New-York tribune., 1907-02-14
BULLDOG ROW CROWDED
TEEN FIGHT FOR BLUES.
Judges Make Many Ascards at Big
Shoe in the Garden.

10 particularly popular with, men, women and |
obidren and while all the other breeds attract |
+bejr fair share Of attention the ugly bulldog |
"a his distant cousin. the Boston terrier were |
r,reIv the centre OF interest The women, in |
,er1icular evinced a marked fancy in this di- |
rar+ion and divided their time between them |
and the concert hall. where the glass cage varl-
erv held court There were friends enough and |
70 spare however. for the graceful and arsto- |
cratic Russian wolfhounds. the powerful St |
Bernards the intelligent collies and the almost
human settlers. to say nothing Of the snappy
terriers and all the other breeds.
The aisles were crowded afternoon and even
ing although not to the same extent the |
openinr day. The holiday visitor was lacking.
t,,t The attendance was quite big enough, and it
was all TOO plain that man was not backward in
eXrress'ng appreciation for the dog which has
artlv been termed mans best and truest friend.
The children were out In numbers in the after
noon. and they seemed TO take huge delight in
The kindly ST Bernards and the toy spaniels in
glass cages. Some Of the more precocious young
s,ers found chief pleasure in close proximity to
the irish and fox terriers in the hope perhaps.
cf seeing a scrap" which these little fellows
were inviting at ali times.
The crowd was mixed one and might be
divided into two classes-the fanciers and the
Others. The fanciers, OF course. were on hand
- a man ana hung two and three deep about
the Judging ring or hovered over some partic-
rlarlv good dog Of one breed or another. They
could he picked out by their technical talk Of
substance. size. coat o. other points of the dogs
which we're being carefully judged for the COW
eted blue ribbon. The others, and this class
was perhaps The bigger of the two. spent their
time wandering from bench 70 bench and lin
gering over those which particularly appealed
70 their fancy. Judging from scraps of con
versation here ana there the others" were not
SLOW in contracting the fever that the fanciers
have III a viruIent form. and few there were who
did not go home with the fixed resolve to get a
dog If nothing but a morgrel. before the week
Is over
There we're no particularly exciting incidents
yesterday. unless the efforts Of two terriers 10
chew each other up ana settle in the good old
fashioned way their fancied grievances could
b called such. OF course, there were num-
Der Of these impromptu scraps" hut they vera
short and sweet. and quickly nipped in the bud.
There was plenty TO anUse and entertain. how !
ever. as the judges were busy in the rings from
morning I'll night separating the wheat from
the chaf, 50 70 speak, and trying their best 70
dispense the blue ribbons in way 70 satisfy
su concerned. This was no easy task, for it -
hard 10 convince a woman, or a man either. for
that matter. that his or her dog. over which
ring was not even worthy OF Y. II. c. Few
complaints were heard, however. IS dog fan
ciers. as rule. are good sportsmen and accept
the rulings phfIosophically. Excuses there were
in plenty. however for failure, and with these
excuses came new hore for better luck next
time.
The Judges got through with q large part Of
their work ny o'clock. They finished up the
various classes. begun on Tuesday, Of fox ter
riers, coIles, English settlers, greyhounds, Bos-
ton terriers. Pomeranans and many other
breeds. They were also Al work on the French
bulldogs. bull terriers. Irish settlers foXhOuEds,
Dalna rians, poodles and others the full placing
of which viii not he announced until to-day.
William Rutherfurd showed smooth fox ter
true To the type that he earned highest hOuors.
After wlnHiug I'm ths Iup:-- class. he not
shown again until the uners' class. Mr.. Ruth
erfurd's Warren Blue Blood had been beaten in
the open class for dogs hy Sabine Recluse.
rather shor1-headed terrier, ana he had 20 de
pend on hrs PUPPY L" insure n victory The
youngster got revenge on Sabine Reclusa. and
was placed first in the class Of classes. Warren
Variety has much 10 recommend him. with
strong head. fine top and good expression. Some
critics found fault with the size and placing Of
his ears bt mis- defect yys moi eroeb 70 cs,,ee
hig defeat. Er RutherfUrd also swept the open
and winners classes for bitches with his well
put up two-year-old Warren Remedy.
A. Henry HigginsOn. OF South Lincoln, Mass,
held a strong hand in wire haired fox terriers
He got the blue in the limit and winners classes
with EndCliffe Prevent. he scored with Endcffe
remnant IN the open class for dogs bred in
the United States and Canada, and earned
hOnors with his recent importation, Endciffe
President, in the open class for dogs The last
named a frequent winner in England. He
was greatly admired for his many good points
RowEley Remnant in the open and winners
classes for the opposite sex
Samuel Untermyer was quickly repaid for buy
ing and importing the rough collie Squire Of
Tytton. This dog. which generally cOnsd-
cred the best Of his breed ever seen in England
created the same feeling here. IN spite OF the
1act that he only arrived in this country
February 2 he showed TO good advantage ana
won in the limit, open. for dogs of any color
and TinneTS' classes. He VIII probably keep on
winning whenever Shown, as he IS practically
true type.
The Great Danes shown a good lot and
attracted more attention than usual. G. +
Eggerts champion Roy IT placed first in
the open class for dogs harlequin, but was de-
posed in the open class for dogs Of any color
when the well furnished Sandow Of Dalmore
in the winners class, with Mrs. J. Balard's Roy
p. reserve. q. T. Eggert's Mira won chief
honors among the dogs Of opposite sex.
The old champion Deodora Prince, owned by
Joe Lewis. Of Greenwich. Conn outpointed his
competitors in the open and winners classes for
English settlers. This good dog I'm fine coat,
and scored cleau-up victory George Blei-
stein. Of Buffalo. divided the honors with Joe
Lewis with his English settlers. His Bloomfield
Racket was first in the open class for dogs bred
sn The United States and Canada, while he made
e clean sweep in the opposite sex. AIoN OLeck
being responsible for blues in the open and win
nerg'
Guiding Eve Myron " Rohinson's Boston ter
rier bitch, which IN the open and winners
classes. NJ G. =. Borden took a fancy 10 the
dog and bought her for 81 800 This is said 10
be the highest price ever paid for bitch OF
this breed.
Among the we'll known persons noticed in the
Garden yesterday were Perry Tiffany. Charles
H Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. George p. Ray
ndond Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Smith, Mr.. and Mrs