The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
ENGLISH JUDGE TALKS
OF OLD AND NEW DOGS
Midglcy Marsden Arrives and
Will Make Awards at the
Westminster SHOW.

Mdgley Marsden OF wtaley Bridge.
England. arrived on the Olympic and had
much to say about the dogs OF yesterday
and to-day. This is the fourth visit OF
Mr.. Marsden TO the United States and on
each occasion he has been engaged 10
Judge dogs at one dog show and another.
On Friday he OBLIGATED AT the show OF
the pomeranian club nj the Waldorf
Astoria, New York. and AT the Wostmin-
ster Kennel club even, he will MAX. the
awards in the variety classes and dis
tribute the unclassiiied prizes This will
be a most important assignment. but there
is no man living more capable OF finding
the right dogs for the winners than MidE-
ley Marsden--ccrtanly "A household name
in British kennel circles for forty years
past.
At one time Marsden was the manager
of Euglands strongest all round ken
ncls of dogs They were owned by the
late Joseph Royle. "A wealthy pork butcher
OF Manchester. and he spared no money
To possess himself OF the best dogs and
pigeons. Like all Lancashire and York
shire men he was a keen fancier and
there wasn't hair on dog or feather
on a bird that he didn't know. Marsden.
always keen though unobstrusive man,
kept his weather eye open and Visiting
the shows up and down the country very
quickly picked up anything worth while,
and as Royle's commissions were open.
there was no beating about the bush
as to price.
As Marsden sat in his chair last night
at the Albemarle-Hoffman House he be-
came reminiscent and spoke about those
wonderful black spaniels Soius and
/ Salus. which were AT their prime over
thirty years ago. Then there was the
| dainty little Italian greyhound Bankside
! Daisy and the -. Bernard Duke OF MARI
borough 1t was l.. II. Moore Of Mel
I rose Mass. who wanted that very good
! dog and Royle and Marsden had bit
! of tiff over the then proposed transfer
! OF that handsome dog.
In mast.ffs the Prestwlch Kennels held
Sir Garnet, Bosco The Prince and
, Crown Princess. the latter wonderful
/ bitch and az sound as bell. There WAS
! no suspicion Of the COW hook about her
| and she moved as evenly as a machine
| Triumph held sway in bloodhounds and
| If there was no class for that grand old
breed he would be put into the variety
class. where he would spreadeagle his
iicld-Triumph, first the rest, nowhere
A charming Manchester terrier was the
eighteen pound Bourke. and then Mars
| den evidently saw the images In his cigar
smoke rings OF such Manchesters as Vince
of Fortune. Belcher. General, Wallace
and others of the old school. when cal
cropping was winked at I'm England and
the big black and tan terriers iiourshed.
Marsdeu's experience has been vast
| He said that 1t was simply wonderful
how Pomeranians had increased.
| IL Is not so many years ago, perhaps
twenty to twenty-five. that there were
scarcely half a dozen black Poms in Eng
land. There WAS really only one regula
exhibit at shows. and his name wa,
Sooff. and was put down by George VII
| son. who afterward came Ia America
There We're really no small Poms In those
days, and the big white Pom. and now
and then the wolf gray Spitz OF the Con
tinent. was the Joy OF the Pom lover.
heart. "How different it's to-day" sait
Marsden. Now there are thousands o.
them and they are becoming more popular
every day"
Asked what he thought about the dog
OF America. he said that they were above
the ordinary. You buy the best 20,
know" he remarked. and then strOklni
his gOatee beard he added: do you
know. was ] Younger man I've beer
thinking that I'd como over here fo
good and settle down. ! feel that THU
trip has put another ten years on to m,
and now ] am 6s.'