The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-24
MODERN POMERANIAN
is LIGHT IN WEIGHT
Present Day Dog Like Pigmy
When Compared With His
Ancestors. 90.
WEIGHS THIRD AS MUCH

TURING tne last twenty years bltl Nhe
Pomeranian breed. Tomorrow at the
Plaza there will be seen the Important
Pomeranian Club exhibition OF these
animals, few 10 any of which will exceed
i've or six pounds in weight. The great
majority of them will be much smaller,
and this must be borne In mind. inasmuch
as the cream OF the old Pomeranians In
the days OF pure whites weighed about
eighteen pounds.
The Pomeranians OF tho last two
decades have been reduced again and
again. They have been "bantamized.
and with little deterioration to the dog
I'm its appearance save tendency to
apple headedness, largo or bull eyes and
decayed teeth---all three n sure sign o;
the evils attendant on inbreeding. The
Pomeranian OF the moment is dis
tinctly handsome little fellow and carry
ing such an enormous coat that he
appears to be almost as broad as he IL
long.
Tho Pomeranian dog. originally came
from Pomeria, country on the west OF
the Baltic sea- The people of, Ponerla
traded good deal with Holland and II
was principally from the Dutch that the
English go: their first Pomeranians. They
we're generally white In color These
dogs became favorites among women OF
high degree. Tho Tumeranian dogs also
were found TO be good dogs for hunting
rabbits and the thick coats carried by
the foxlike headed dogs helped them TO
Withstand tho severe raking their bodies
experienced In driving out the rabbits
from tho thick thorn. bramble, gorse
brakes and hedges OF England
These dogs we're we'll established In
| England a century before the early dog
| shows were held, but the Pomeranian was
not n common dog and his blood to all
| intents and purposes was kept pure
| breeding them was carried on IN noces-
sarily extremely limited way
The white dog Charley. whelped In 1871
/ undoubtedly was the best OF his tie in
| England. lie weighed As pounds stood
! l6 inches at the shoulder and 10 inches
| from the ground to elbow. His hook was
| 81, inches high. Present day winners
could easily walk underneath the old
| champion. 1t was the Continental Pom
breeders who set the fashion to the Eng
! Ilsh OF producing small and often weak
| ling and degenerate specimens OF the
| variety, and II was during the late sos
! and the early 90s that the small, NINA
ture or diminutive Pomeran!an dog craze
began in England.
Il was at one OF those enjoyable dog
shows held In Holland and Belgium
abou; this time that an incident hap
pened that might have had something to
do with changing the somewhat sus-
| ceptlble tastes OF the English dog ran
ciers. II was at a Brussels snow tha'
tho Belgian judge gave the gate to the
then pretty well acknowledged champion
dog He was a black dog named Skon
This dog was led into the ring by Johf
Lee Bulled, a Devonshire man with the
pure and unadulteratei West Country
dialect.
Bulled went TO the English reporte'
present and said: "Zur what doc "
think? The Judge turned Cargo Wilson's
Skoff down! r. told me that e WAS n
J 10, N,,t 1aa
This OF course went into the Cdn1n'
World since II would accomplish th'
| double purpose OF demonstrating what .
/ combina ton OF Devon dialect and osoHe'
English sounded Ike and that the Eng
lish champion Pomeranlan was consid
ered 100 big on the Continent Skon
would have scaled about IL pounds.
Visits OF Englishmen to Continenta
shows became more general and small
/ Poneranians were taken back 20 Elbion
In 1891 a specially club was Formed to
the breed. and i;s inclinations at once ap
peared to lean 10 the smaller sized dogs
II was in 1894 that Queen Victoria woi
tho gold medal OF this club with n deol
rcd dog named Marco, which II is though
r had been purchased in the south or Eu
. rome Marco weighed IL pounds, but Their
/ we're those vino doubted thai the Wind
sor Castle dog really won on his merits
; Nevertheless the very fact that th
Il
< mans set the vogue in England. AT on
n show in 1897 there were 100 entries II
= 3S classes In 1850 there were only twelv
decent class show PoineranianS in al
.. England. Tho kennel club gave elias
T. for whites and a class for blacks Bir
+. mingham offered one division ana Man
r. chester threw them into the smelling pc
!. OF variety or miscellaneous lot.
4 The first high price to be given VIA
:. / in 1893 when $3.50 was handed I
p chris TIoulker for Black Prince. II
. weighed six pounds. Ever since hhe nus
:, for Ponoranians began Americans hav
= obtained the pick Of the market Priz
Pomeranlans arrive In this port ever
l. month OF the year. Their popularity ev'
., IDENTIFY IL uevcrendinS.
i Among owners OF these dogs of IN
several varieties Of colors who exhibite
- at the last w Il. G. show in New Yor
= are Mrs T. l.. PultZ, Mrs. Il. s. Av
p O. A. Turner, Mrs +. II. Carruthers. MIS-
!, Marian Kennedy, oak I'm Kennels.
s. Stucky. Mrs. +. y. Lynch. Gustave Bal
= rett, Miss Edith u. Stone. Mrs A. \
n Egan. Miss Elizabeth w. Lewis. Mrs. X.
4 Mayhew, Mrs. Y. S. Allard, Jack Web
1t Mrs NJ Koerin. Mrs. Frank Smyth, ST.
ID Kennels. Mrs. Philip Hone. Miss Ira Ham
Miss Genevleve Farley Mrs. = s. Wa
ters, Mrs Hartley Williamson. Mrs. Jc
Lewis, Mrs l.. Parker, George w. Quit
tard. Miss r X McLane. w, Wylie, Mr.
s Carlin OF England. Albert W Erect
Mrs. Alfred belmont. Mrs G.. Steadma
Thomas,
IS Others who exhibited at the Waldo
l. were Mrs. T. T. Ward. Henry Physic
r Miss lena Schilling. Mrs. Daniel p, 70
or ter, Reuben Clarke, Mrs. A. II. Ca
Pr Isle, Mrs George Russell PeaboG
c. Miss Theodore Wlbour, Miss Edit
a u. Stone, Mrs Daniel p, Foste
m Mrs A. NJ. Rodgers, Mrs. J.
n Mallery, Mrs Margaret Sinclair Smit
h, Mrs. NJ. johnson. Mrs. Henry Hill, MI
id Alice Brinsmade Miss Ellen y. LAM
r Mrs. l.. c. Forbes, Mrs. Frank T. Clark
lg Mrs Nate Neaton and Mrs. l.. T. Estlt
Mrs. Harry Jarrett Is another we'll know
VS. admirer OF the breed, az Is Mrs. Jol
Id williams Patten, The Pomeranian,
X short is at once the most widely al
p popularity owned toy dog througho
20 America.
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y, PHILADELPHIA ENTRIES CLOS.