New-York tribune., 1911-02-15
UPSET IN FOX TERRIERS
Rarebit, King of All Dogs a Year
Ago. Dethroned.
FANClERS FLOCK TO SHOW
Miss winthrop Pays Fancy Price
for Champion French Bull
dog of the World.

ro5ert Weary. OF England. tho leading
authority I'm the world on FOX terriers. up
set the general run OF recent awards in
the fox terrier classes at tho thirty-hfth
annual show OF the Westminster Kennel
C1,h in Madison Square Garden, yester-
dav Air. Weary. who was III az his hotel
on Monday when the exhibition opened.
renor,ed for duty yesterday, and spent the
better part Of the day in passing on the
many dogs which came before him. The
Judges in the other breeds also had a busy
time loo trying To keep Up with the sched-
,le and much was accomplished by 8
o'clock in the way Of picking out the blue
ribbon winners from the record number
O. dogs entered The attendance again
was 2hove tie average. and tn" show can
he stamped at its halfway period as the
most successful ever held in this country.
Chief interest perhaps, centred in the
work Of llr. Weary because it was his
first appearance as 4 Judge in this coun-
Try None Of the fanciers had tho terIerity
% question bis Judgment although some
Of his awards were in the nature OF sur
prise He dethrored in short order Cham
piou Sabine Rsrehit which. year ago.
was declared not only the hest fox terrier.
but tho hest dog Of any age. breed or sex
in the show ITo also dethroned Sabine
Feruie which last year beat Warren
Remedy. for three years previously the
winner or the trophy for the best dog IN
the show Of any age. breed or aeT.
IN passing over Rarebit he confirmed the
Judgment of r. F. Mayhev, who as
Judge two years ago placed Talac DasheT
first in the winners class. Walter ".
stcttheimer of San Francisco. Cal.
brought Dasher en- 10 the SHOW for the
express purpose Of showing him against
Rsrebit. as both dogs 20 back closely to
what IS called the Vicar foundation stock.
Mr. Weary. who established the breed. did
not hesitate TO give Dasher the blue rib
bon in The open class for dogs. with Rare
hit second. In the winners class. however,
even DashNr was overlooked in favor Of
ahine Rife. an American-bred dog. that
was declared practically true 10 type and
a dog with plenty OF substance a. well as
quality.
Mr. Weary indicated All too plainly that
he favored the workmanlike typo of dog,
in which ability 20 run all day. II necessary.
and substance were not sacrificed for eN-
tren1c quality. This was strikingly shown
also in lis judgment OF the fox terrier
bitches. l. The open class Andrew Al
bright, jr.. had the satisfaction Of seeing
the blue ribbon go 10 Bauehfel Water
Lily. which was imported into this coun-
try for a price said 10 be 8, 900 and shown
in the Garden for the first time In Eng
land she was known as Camp Water Lily
where she won many prizes and was con-
sidered about the best OF her breed ever
developed. She has a white body, re-
markably we'll ribbed UP, and an even
black and tan head. The award met with
popular favor. Sabine F1orin was placed
second, with Champion Sabin Fernie third.
Water Lily was also placed first in the
winners class.
The Hon. Mrs Barclay. sister OF Lord
Decies, showed Scarlet Poppy herself IN
the class for fox terrier puppies, and had
the pleasure Of carrying the blue ribbon
from the ring. Scarlet Poppy was easily
best of the puppies shown, but does not
'N''At'A 20 cN-'lNt4AS ~ 4iAs itdl y Will
her full sister, Pinkey. which was the best
puppy shown in England last year.
Next 10 the fox terriers the French bull
dogs aroused most interest yesterday. for
the reason that Champion Charlemagre Of
Amersham. q year-old dog. which has
carried ell before him at shows in France,
England Belgium and GERMANY was max
Ing his hrst appearance in this country
He practically earned the title Of worlds
champion Of French bulldogs by going
right through from limit 10 winners class
without n defeat. He was shown by
Charles Pelham clinton. who brought him
TO this country, but really won in the in
terests Of Miss Mary Winthrop, Of Brook
lyn, who purchased him on Monday for A
price just under 5000.
Miss Winthrop sat at the ringside all day
and watched every move Of r. II. Hunt
the Judge, as he studied the points Of the
various dogs and distributed the ribbons
Her delight when Charlemagne won was
plain 10 see. Her success. however, did
not end with her new purchase, as she has
become quite fancier Of French bulldogs
and showed a number Of others with fair
success Belladona. q white bitch with eX-
celent points was placed first i'm the open
class for bitches under q pounds, but was
beaten by Mirette De La Mare, owned by
the Noswal Kennels. I'm the winners class
The latter is wonderfully true 10 type and
showed so well that even Miss Winthrop
had no criticism 10 make or the award
Perhaps the chief surprise in judging the
French bulldogs came in the success of
I,Ambassadeur, a puppy which is not quite
a wear old. This dog not only won I'm the
novice and open classes. but was placed
second to Charlemagne In the class for
winners. and showed so well that some