New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-12

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GERMAN SHEPHERD
DOGS HAVE SHOW
OF THEIR own
ElmvieW Kennels Carr
Off Lions Share of the
HOnOrs at Greenwich

German shepherd dogs had ,ho, =,
their own on the grounds Of The ~.
wood Club, at Greenwich yesterd,v !.
way Of preliminary to the open sr,...
to-day in the same place for which A..
500 dogs will be benched. WM,.
Neuhoff, who was 70 have judged -,
an absentee, owing 90 an acute ,,,..
Of indigestion, and TO save the day 4.
the German Shepherd Dog Club =
America, Of which she is one Of :,
founders, Miss Anne B. Tracy wi,hs,..
her entries and consented to aetms.
judge.
Miss Tracy acquitted herself o. a,
difficult task Of judging between fr,,,.
with the utmost success, and her s,,,
ress through the classes was ~,
triumphal procession, 20 the plauS.,
Of winning and losing owners. Ts.,
was a large attendance Of psv.,,
prominent in society. including ma,
Of the younger set, who later st.srS.s
the dinner and dance 20 formally GO,
the clubhouse for the season.
The Elmview Kennels Of M "a,
/ Mrs. B. VI. Throop, Of Scranton, Pei,
won both first and reserve in winner
dogs with Apollo Won Nunenstein al
Harry Won Nahetal, while wilma,
bitches fell 70 Vernon Castles Alys "a,
/ Schningen, with the Elmvie1 Kenr,,
Minkia reserve. The same owner, Ia
in the minor classes, but there Va,
/ fine showing by other exhibitors All
no monopoly OF the ribbons, ss ,k,v
won a goodly proportion Of the horsrG
shepherd dog" is now the ossa
title for the breed established By n,
American Kennel CLUB. in place OF Ger.
man sheepdog. The well balanced a.
tries revealed again the fact that n.
breed is running the collies and "a
English sheepdog a vigorous race %,
the lead as a first fayorite with show
exhibitors. The main use Of the bresf
however, in this country, at least, /,
as a police dog, and not a gasriaa
Of the sheepfolds Or the Socks
The conditions we're pronounced u.
suitable for the field trials b. the ",
judges, Theodore lager and Paul Hula
as the throng had so trampled Il.
lawn that a scent would not lie. al
the barks of the benched dogs were tos
distraeting.
The owners conceded in e cancsas
ton Of the fixture. As a volunteer 81.
hibit Of police work for the entertai
ment of the visitors, l. A. De Winig
showed the cleverness Of his dog. VIZ
terview REM Won Buren,, at tst
handling suspects and as a police al
The most spectacular act was the ra
of the dog directly al a man whe ns
shooting blank cartridges at il from .
revolver. With utter fearlessness he
dog sprang through the smoke s,i
seized the mans pistol hand, at ono
placing the weapon out Of business ari
making him a prisoner.
The dog Puppies were divided ina
classes for those under and over rir,
months. Mrs. Bayard C. Hoppin's S,oni-
hurst Colmar winning the former iri
the Lewanno Kennels Bosco Of LEVIN
70 the latter. Elmyiew Kennels Ger'
captured the novice; Vernon Castle.
Officer Rex, the American bred; S S
Norton's Max. the limit; Dachs Of Elm
view, the bred by exhibitor, and as
preliminary to the winners Apollo VOC
Hunenstein took the open class.
The winner in puppy bitches vas ne
Lcwanno Kennels Greta, while Nh,
Ruth Shaw Kennedy's Oak Ridge Prin'
cess Olga took the novice; ElmvltE
Kennels Queen Melba, the Americas
bred; Vernon Castles Alya Won Sehlr,
gen, the limit, and Elmview Kennels
Minkia. the open.
Minkia had to give way to Alvs v''
Schingen in winners, the latter scoring
in head and ears. headquarters, nom
and bone, in Miss Tracy's oplnisan
Apollo Won Hunenstein captured m'
trophy for the best 40 the snow