New-York tribune., 1908-02-15
MIDDLESEX HOUNDS WIN
FIVE PACKS IN RING.
Eunting Set Out for Last Day OF
Successful Dog Shoe.

SON Square Garden. The attraction was the
s,,asinp of the packs of foxhounds and beagles.
which took up the better part Of the afternoon
.e.er ,he last s;f the special awards had been
made
The Niadlesex Hunt Club 4. Henry Higgin-
son. master. won the special premium offered oy
the Westminster Kennel Club of $50, or plate
20 that value, Scr the hest pack of English fox
hounds The Grafton Hunt had a walkover Tor
the trophy Of the same value for the best PACK
of American foxnounds while in the specl'a;
class for heagles for So or plate to that Value'
the waiding field beagles won over the Somerset
beagles. which carried of the hono;s year
ago
Dog lovers and dog fanciers were faithful to
..ba en5 and the aisles between the benches
were crowded morning afternoon and evening
The attendance this year has broken all rec
nr5s Since Tuesday morning. when the doors
were thrown open. there has been constant
stream of visitors passing in and out l8e
crowd Yesterday was almost as big as on LIN
coins birthday and the display Of millinery and
gowns was second only TO that at the foTse
SHOW From every point Of view 1t mas peeh
she best and biggest show ever held hF oie
Westminster Kennel Club and there can oe no
sso,ht that it will he the most profitable one, as
20 he growing in number every year
There were five packs of English foxhounds
E.hou-n and the scene was attractive one, as
she master and huntsrnan with his whip were IN
fun hunting costume. the regulation PINK
The Cenesee Valley hounds which won ile
fronhv two years in succession, were consplcu-
o,,s by their absence yesterday. but those that
were shown were a good lot and well matcheo'
and winthrop Rutherfurd. who was called on
nf
30 mass on the merits of the different packs 81
I've couples each. had his hands full and took
The best part Of hour and half to settle
I'm one Of the Afiddlesex packs. with the Bran
Ndyrire pack reserve
Those which competed were the MiddleseX
1,st.n+ Club two packs; a. Henry Higginson'
master; the Brandywine Hunt Club, OF Brandy
wine, Penn, C E Mather, master; the Meado"
Brook Hunt Club of Meadow Brook. Long Isl
and. Samuel Willets. master, and the SUFFOLK
Hunt Club Of Suffolk Mass, Richard Newton
5r master The packs CT the last three naIheo
clubs were intrusted 10 huntsman ano WHIP
hut Mr.. Higginson handled the Niddlesex packs
himself and TO such good advantage that sue
cess was largely due TO his efforts
After the dogs had been through their PAGES
singly and in pac-s. the Meadow Brook and SUI
xalk hounds were eliminated while il was plain
20 those standing five and six deep around the
ring that the Judge was having his troubles IN
deciding between the three others lie had thFIn
out time after time and to all appearances
there was little 20 choose The winning pack
behaved so well. however. and was under such
perfect control that this finally weighed IN the
balance and when the award was made II met
with generous applause There was even more
annlar,se when Mr. Higginson combined the two
racks and took them out Of the ring on the run
as it showed clearly how we'll the dogs were
trained.
For she second year in succession Harry w
Smith, brought his Grafton hounds over from
Boston. Only TO score bOodless victory, as Tor
some reason hard TO explain. there was no oppo-
ssition. The dogs showed well and some re-
sret was expressed that trophy was not Of
fered in which the English and American hound
could meet.
The waldingfeld beagles, Of Ipswich Mass
were a good lot. and James w. Appleton and
his whip had the pack under good control Inc
dogs answered his every call with quickness and
,,recseion and attended strictly to business. in
,rite of the distractions which the strange sur
roundinEs presented. The award was well re-
ceived lv the crowd. There were two packs IN
ornositior-the Somerset beagles and the Wind
-1olne beaEles-es against FIVE year ago A
Henry Higginson was the judge. and he per
formed his duties in a most careful and pains
taking WAY
d. The windholrne beagles were hardly up 10 the
standard but MI Higginson had his hands full
In deciding between the merits of the other two.
George q. Post. jr-. who won the trophy year
ago with his Somerset beagles, had his pack
under COED control with one exception. One of
tie dogs acted badly and kept running off while
another showed signs OF lameness. so that in
the end Nr. Post had TO accept the reserve 10 the
waldingfeld pack
As the foxhounds were leaving the ring a
youngster was heard to remark. Where's the
fox?~ The fox was lacking. and it was well he
was as a fox in the Garden Yesterday would
have precipitated a riot among the two thousand
dogs henched.
Mrs r. F Mayhew's Shelton Brown Elf, the
recently imported Poneranian. which went right
through his regular classes. earned the champion
challenge cup for the best dog or bitch owned by
member Of the Ladies Kennel Association of
America II was q distinct triumph for the
epriehtly little fellow. The many other special
awards brought JOY to the few and disappoint-
.1nent 10 the many, but in almost every case the
Judges were applauded for their selection Of
prize winners
Mrs r. T Harrison had the satisfaction of
winning the Waidheim cup. for the best dog o.
bitch under eighteen months bred and owned
by 2 member Of the Ladies Kennel Association
Of America with her japanese spaniel kensuki.
which is practically true 10 type. 6. r. Wake
feld's pointer Prince William OF Kent got the
reserve
RxDsell Il. Johnson jr.s. seven-months-old
cwrrv Ped Rush Light adjudsed the best
Irish terrier at the show. MIR and Mrs. r. II.
Hunts champion RicheIieu vas once again de-
clared the best French bulldog. Inferno. owned
by ] Miles won the same honors among the
hun terriers while George e Thomas. jr. earned
fresh glory with his fine English setter Governor