Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-14
DOG SHOW HANGS IN BALANCE
omaha Kennel Club Undecided as
to Action to Be Taken.
WILL REACH A DECISION SOON
show Last Year Was N Good One,
but IL Put the Association In
the Hole for n Conxid-
cradle sum.

A meeting OF the members Of the
Omaha Kennel club will be called for
some day this week or next TO decide on
the question as TO whether Omaha Is TO
nave a kenne, show this winter or not.
Several inquiries have been made by dog
and cat fsnciers OF this part OF the
country and some members Of the club
are in favor of giving a show and some
arc not. Just how the members stand
will be learned within the next few days.
Last year the members OF the club
gave show which put Omaha ON the
kennel map. The show was one OF the
best held in the country and was put
down on the 1911 record as one OF the
six best shows in the United States, rank
ing with those held In ST. Louis. New
York and Chicago. The show was a
bowling success in every sense OF tho
word but one. that one being that the
members of tho club had TO dig down in
their pockets 10 obliterate debt Of $50
which was incurred. The expense the
club went to to put on the show was not
completely overcome by the gate receipts
and other sources of revenue. The peo-
pie turned out In large crowds and
showed their appreciation Of such pro-
ject, but still the club went in the hole,
Wants TO Break Even.
There Is a possibility that the club
could put on another show such as last
year, as great in every respect and come
out even. The members say they do not
want to make any money, but would like
10 break even.
Then show OF much inferior class could
be put on. but the members refuse to do
this because they say the people of
Omaha want only the hest, So II stands
to reason that " the Omaha Kennel Club
puts on show. It will be the best In
every sense OF the word, Last year the
judges secured were the best that money
could procure and an enormous sum was
paid to bring the two men here. The
cost Of the Auditorium was s6D each
night for four nights. n
In an interview the other day. secre-
tary X. J. Burns said. some OF the
members Of the club are not keen TO
open their pocketbooks again this year
to make up a deficit and then there are
others who would take chance Of break
ing even this year. | do not know how
the members stand on II and for this
reason a meeting will be called for the
latter part of this week or the first OF
next. IL we do not put on a show there
is a possibility that the Nebraska Ken
mel club will put one on. but 1t would
not be as large as we would give.
The Omaha Kennel club Is not a very
large organization and has only few
members and the club was only sta. ted
a year ago. just previous to the show
We put on at the Auditorium.
III we don't give show this winter
We will in all probability have field trial
for blooded hounds only. next summer or
in the fall. Up until two years ago this
used to be yearly event and was staged
by the Nebraska Kennel club. The best
hogs are run In pairs In these events
and are checked on points. The dogs
are given points on the way they handle
birds after they are picked up. Also,
on which dogs get the birds first and
the most they pick up.
Manager Gillian of the Auditorium told
me that he never had so many inquiries
in his life on the prospects OF a Ken
mel show as he has received in the las,
few days"