The San Francisco call., 1909-04-08
TERRIERS TAILS
ANDEARS MUST
NOT BE CLIPPED
Aural and CaudaI Appendages
of CANNES to Be Worn
au Natural
Society Dog FanCiers Dismayed
at EdiCt of Anti=CrueIty
Advocates

me society Tor the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals has determined
firmly. and followed its determination
with an ultimatum TO all prominently
connected with the breeding or care Of
dogs that the cropping of canine ears
and the clipping Of canine tails must
stop. The society bases its action on
- laws of the state of California and
Declares that any one hereafter trim
ming dogs in the above described
fashion viii be prosecuted with vigor
Tor cruelty.
Next come the owners Of high bred
dogs. and on their part insist that a
cocker spaniel, a Boston bull or a fox
terrier would not stand a chance Of
winning dog show prize unless the
animals were put in the best condi-
1ion, as the doggy term goes-and part
OF this conditioning is making the ami
mails as "gamey" as possible by crop
ping their ears and removing all super
abundance of tail
kENNEL CLUB MAKES LAWS
Secretary McCurrie of the anti
cruelty society retOrts that if some Of
The wealthy members of the San Fran
cisco kennel club led a dogs life they
would not regard the amputations with
SO much equanimity. Whereat the
members point to the fact that the
American kennel club, Of which the To-
cal organization is a member, would not
consider for a minute any proposal to
discountenance cropping by barring
dogs lacking their tails or ears. or even
taking of points because of the lack.
a dog which would be entered in
dog show without having its ears
cropped or its tail shipped off, Viii
liam Ellery, president of the San Fran
cisco kennel club, said yesterday,
would stand as much chance OF win
ming q prize as would a man entered
in a masculine beauty show who had
not shaved for week. That is the
idea with us exactly.
OPERATION CAUSES PAIN
~The dogs are given anaesthetics,
anyhow. and this operation always is
performed when the animals are very
Young. That it causes pain we do
not deny. II does cause a certain small
amount Of pain after the effect of the
auaesthetic has passed away.
But here We are confronted with the
fact thai q dog which, according TO
-he rules OF the game, is Of the breed
t Al requires cropping for appearance
Ike would absolutely not be noticed
( he were entered in a show uncropped.
So ] must believe in the practice, and
" 40 condemns it."
McCurrie points out that an un-
cropped dog would be at no disadvan-
tage il the rule were made by the
American kennel club that no cropped
dog would be considered at the kennel
shows.
MEMBERS ASKED To ACETATE
McCurrie also calls the attention OF
the san Francisco kennel club to the
fart that they are members of the
national club and that their show must
he held under the sanction Of that club
10 have their championship awards
count for anything. And, with the
final suggestion that the local club
might start action with the national
organization McCurrie closes for the
prosecution with the grim remark that
any fancier fsncying his dog more
fancy for q cropped tail and cropped
cars viii have to go to Jail for ms
opinion il caught carrying il into
practice. Section 6 of the laws relating
10 cruelty to animals, McCurrie says,
relate to mutilations and is ample TO
clinch action against the dog owners.
Owners Of St. Bernards, settlers and
mastiffs are taking the controversy
with calnness. for their dogs ears and
tails are left inviolate and form a part
OF their beauty. But the terrier own
ers-
DOGGIES' TAILS WILL NOT WAC
In passing it may be stated that
when the Kennel clubs show opens
next May u at Dreamland rink every
doggie that should be cropped to be
beautiful. according to the conventions
. OF dog judgment, win be cropped. Just
who held the scissors that clipped the
ears that were cropped will not be
known. and likewise the mystery sur
rounding the identity of the person
that welded the knife that chopped
the tails that We're trimmed will re-
main dark and impenetrable. But these
eontroverted portions of the CANNES
wiz be missing when Secretary Nc
Currie calls the roll.
And meanwhile madly wag the fren-
zied tongues-as madly, it may be, as
might have wagged-as might have
been wagging at this very moment
those unfortunate doggies lost ap-
pendages-alasi forever gonel
WOMEN WHO OWN TERRIERS
In the list Of bun terrier fanciers
whose crop cared pets have won blue
ribbons in the bench shows are Mrs.
Horton +. Phipps, owner Of the present
coast champion Brooklyn Patsy; Judge
Shortall. owner Of Patsy's nearest rival
Sifkwood Ben Ali; @. c. Israel, owner
OF Edgewood Biddy, and Robert Roos.
whose willamette Starlight is the
queen OF her class.
Miss Jennie crocker's Boston ter
i-iers have won fame and prizes in the
coast shows, and her $4,000 Honey
Peach owes much of his nifty appear
ance to the artistic trimming OF his
ears.
Attorney Irving c. Ackerman cap
tured prizes with his fox terrier, Hum
berstone Bang Up at the Del Monte
bench show two years ago.
Miss Elsa Draper is the owner of
I.addie. an English toy spaniel that
counts many prizes TO its credit, and
Mrs. : W Keller's oriental spaniel
Togo has won prizes also, capturing
first honors at Del Monte.
W. w. Stettheimer won at Del Monte
the distinction OF possessing the best
California bred fox terrier, Tallac Ever
green. other owners and their thor
oughbred CANNES. are: Hat 7. Mes
ser. owner Of Motor Dance; c. B.
Holmes. owner Of Highgate Kitty II;
W. an Blackwell. owner of Gay Lad.
and Mrs. ". c. Ralston, owner of the
4 locker spaniel Paprika.
DEATH DUE TO DISSIPATION -BeIlingl,anl.