.
That athletics among women in the
West have become popular is demon
strated by the elaborate programme ar
ranged by the women Of the University
of California. They do not intend to
/ be outdone by the men attending the
university and have prepared to par
tieipate in all kinds Of sport during the