New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-08
DOG ARMY READY
FOR BIG REVIEW
Westminster Kennel Club
Expects 1900 Invaders
for Its Show.
BRITISH CHAMPIONS
TO COMPETE HERE
Entry of lis Marks English Bull
dogs as the Most Popular
of All Breeds.

or All breeuS.
Il The Westminster Kennel Club show
r.eos on increasing as rapidly as IT has
done within the asst few seasons it viii
soon have 10 travel in two sections Ike
t,c Empire state and other Things oil
equal velocity and magnitude
Nineteen hundred dogs and more thah
tr-cc thousand entries arc pretty soou
sized contract for one sitting. and that
IS what Jane. Mortimer is called upon TO
handle for the th'rty-eishth annual show
which opens AZ the Grand Central faiace
on Monday February ..
There IS an increase In both dogs ana
entries over last year which maintains
che shows pre-cminence as the largest
In Tho world az 20 dogs actually bencheo.
.rhe entries for the pack specials each
mack TO be Of Ave couples from a recos-
lu,zod limit club for American fox
bopods English foXhounds barriers ana
.boarles. are not included in this tsDuls-
ZION. They are 20 he Judged ON hound
dsv which will be the last day OF the
show
scottish terriers have increased IN num-
her from th.rty-nine shown I'm 1913 10
t.ixtv-eisht with lls entries. This rs large
( l,. gu. 10 the fact that ". l.. McCandlsh.
tth. we'll known English amateur. and
tsupposedly the greatest authority on this
ttype OF COS. is coming 10 this country to
sudge these dogs
ii S certain tina, al least six newly
imported British champion Scottish ter
riers will be shown for the first time IN
his country. Mr.. Lloyd vii probably
! snow for exhibition purposes only Cham
! r.on Walescott Invader. but his newly
: jmported MerlevoOd LaCdie will be in the
open competition. as will Laindon Dare
oevi. Laindon Leda and his splendid little
dos Waiescott Cayboy
Walter T. Stern VIII show Earlybird
. IL gan. dos lately imported from Scot
ana
some Of tic dogs which will be shown
, ace treated o. IN Mr.. McCandlish's re-
po.i on his Judging at The Crystal Palace.
, London. and sorle quotations from his
ie1o- ars a. follows.
In .dpir doSs seisc tiou .ay between
Bonde.lock and Iaincon Daredevil ]
nm fully owsre that iu r.tt.ng Bena2r-
loch ID ] Vas excusmg a fault that
oilers might regard as damnine. II lock
ne ~ 'front.' We often overlook pronle.
and ID considering the motive power o.
Al anima. ve have something more than
straight pastevns and tight shoulders TO
regard.
1T was q close tnine but when it came
10 close examination kent to my ougi-
nal impression. which was Benderlock
nrst and Daredevil second.
My own IDEA is tnct we are suffering
now from the Juror there was three OF
.our sears ago for short backs and small
terriers, when breeders seemed to aim
sol-ly At these more o.. less unimportant
poin;s unit, nothing was left IN their
kennels 6ut short backed weeds quite
Unfit for showing
English bulls lead in numerical
strength. with ll5 nominations. William
Drew. owner Of the famous Drewstone
srrirs, most Of which are American
hreds. has a dozen entries. Among them
are Gsby Deslys. the winning light
weight. OLD Square Selma. Drevstone
Pike Drewstone Nudge, Drewstone Je-
nina ara Buttons H.
Next in line are Boston terriers, those
American products which are running
such close second TO their English cou-
( sins with ar entry Of 100 Cocker span
sells have an entry Of 50, a 20 per cent sd-
vance over last yea. Among the entrants
are the famous cookers from the kennels
Of Harry X. Boodgood
irish terriers have an entry of ia. with
siKty-two actual dogs A number OF the
competitors will come from Morristown
from the kennels OF John G Bates
Pointers and English settlers are the
largest classes in a long time, While the
other gun dogs are holding their own.
There are double the number OF elbows
and Pekinsese that appeared in 1913. This
Is also the case with Airedales and the
other terriers are all we'll represented
rs well as some adorable home-bred pup
PIES Inc variety classes. new feature
have drawn sixty entries
TIE classes and entries are as follow.