New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-10
.A|REDALES HOT TEMPERED
Behave Simply SCandaIouSIy in
Speciality Show.
"POMS" SET FINE EXAMPLE
Judges Find It Hard to Award
Ribbons Among the Fine
Specimens on View.

al the Murray Hill IyCeum yesterday, IN
the speciality show Of the Airedale Terrier
| club Of America. Among the spectators
were fluffy. snub nosed spaniels and tmid
little "Poms," whose fond owners had taken
| them 10 the show TO point moral Even
| the most ardent admirers Of the wire
haired terriers cannot call them good
| natured and as a rule their performance
| in the ring is all that It should not be. As
soon as they are brought in on the leash
their natural tendency seems TO be to
spring at each others throats. and TO show
Master Airedale successfully one must
| have not only Infinite tact and patience
but fair amount of muscle.
| The puppies were comparatively doclle'
| or perhaps it was timidity which made
| them more tractable at any rate they gave
! little trouble and were a splendid lot OF
embryonic champions Theodore Oherinan
| sbouod a beautiful nine-months-old puppy
called York the Past Master, by lsonony
/ York May1ower. Mr.. Offerman pren anu
raised the little fellow which gives great
| promise A. Albright, jr.'s Boughfeli comet
was close second as J. X. Thorndlke'
who did the judging. had a hard time de-
| Gliding between the two.
York the Past Master is all that ms
name implies. for his victory in the puppy
class faded into insgnifcance when ne
walked away with the blue in the novice
class The baby made better SHOWING ]"
! tho ring than some Of the entries Whlch
wore twice his age, and he put In secohu
Mace the popular South Mountain DUKE.
| Russou II. johnson, jr's, Red Hacker
met the Past Master In the eXmpltloh lol
| American bred dogs. and the youngster hdu
! IN abdicate in favor Of his more eNpeH-
/ cnced competitor. The position proved u
| no not so ignominious. however. for "heh
/ Rod Hacker met the wonderful EnghSh
champion Colne Roclkcy Oorang' TOT WIZ"
| Joseph. A. Iaurin paid $3.50, the oeSt
! Oorang could command was a req roSel'e,
There was a day OF reckoning Tor heu
IIac,ler. however, ard he met his wafer
loo in the omen class for dogs, where ne
had IN compete with G.. w. Batsons ne"
cbampicn Soudan Stamboul. Mr.. Batso"
orce owned the famous Prince OF io'N'
and he believes that STEAMBOAT gives prom
Use of becoming a worthy successor W wv
great monarch. Soudan StamooW Is d re-
cent importation, who made ms deDu' at
! Piping Rock lie has wonderful coat WIN
black saddle which has natural Marcel
wave. and Il was no difficult matter Tor MN
| 10 beat Colne Rockley Oorang, who was not
! only in poor coat. but was decidedly 100 lat
Cnlne Rockley Oorang was adJudged the
best Airedale in England and has more
than five hundred irsts and championships
! TO his credit.
| soudan STEAMBOAT won the champion class
! for dogs, the reserve going to the popular
/ Red Hacker
The puppy bitches were a wonderfully
attractive lot. Little Larchmcre Laurel
an eight-months-old baby by Lance Cor
moral Smvth-Larchmere Sorceress, walked
away With the blue. and the red went 10
Theodore Offermans York Mayny Laurel
did not appear in the collection OF noyices
and York Mayfy had everything her own
way
! Mr.. Batson showed soudan Sapphire in
the limit class, but she was not up TO the
mark. and a red was all the judge had to
/ offer. Soudan Sapphire, who In private
| life is Missile, is one Of the most lovaole
Airedales ever exhibited. She has perfect
maLLers in the ring, and even the most
pugnacious animal cannot quarrel with the
good-natured little lady. Shown with STAN
/ boul, she won in the brace class. defeating
/ Francis T. Porters Springback Sceptre ana
/ Clonmel Isonomy The last named brace
| gave a wonderful exhibition in the ring.
They stood at attention every second and
the attendant who showed them had the
most perfect control over them. When
Soudan STEAMBOAT was being led out after
winning the blue in this class. he was
so anxious to get back to his bench that
! he made wild rush out of the gate. The
/ spectators had a glimpse Of taut leash
with a dog on one end of It and a man
! on the other. and then the man went
sprawling on the slippery aoor Of the bali
room. Which goes 10 prove that It takes
Drawn as well as brain to manage an Airc-
/ dale
: William Prescott Wolcott's champion
+ Kenmore Sorceress. winner at the West
minister and Aircdae shows won the open
and winners classes, with i. r. Porters
| Sprlngback Sceptre i'm second place IN
each class. Both are imported bitches al
though Sceptre is an old favorite I'm Amer
| lea Only one little bitch was shown in the
selling class. This was Larchmere Fern,
! and she was 50 timid that she was dragged
into the ring by her leash in a solidifed
condition. and she refused to move a mus
Gle until she was safe in her little cage
again.
The awards follow.
class puppies: dogsi- First. Theodore oner-
| mans York the Past Master second. A. Al
bright, jr's. BsughfeI Comet third, Thomas
Cadwalsders Ceek; fourth. =. +. stanton :
Gas Class moyice; First Theodore oner-
| mans YORK the past Master. second, South
Mountain Kennels South Mountain Duke; third
j. T. Stanton's stanley King fourth, Larchmere
Kennels Larchmere Performer
! Glass american bred docsl-FIst, Russell
| II Johnson. ire Red Hacker. second, Thco-
dore onormsns York the Past Master; third,
| south Mountain Kennels south Mountain Duke,
| fourth Larchmere Kennels Larchmcre Per
| former
Iaiirif's Colne Rocklev Oorsug third. Theodore
| 0derman's York the Past Master: fourth, South
Mountain kennels south Mountain Duke
| class = ,open: dogsi-First. O. ". Bat>on.
| soudan Stamboul second russell II. Johnson.
! RS. ned Hacller; third. Joseph \ Isurin's
! Co,ne Rockity Oorsng fourth, Theodore O0er-
| mans Yorl. the Past Master.
Sisss 8 winners; logs First g. W Eatso1's
| soudan STEAMBOAT. reserve. Russell II. johnson,
class 7 Gunior DOGS, over : months and mn,
over - mo ssrand sllss VOTERS EGo3 Hi, Sn
| thoritv: third Harold oher.s Malvern Rrush-
| wood BOY, ioHth NlIS' "HHam 'hau'h Neih-
erilT, Lord Rrsmble
Class o selling class dossi-tir7t rArchncre
! Kennels Isrchmere ptoK' second Malvern Ken
! nels Malvern the jester. third. Lsrchmcrc
| Eerncis' Iarchmerc Sorccrcr
Gas; 70 DSPPy Isy. Frs .icSsa l9Tcs%.r.
| HHssnlsn,s York Manly. third Silas Wodell's
| Pgcn Hil Authoress: fourth. Mrs. " H. Mul-
! fot6's Hedgeley Flsnc
onefmsn's York Mayn,y; second Larchmere Ken
nes Pies6oToafhy T Fntfona hTa fo.I Mrs NV w.
~ iilGnI,ord's Hedgeley Flame
| class II american 3ted titches; champions