The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-26

Two tiers of stalls have. been placed
In position on the south side of the
Auditorium floor In the space occupied
by the cages for the toy dogs last year.
the change being made necessary on
account of the large number of en-
tries made for this years event. Dogs
arrived all day Yesterday and the
transfer men worked most of the night
getting the entries to the Auditorium
and cages have been arriving all day
though most of the entries were in
place at the noon hour today.
The exhibits cover wide range and
include many of the nobility of the dog
kingdom as well as a few from the
lower walks of dog life, who are pres
ent because their owners consider them
the Sweetest things in the world"
The decorative scheme may be said to
be. varied and that is about all that
can be said for the efforts Of the dec
orator. The decorations consist Of a
number of yards of bunting, green pre-
dominating, though everv color of the
rainbow may be seen, chicken wire, Of
the galvanized variety and pine lun-
Der in the rough
The rough house" variety of dogs
consisting of the various breeds of
bulldogs are confined in the northern
portion of the building and these stalls
have been reinforced with strong board
partitions and at that there is con-
tinuous quarrel in progress. 1t is not
be If one of these masters of his own
dooryard should break chain or slip
his collar.
There was but little trouble in this
department until Tommy Atkins. the
bulldog entered by Miss Florence John
stone, society editor of the Topeka
State Journal, was assigned a place
among his kind. Then trouble started
at once and that section of the build
ing has been a busy place since.
&c Of in re-
ality country dog, and is far from
city broke, having but recently made
the acquaintance of paved streets,
street cars and electric lights.
He did not seem to appreciate the
fact that he has been called upon to fill
a part in the society life of a city as
his mistress has done for years, but
evidently thought that he had been en-
tered in a dog fght of mammoth pro-
portions and started in to win first
place. His chain has been shortened
and there may not be. great deal
doing unless by chance he should slip
his moorings or some unfortunate
canine come within fighting range.
There is one cat present by special
permission and though the contrary
would be the average guess on the
matter it seems to enjoy the occasion
better than most of the dogs. He is
big grey animal Of the Angora breed
and the companion of a little black toy
of Topeka.
The dog which Is entered under the
name of Snoozer missed his playmate
and companion and set up such a
plaintiff vail that his mistress secured
permission and now his cat companion
shares a space in the cage with him.
This arrangement did not meet with
the approval of Nicholas Longworth, a
black and tan Manchester terrier en-
tered by Miss Marguerite Kiene. which
occupies an adjoining cage with only
a wire netting for partition. Hostth-
ties commenced at once but Nicholas
was forced in his corner where he took
the count for the reason that his cat
ship could readily reach through the
meshes of the wire netting.
A number of out of town exhibitors
have dozen or more entries, though
Mrs. E. J. Hayes. of Chicago, heads
the list with 20 consisting of dogs in
a number of different classes, though
her finest lot is half dozen Boston
terriers, all of them prize winners of
more or less note. In this class Is
one dog which has already won four
points towards a national champion
shfp and Mrs Hayes believes that with
the honors which she feels certain that
he viii win at the Topeka meeting he
viii become q national champion.
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