New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-05
Rest of Foreign Prize Win
uers Yield Ribbons in
Many Classes.
KING SLAM DEFEATS
SEEDLEY STERLING
Mr. Bates Not Sorry That He
Bought Barney Beau Brum-
mel Last Week.

,r.,. Al staN Correspondent, OF The Tribune
philadelphia. March If every dos
s.s his day Il was assuredly the day OF
-. American bred at the Philadelphia
v.,rel club show here to-day. Early I'm
.hs morning some Of the delnQuents.
.b,cb had been snowbound. began to ar
i've z, Horticultural Hall. and by noon
,bs-e was a fairly representative gather
ing although the show fell far. in the
ooin. Of entries from being what was ex-
pected
one # the most attractive features of
IN. show was picking American breds for
wirnsrs. and it is doubtful II at any other
.bov the home breds have Scored so hcav-
pv over the imported dogs as they did
to-day
some Of the breeds where the home tai
oA triumphed were Irish terriers. fox
terriers Airedales. collies, dachshunde,
Russian wolfnounds. Scottish deerhounds
and sealyham terriers.
The most crushing defeat suffered by an
,mpo~teJ star was that of Thomas 7.
hunters Seedley Sterling. the collie which
won the trophy for the best of the breed
in New York Mr.. Hunter paid $4,000
Tor Seedley Sterling a short time ago and
he WAS considered one of the greatest
eollles in England. lie had to his credit
more than seventy blue ribbons. Mr..
hunters delight can probably be only
nsrtlv appreciated. for he brought into the
ing little home bred and wrested the
lsurels from the mighty Seedley Sterling
Beating ones own dog is much better
than having some one else accomplish TINS
end 10 beat an imported dog with dog
of ones own breeding Is the height or
bliss. KnocI1layde King slam IS the name
Of the youngster. He appeared in the
Muddy class and went through 10 the win
ners' King Slam Is by champion Bayard
Of Lytton and KnocNayde Queen Alice
The American bred which captured the
honors in the Sealeyham terrier DIVISION
was little seven months old lady called
Locust Lane Cricket. Cricket is from the
FIRST litter which Mrs. Holmes-Willets
bred i'm this country and is coming
champion. She is a wonderful little
shower. too, and carries herself like a
regular We're de We're of the dog world.
Cricket made her bow at Boston, where
she won in the puppy class. She defeated
Locust Lane Jeil, an imported bitch and
Sunny Dolly, owned by ". Ross Proctor
TODAY. Cricket is by Pembroke Scamp
and Locust Lane Lily. The dam has been
shown only once. and then was not In
condition. but she is a wonderful matron
ard Cricket IS Just like her.
Mrs. Willets captured first honors in
dogs with her champion Locust Lane Star
The recerve winner was Two Centurian'
recently imported dog and a good one.
Arch Druid, the dog which Mr.. McCand-
lish chose for the winner at the Westmln-
ster show last week in preference 10
sither OF these, took only red ribbon In
the limit class.
In Irish terriers. John G. Bates had
he winner I'm Barney Beau Brummel,
little dog which went from puppies TO
winners Beau Brummel Is only nine
months old. He was not bred at the
Barney Kennels, but was purchased oy
Mr. Bates from Russell johnson. who had
previously purchased him from Mr.. Gar
aener for s25. Just how much Mr.. Bates
rave for him he did not disclose. but he
.aid that the amount was so small that
Nr. Johnson considers the joke on him.
home bred which Mr. Bates counted on
10 win in this class was Blarneys Billy
Boy, but poor Billy Boy is no more lie
lied this morning shortly after he was
carried from his bench suffering from
sastritis.
Another American bred was chosen for
reserve winner i'm the bitches class. This
Vas Mrs Eugene Rubino's Voewood
Freda, a little matron bred by Mrs. C.