The San Francisco call., 1910-12-10
BOSTON BULLDOG
HAS SOCIAL RIVAL
Reign of Canine Car of the
Smart Set Is Disputed by
Bull Terrier
Mrs. de Laveaga to Guido Miss
Croker in Magnificence
of Her Kennels

The reign of the Boston bulldog as
over No longer will he be considered
the most exclusive of blue blooded dog
sles to possess as a parlor pet. His
social position, made famous locally by
MISS Jennie Crocker, while not usurped,
VIII have to admit rival on an equal
standing. And all because another of
the prominent local society leaders
MRS. }. Vincent de Laveaga, has adopted
the lad for raising bull terriers and is
going to start a set of kennels that
Will outrival In beauty and attractive
ness the Crocker kennels at Uplands,
known TO the world at large rs the
Wonderland kennels.
10 this end Mrs. de Laveaga has sold
her country home in Menlo Park and
bought a huge estate farther down the
line. near Los Gatos, where she ex-
poets to shortly erect a set of model
kennels, with all the latest contrivances
and devices to make dogs perfectly
happy. And the king of the place will
be the bull terrier that always accom-
panies her on her walks and automobile
rides, that has carried off all kinds Of
blue ribbons and trophies at every dog
show in which it has been entered
and which has a blue blooded pedigree
y
of Pharaoh
Bull terriers have been a fad OF Mrs
de Laveaga since childhood, and in
opening up her new kennels she will
De carrying out pet scheme of hers
or long standing. In a few years
DOUBTLESS, to possess a dog known to
have come from the De Laveaga ken
nels Will be as great boast as to own
one of the Wonderland Boston bulls to-
day. Among the proud possessors of
pampered pets hailing from the latter
place are Miss Harriet Alexander, Miss
Frances Howard, Mrs. Clement Tobin
Miss Kathleen Fiqnegan, Miss Vera de
Saba, Mrs. Lansing Kellogg and a score
or more of other society matrons and
maids, whereas the owners of blue
blooded bull terriers are in the mi
nority.
The fad has only TO be started and
others will follow the lead. Already
there is hue and a cry for bull ter
riers which are thoroughbreds. AS soon
as Mrs. de Laveaga definitely sets the
style there will be others to follow her
example. Her kennels will be abso-
lutely under her own supervision and
will be run along lines of her own
planning. Society at large has been
much interested in the news, which
serves to explain the interest Mrs de
Laveaga continues to get out Of her six
months stay in the country each year.
The model kennels now in process of
construction will give Jennie Crock
erS a second place in the annals of
dogdom in California, and it Is expected
that there will shortly spring up as
great a rivalry as to which dog will
prove the most select to own, as there
always is for the reins of social lead
ership among the 400 down the penin-
sula.
The fight is on and Boston bulls and
bull terriers are the order of the day.
1t will not be long before other proni-
nent society lights will be clubbing to-
gether to start kennels for their favor
ite breeds. Before her marriage Mrs
Ward Barron tried her hand at dog
raising, and it Is being whispered
around that 1T is only a question OF
time before Miss Lydia Hopkins and
Miss Margaret Barron will establish a
set of dog kennels with their famous
Pekinese spaniels as the center of at
traction.