The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16

The special prizes of the thirtieth
annual dog show held October 8, 9
and 10 in connection with the Dan
bury Fair include eight by the Ladies'
Kennel Association of America, one
each for puppies, sporting dogs, cock
er spaniels, Chow elbows, Aireshire
terriers, Pomeranians, the best dog
or bitch bred and owned by an e7<hi-
bitor, and the best in the novice class
owned by a member of the club.
Spratt's Patent offers a price of $50
for the best brace of any one breed
owned or entered by any one kennel
or exhibitor. The Bloodhound Club
of America offers a cup for the best
bloodhound of either sex. Montihore
G. Kahn offers a bronze statuette of
EIkwood Monarch for the best team
of st. Bernards. The Pointer club
offers three medals, open to members
only, for best dog, best bitch and best
in field trials. The American Spaniel
club will give five trophies, and the
Cocker Spaniel club nine. The Bull
dog Club of America offers three
bronze medals, open to members only,
one of them for the best American
bred bulldog shown where there are
fifty or more bulldogs on exhibition.
The Bulldog Breeders Association Of
America will give seven cups and tro-
phies, and the Bulldog Club of New
Jersey offers three specials. The
AiredaIe Terrier Club of America gives
three club medals, and the Airedale
Terrier Club of New York two med
ais and two cash prizes. The Airedale
Terrier Club of Long Island gives four
medals two cups and the Tanglewood
trophy. Mrs. C. Garrett offers SIS for
the best AiredaIe puppy.
The Bull Terrier Club of America
offers two specials and the American
Fox Terrier club seven, the SeaIyham
Terrier club three, the Irish Terrier
club two medals and four cash prizes
the Yorkshire Terrier club five and
the Maltese Terrier club five.
The Pekingese Club of America, will
give four medals and challenge cup.
The Doberman Pinscher club offers
two silver and two bronze medals, and
Boston Terrier Club of New York will
give two silver medals.
These special prizes are in addition
to the regular cash premiums given
by the Danbury Agricultural society,
which are $40 to first, IS to second,
and So to third or sixty-five per cent.
of entry fee to first and tIirty-f per
cent. to second.
There are 463 different classes, div
ided as follows: Bloodhounds, OF
Great Danes, Russian WoIfhounds,
Irish Wolfhounds, Scottish Deer
hounds, Foxhounds. Pointers, English
Settlers, Gordon Settlers, Irish Settlers,
RetrieVers, Irish Water SpanieIs,
C1umber Spaniels, BeagIes, Dach-
shunds, Whippets, Collies, German
Sheephounds, Old English Sheep
| hounds, Pood1es, Chow elbows, DaI-
matians, Samoyedes, Doberman Pin
schers, Bulldogs, AiredaIe Terriers, Bull
terriers, Toy Bullterriers French Bull
dogs, Boston Terriers. Toy Boston Ter
| riers, F'oxterriers, SeaIyham Terriers,
/ 14N4sh. Gooech, Highland and Welsh Ter
FSzaTs. Dandie D1n1noHe Terriers, Bedling-
I c0n Terriers, Black ana Tan Terriers,
Schipperkes. POmeranians, English
Toys, Japanese Spaniels, Pekingese
Pugs, Toy Poodles, Yorkshire Terriers
Maltese Terriers, Toy Black and Tan
| Terriers, Griffons, Chihuahuas, Italian
Greyhounds and Miscellaneous, which
includes dogs of recognized breed for
which no regular class has been pro-
vided. The entries close September
%, with James Mortimer, superinten-
dent, Hampstead, Long Island