New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
The Thirty-niuth Annual
Show of Kennel Club
Opens Tomorrow.
BULLDOGS LEAD IN
NUMBER OF ENTRIES
Boston Terriers Come Next. Fol-
lowed by CollieS-Rup.
pert an Exhibitor.

Club in Madison Square Garden TO-
morrow.
The peus o. JOY will be well justi-
cd. for ;he building IS ~ ideal show
place both from the viewpoint OF the
dogs and the owners. The nine rings
for judging IN the centre Of the main
floor arc so arranged that they may be
thrown into one for the sizing mp Of
ne foxhound and beagle pack specials
on Hound Day" which viii be the
feature Of the closing session.
From a spectacular standpoint the
rows Of benches that bound the iudg-
ne rings wiU afford the casual o6-
ervcr q tull stint OF entertainment and
instruction The large breeds have the
place Of honor. nearest the Madison
Avenue entrance, but there IS place
for each breed. great or small. and but
for the noisy bsrks they should appear
as content ss horses standing in then
stalls.
Admirers OF the sturdy bulldogs aId
more active French bulldog VIII End
heir layortes on the Twenty-seventh
street balcony. while the jaunty Boston
terriers viii hold forth on the balcony
on the opposite side OF the amphi-
theatre The concert hall Will be turned
over exclusively 20 the toy and pet
dogs. some Of which will be housed IN
artistic kennels.
Best Dogs on Exhibition.
The show will be the thirty-uintn
held under the auspices OF the West
minister Kennel Club. and has never
JAILED 10 attract the best specimens Of
champion dogs. Times and people
have changed vastly since the show :
inception in the old Gilmore's Garden.
but the same men are at the head o.
me clubs affairs in many cases, and
there is no diminutioD in their ehthu-
siasm for tho thoroughbred dog
There is undated interest. too.
among the fanciers. as the following
list Of entries reveals. The war com
plications and other depressing infn-
cnces have not seriously affected the
grand total The list Of entries by
breeds follows:
Bloodhounds, 9; msstHs, .; 81. Der
tsrds. as: Great Danes SO; Newfound-
lands 4; Russian Volfhounds, 80; Irish
wolfhounds. g: deerhounds. :: grey
hounds, Is, American toXhounds. g.;
English foxhouuds. "a; pointers, le4;
English settlers, 96; Gordon settlers, ;;
irish settlers, "a; retrievers. 10: point
iug griffons. IA; Irish water spanie!s,
Q. ciumber spaniels. S: field spaniels.
\; cocker spsniels. 1870; beagles. 50.
dachshunde. A.; whippets, 9; collies.
1873: German sheepdogs, l09 Old Eng
lish ehecpdoGs, %; poodles, 2l; elbows,
So: DalmatisnS. "a, Samoycdes, o.;
Boxers, 10; Doberman pinscherS, 10.
Bulldogs. 1870; Airedsle terriers. 10;
bull terriers. 81; French bulldogs, 30;
Boston terriers. li6, smooth fox ter
ricrs. 81. wire-haired fox terriers, S4;
Seslyham terriers. 20; Irish terriers,
90; Scottish terriers, -; West High
land white terriers. 80; Welsh terriers,
20; Dandie Diumout terriers. -; Bed
linCton terriers. .; Manchester terriers.
l5; Schipperkes. As; Pomeranians, 10;
English toy spaniels, q; Japanese
,paniols. 20; Peklngcse spsHiels, % /;
pugs, 5; toy poodles. 6; Yorkshire ter
riers, IL; Maltese terriers, Z; toy black
and tan terriers, b; toy grifons. -;
Chihuahuas, n; miscellaneous, z; va
riety classes, 80.
ST. Bernards first became popular in
the United States al the first Westmin-
ster dog show, and the Rev. J. Cum
mlnCs Macedonia, an authority on the
breed, came from England TO serve as
'udgc. The 81. Bernards have held
their own ever since, and Jacob Rup-
pert, lr.. now so conspicuous in base
ball, viii this year celebrate his silver
Jubilee a. an owner OF the Sanity
breed.
His first ST. Bernard came from
switzerland and was named Norma He
owned her 300 1890. The following wear
Huppert made Lis FIRST big winning
iu the breed with dog named Othos.
and IN 1894 he captured mis- first blue
ribbon with a St. Bernard Of his own
breeding named Belgarde, sired BY
Champion llesper from the celebrated
smooth St. Bernard champion. Empress
Of Contoocoop He is still faithful 10
the breed and will be one Of the larg-
est exhibitors this week
Unlike 81. Bernards. the mRstiHs.
bloodhounds and Newfoundland have
had a hard struggle for show existence
in tho rivalry with newer fancies. such
as the collie. Old English sheepdog
and German sheepdog and the present
craze for sporting terriers. The best
represented breed. according TO the
tabulation. is the bulldog, with lsC
nominations. while the Boston terriers
are next with l46. There are 1873 col
lies on the list.
Jay hould as Judge.
Jay Gould will have 20 judge the ex.
ceptional entry Of l04 on his debut in
me pointer ring. The Irish terriers
arc numerically the strongest in en-.
tries Of the "varmint" destroying
breeds. and there also is the exception
al entry Of 20 Sealvham and % West
Highland White terriers.
Bulldogs have for nominstors such
breeders as Alexander II. Stewart. OF
Chicago: Allison VI. Lederer, John l.
Horax and the DrewStone Kennels
while the Rodney Kennels have en-
tered the bulldogs Rodney Godiys and
Rodney Rosemaid, both granddsugh-
fcrs Of the old champion Woodcote
Hermit
Mrs. Reginald F. Mayhem has gained
representative and high class entry
Tor The toy breeds, in which she IS 10
specialize. The most important will be
'hc Pomcranians, with 20 and the
Pekingese with 81 entries. The
"Poms" include the specially imported
team brought over for the show by
Mrs. Cape Carliu. Of England. and the
entries Of Miss Elizabeth W. Lewis
and Miss Marion Kennedy, both OF
Hampstead: Miss Hydon. Mrs. X. Mex.
Fultz. Mrs. Hartley Williamson, Mrs.
D.. ". Smyth's Swiss Mountain Ken
nel.. Miss Ella BALM, Mrs G. Tomas
and the Gold Mine Kennels, OF Chi
cago.
arc Nr. and Mrs. NJ. T.. Hardy, with
their celebrated string Of home breos;
Nrs n. Lee Anstey, Mrs. Arthur l..
Holland. Mrs. A. Mcclure HALEY. the