The Washington herald., 1915-04-11
|BOW.W0W train
due E. HERE q ! TODAY
First Limited Special Run for
Dogs Will Arrive This
Afternoon.
SHOW TO OPEN MONDAY
Everything in Readiness. Including
Manicure Tools for Tiny.
Yelpins Pups.
SHOW TO OPEN MONDAY

Everything is in readiness at the old
Walker-Hughes market, in Connecti-
cut avenue, for the arrival this after
noon from New York and Philadelphia
Of the famous "Bow-wow Special" the
first limited train ever run exclusively
for dogs.
Pampered pups and big. shaggy st.
Hernards will travel in equal luxury on
the special, the arrival of which Will
mark the last stage of preparations for
tho Washington Kennel Clubs dog
show. which opens tomorrow at the
market. This show Is the fourth an
nual one to be given by the kennel
club. This spring, with an entry list
of moro than 1000. and with more than
500 dogs assured in the various bench
rows, all the proceeds will be turned
! over to Neighborhood House. and the
trustees Of that charitable organization
are working hand in hand with the
kennel club members to make the
show q success.
Entries from Distant Points.
The entries have come from a. far
north as Canada. as far west as Call
| fornia and down in South Carolina an
enthusiast has entered a pack of bear
hounds, trained and experienced in tree
ing bruin in his lair in the Southern
mountains Every conceivable kind Of
dog known to the fanciers will be ex-
| hibited.
Dogs these days. to take prizes At
shows. must be as fit as hands can make
them. Tiny. yelping little pups. some OF
them not much larger than kittens. have
boxes and bags Of specially prepared
| food, medicine, toilet soap. manicure
tools and various other implements.
Arrivals Of dogs from nearby cities
continued at the old Walker-Hughes
market yesterday Howe Totten. owner
| Of the Winderbourn Kennels. Of Bald
win, Nd, sent in a complete kennel OF
Great Danes, and Mrs. Caroline Wilson.
of Holm Hall Farm. Va. arrived with
a pack Of Russian wolf hounds. Scottish
terriers, and Boston terriers
! Andrew ]. Cummings, declared to be
the nations greatest expert on fox
| hounds, has sent in a pack. while the
Piedmont Hunt Club of Virginia. the
members of which include many New
Workers of social prominence. and the
Washington Riding and Hunt Club also
are exhibiting their whole packs of
hounds. which have been out on the
scent as recently as the past week.
Littauer Has Collection.
Former CONGRESSMAN William Littauer
and Miss Katherine Louise Littauer have
collection of pointers, West Highland
whites, and Pekingese dogs ready for
the Judging. while other Washingtonians
who are prominent among the exhibitors
are Emory NJ. Wilson, George Goodacre.
Philip Stuebener, Maurice Joyce. Roland
| c. Booth, Mrs. Horace II. Westcott.
! Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mrs. Jerome Bona
parte, Miss Ruth Hitchcock. and Miss
Doris Moore.
Charles Mason. Of Port Warrington.
Long Island. Is here and expects his
famous cocker spaniels to arrive on the
"bow-bow special today. Mrs. A.
Hungerford. of Bayshore, Long Island.
has her big kennel of dachshune coming
in on the special also.
There are forty Washington-owned bea-
giles entered in the lists. and most OF
them were In their kennels at the show
headquarters last night
Manager John McGraw. Of the New
York Giants, and Pitcher Christy Math-
ewson, who is an amateur breeder Of
settlers. will oficiate as honorary Judges
tomorrow evening.