The San Francisco call., 1909-05-13
DOGS HAVING DAY
AT DREAMLAND
RINK
Keen Rivalry and Close Judging
Mark San Francisco Kennel
Clubs Bench Show

Dogs are having their day at Dream
land rink. More dogs, better dogs,
keener rivalry, closer judging and quar-
ters satisfactory to exhibitors and spec
tators alike mark the twelfth annual
bench show of the San Francisco kennel
club.
The exhibition opened at 10 o'clock
yesterday morning with very few alb
sentees from the big entry list. At 2
o'clock in the afternoon Judge James
Mortimer began his judging, and reeled
off the classes in businesslike fashion.
He sent a bad one or two ribbonless
from the ring because, though sole en-
tries in their classes. they were far
from the standard that constituted a
prize winner. This made him solid
with the spectators at the ringside and
gave the exhibitors assurance that the
noted expert would make no unmerited
awards. The contests were keen. The
Judge did his work with swiftness
equaled only by his precision The
entrance should be doubled by the salts
faction of all concerned when the last
dog leaves the ring.
The show sounds the knen of the
big dog as fancy. The classes are
small and poor. Years ago San Fran
cisco boasted of an entry Of Sc st.
Bernards. Yesterday four faced the
judge and one was worthless
The great Danes numbered eight, and
were rather ordinary with the excep-
ton OF Mrs. c. G. Saxes always good
old Princess Harlequin.
Two Russian wolfhounds - male
against female, dog against puppy
were the lone contestants for the breed
but it was pretty strife between two
society women--Miss Alice n. wilkins
and Miss Irene Sabin. for honors The
ribbon went to Miss Sabin's puppy.
Greyhounds were few, but more Sc
lect, with Cronin's Black Traioe again
captor of the tricolor.
But the shortage of big fellows was
lost sight Of in the surplusage of hunt
ing dogs, terriers, spaniels. collies and
bulldogs-each breed with some of the
old favorites on deck, but more young
sters in pursuit of bench show glory.
sions was livelier than ever with
q bunch of untried and mighty good
puppies to vex Mortimers skill. Car.
roll Cook branches out in this line Gin
Twerton pups of one litter. The young
sters did nobly on their first appear
ance, three of them annexing ribbons.
OF course socicty's interest centers
in the two rows of Boston terriers-3O
of them-with Miss Jennie Crockers
eleven heading the list Miss Crock
ers pets are benched in a bunch, un-
separated by the usual wire screen Her
wonderful Endcliffe Tortora. Dick Daz-
zler and Honey Peach are the stars
of the string. each II anything look
ing better than ever before.
A half dozen new and dandy puppies
add to the interest of the bull dog divi-
sion, with Champion Mostyn Bar None
and Champion Endcliffe Advance due
for another close race for highest
honors. Frank Drury shows a brace OF
champions.
The bull terriers, snow white and
snappy. are good on the whole, but the
habituals miss Champions ABrookiyn
Patsy. Ben Ali and Edgewood Biddv
numbered among the absentees. There
will be lively competition in the puppy
and novice classes of both sexes. and
several new ones are expected to get
regulations. Robert Roos' Trebora
kennel sends bunch Of good ones in
cluding Champion Willamette Starlight
Edgecote Mollie and Rueben.
William Ellery tops the collie col
| lection with nine entries. headed by
lis international winner, Southport Stu
dent. and in the lot is an unshown pup
py from which much istexpected. Cold
field kennel of Salt Lake. sends two
rare ones in Champion Goldfield stu.
dent and GoldfieId Colonel. The former