The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-16
CRUFT'S DOG SHOW
is GREAT SUCCESS
Entries Number 4,OO7, Making 1t
Second Largest in
World.


show. which disputes With the Kennel
Club the right of being regarded as
the principal dos show Of the year
closed yesterday. after very sue
ccssful exhibition of three days. The
entries. which numbered 4.Oo7. cstab-
lishcd British record and made crufrs
the second largest show In The world
Mr. Cruft, the founder OF the show
said in an interview:
New York beats us N the matter
az entries. but there Individual ,.Nhibi-
tors enter teams Of nifty and sixty dogs
apiece. II we could get n ounds shown
IN packs we would beat America all
hollow
\ notable feature % the show was
the number OF successe. OF women
exhibitors and to this Mr.. Cruft at
tributes the amazing growth OF in
tercst in dogs. They he said. re-
ferring 10 the women. ''are lrcnierl-
idously Keen far more keen than the
average ma:i. LaSics arc now OK
lhibitinE sporting dogs. such "a thing
was unknown a few years ago"
Referring to the various breeds OF
dogs, Mr.. Cruft said
The old English mastin dropped out
for seven or eight years hut is COM
ing into his own again. The pckingese
have displaced the Poncraniau and
ruSs. The ladies have taken UP the
iPekingesc as something new, but tho
poms and pugs and spanicls Will come
back The Borgois have gone out OF
fashion slightly. They were one oil
the most popular or the larger va
riety few years ago. They were
Introduced here about twenty years ago
when the Car sent about dozen TO a
show. RetrIcvers are on the upgrade,
and both the golden and yellow types
are now here. People laughed when
u introduced the golden retriever. but
they may depose the lat-coatcd black
variety. Tho curly variety has gone
TO the wall already, and l do not think
they Will ever regain their position.
There il ono thing which sometimes
affects the popularity OF particular
breed, namely, wien all good dogs ge,
into tho hands Of a few people. Tho
result IS that they monopolize tho
prizes al the shows ard an ordinary
exhibitor takes up another breed"
shows Popular Feature.
The popular feature of the show has
been the hero dogs. which hv their
courage or Intelligence have saved hui
man life. They include n collie. a rc-
triever. bull terrier and an Irish ter
ricr. which rcscucs people from drown
foN tcrrics. which aroused sleeping
households when fires had broken out,
n blood hound which tracked n child
which had been lost Tor n week n
collie which rescued an infant from
beneath cart. and an Aircdale which
New 1T the throat OF a man who was
attempting to stab his master
The classes included 26l bulldogs the
recent purchase OF a number OF cham
pionS for America having encourag cd
competition among those left: 2G3 re-
trievcrs, 263 spaniels. 2l0 wire -haired
and Us smooth haired fox terriers | ~
Aircdalcs. l63 West Highland terriers
81 Scalyhams % Irish. ca Cairn and 30
bun terriers. - mastiffs, sc blood :
. hounds 6S Newfoundlands and 80 st.
Bcrnards.
Jerome * Jerome the dramatist.
says in an Interview:
The headquarters OF the commercial
drama is in America. Americans sc
} gard the play as necessity. and il is
for this reason that English dramatists
direct so much attention to the trans
. atlantic public. Arnold Bennett Louis
y. Parker and others have discovered
the practical value or this fact, and
being practical men. they are taking
advantage OF il. Esther Castways,' in
which Marie Tempest is now playing
at the Prince OF Wales Theatre. is an
example. l never intended IL for
England. IT was written for America,
and Will he played there. England has
not yet acquired the ay-going habit.
, The majority OF the public regard the
drama as a somewhat uncertain form
of amusement, which must either be
: exceedingly tiighty or extremely de-
; pressing rs Il mental exercise 1t appar-
emily has no meaning. Am American will
cheerfully leave his office and go to n
play with only n sandwich or hasty-
dinner An Englishman goes home,
IL hi Il af,,., II.
from the house. 4 new play is pro-
duced in London. and nobody except n
, comparatively small portion of the
: public is interested. But when new
play is produced in New York, Paris,
, Vienna or Berlin it is Immediately the
subject of general conversation. 1t is
this feeling here OF contcmptuous toll
GRAFTON on the part OF the public that,
: l think reacts on the English drama,
and to a certain extent retards it's pro-
gress.'
May Fire at Airships.
The frequent and sudden appearance
of mysterious visiting" airships which
} do not make landing has caused the
government to rush short bill
through the House OF Commons prohi-
biting the passage OF air craft over
certain area, or. If deemed necessary,
over the whole coast line of the Unit
ed Kingdom and adjacent territorial
waters. The bill authorizes the proper
officers TO fire at or into any such craft,
/ and to use any and every other means
to prevent All infraction of the law.
The Times in an editorial, puts the
matter In this way:
1T must have occurred 70 many peo-
pie that the visits OF foreign airshipd
to This country are becoming un-
pleasantly frequent especially in view
OF the fact that we are by no means
returning the compliment. They have
a way OF appearing over our ports
: just after 'nightfan or before dawn
j; would seem that either they have a
pre,leiection in favor of following the
coast line or passing unnoticed. pos
+: sibly at the greater height, across our
: territory. During the last four or five
!. months they have been seen over
Sherness. Portsmouth. Dover and Liver
pool. and on two separate occasions
. over Cardiff Their COURSE has never
J been traced. They are sighted at a
given spot and then disappear. The