The Washington herald., 1912-04-26
SCHOOL CHILDREN
TO VIEW CANNES
Bench Committee Will Make
Reduction in Admission
to Pupils To-day.
MANY FINE SPECIMENS

That the second annual bench show Of
the washington Kennel Club, now taking
place at the Arcade. has brought To
Washington the finest collection Of dogs
ever shown here. is the concensus Of
opinion Of the many experts and fan
ciers who have visited the exhibition.
All roads led to the Arcade yesterday,
which was the second day OF the show,
and the classes judged proved, II posi-
bic, more interesting than on the open
ing day. The classes for Boston ter
riers, bull terriers. and collies have not
been surpassed in any show. II Is said.
The show Is to be open all day to-day
and will close tonight at 1880 o'clock.
In order to give the school children a
chance to see the dogs. the bench show
committee has announced that all chill
dren. sixteen years old or under, will be
admitted after o'clock this afternoon
until the close Of the show for Is cents.
The committee, which is headed by EN-
School, feels that Il is to the children
OF to-day that the breeding Of good dogs
in the future must be intrusted.
A gay feature OF the evening session
was the judging OF the packs Of Ameri-
can fox hounds Two packs OF the
hounds. one from the Rock Creek Hunt
Club and the other from the Oakland
Hunt Club, with the master Of fox
hounds in charge, were shown. Clad in
their pink hunting coats, the masters
lent a touch Of color TO the scene which
added to the picturesque anair.
Among the weIl-known people who at
tended the show yesterday were Com
missioner Rudolph, Edward ]. Stell-
wagen, Mrs. Elkins. Miss Katherine FL
kins. the Misses MacKay-Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, Gen. and
Mrs. Evans. Mrs. Richard Harlow. and
scores Of others.
Vote for Lady Exhibitor.
Much interest is being taken In the
voting for the most popular local lady
exhibitor. Each person attending the
show is allowed to cast vote. and hun
dreds Of ballots have already been cast
for the various candidates for the hand
some fur garment which has been do
mated as a prize by the Saks Fur Com
pany.
The classes for Boston terriers, besides
being well filled, presented some OF the
best terriers in the country. Rexonian.
owned by John Deitschler, OF Buffalo, N.
Y, cleaned up in the classes for dogs,
taking the winners ribbon. This judg-
shows in which the dog has been on ex-
hibition.
Although Betty the Bum, owned by
Mrs. George Seitz, of this city. had to
yield in the winners class to Philmont
Tiney, owned by Herman Bennung, Betty
the Bum won very handIly in the local
class.
With Champion Virginalis. owned by
Spencer Brothers, practically a worlds
char ThanapfOn
ed by DR.. d. W. McEnery. OF this city,
not to mention Edgewood Rose, owned by
Frank Dole, OF New Haven. Conn, the
classes for the bull terriers would have
attracted attention at any show. Cham
pion Virginalis won In the winners class
for bitches.
The French bulldogs were judged last
night Mrs. Edward Atkins. OF Philadel-
phia, took the principal hcnorS for dogs
with Loup, jr., well-knoWn in the show
ring. The second place was awarded to
PAmbassadeur, famous imported ami
NAL. The crowd at the ring side looked
with considerable favor also upon Apache,
a French champion recently imported.
Prizes Awarded To-day.
What should be the most interesting
events Of the show will be judging for
the unclassified specials and the presen-
NoSOh IA Nho SpNSAaA 70 lu6
ners. The judging for the unclassiasd
specials will begin promptly at o'clock
this afternoon. These events will bring
into the ring the winners in the classes,
and will bring into competition the finest
dogs in the show. The prizes for these
unclassified specials number some of the
handsomest trophies which will be
awarded. including the grand challenge
tankard offered by the Washington Ken
mel Club and donated by Mrs A P
Gardner, wife of Representative Gardner
OF Massachusetts,; the Chamber of Com
merce Cup. offered for the local woman
showing the best dog or bitch: the Grand
Challenge Cup, offered by Gait & Bro:
the cups offered by z. J. Stellwagen and
by Berry & whitmore. and many other
handsome pieces OF silver.
The special prizes will be awarded to
the winners tonight, beginning at s
o'clock, when the winners, accompanied
by their owners, will enter the ring to