The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-14

Champion Oak Mana. an Engllsn puii'
dog owned by John w. Minturn. won
the presidents cup offered BY Mrs. T. j
Oakley Rhinelander for best dog Of either
sex In the arst annual open dog show
Of the Special Relief Society at the
Hotel Biitmore yesterday. This dog. ar
International champion, has been selected
as best of It's breed at q host Of shows,
and being returned best dog IN the show
Is no new sensation for her. Reserve
to Mana and winner Of the rice-presi'
dents cup offered by Mrs. vivian Spen.
Ger was the w~irehaired fox terrier Ok
ford Ridgeway Corker. owned by j. b
Able. The bulldog and fox terrier az.
forded close competition and each had
its admirers among the crowd that
watched this important placing.
That the victory Of the bulldog was a
%popular one was fully attested by the
hearty applause which greeted the judge
when the ribbon was handed to Mr.,
Minturn. The show was a record
breaker In more ways than one. II was
the largest open match ever held In thif
country and also the largest one day In.
door show held in a number OF years
The frst sleet and srow storm OF the
winter did not affect ,hc ardor OF the
dog fanciers. and they made n big en-.
try. Well over 400 entries was the total
and they Included the best OF the various
breeds i'm the country.
Society also was faithful and many OF
the entrants we're owned by persons
who do not follow the usual dog show
circuit. but who elected to SHOW theii
pets at this show. held In the aid Of ths
charities to help which the Special Reliei
Society Ia pledged.
P~ekingese led all breeds In point Of
entries and the winner proved TO he a dos
which is n newcomer to the show ring
Its name is Ling Fa and it's owner IL
Mrs. +. r. Sp,lding ~ Boston. Thi'
little dog caused a sensation by goine
through its classes to winners, defeatina
many well known winners at the regular
shows. II il a remarkable little speci-
men OF high quality. resembling in n
marked degree its illustrous sire. Cham
pion Nowata Chun Of Egham. In
bitches Mrs. A. l.. Hollands Champion
Cairrwhin Tinto Of Hydegree added ar
other win to i,s long list. scoring over
the other entrants decisively.
Next to P~ekingese Boston terriers
turned put with the largest classes. They
were admirably Judged by Mrs. ID. u
Dunn. who showed that she has the
courage Of her convictions when she Sc
lected Mrs. Hamilton wilkes Cary's
Newpor, Nipper as the winner over q
strong field. among which was the Phila-
delphia winner. John Keegan's The
Whistler. Newport Nipper IL another
dog which Is not seen on the regular
show circuit, and has been shown only
once before. That was at Newport
where he cleaned the boards in the sams
manner i've did yesterday. When ths
winners class for Bostons was called
The Whistler ruled the favorite with the
r%ingsiders. However. the Judge care
fully compared the relative merits Of the
two dogs and found Mrs. Cary's dog thu
better. his decision caused a divers!t!
OF opinion among the exhibitors. bu'
when all OF the arguments were heard
the local dog appeared to rule the IA
vorite with judges Of the breed.
English bulldogs had a representative
entry. In dogs Mrs. G. y. Pa won
with the recent importation Duke oil
Plaza Toro. a grand headed faliow smu,
dog, which IL one Of the best light
weights seen In many a day. Reserve to
Duke was Drewstone Owney McGinty
a remarkable puppy. which has the APP
pea Of a full grown dog in body
lines and shows well every minute tina,
he Is in the ring. Bitches were a grand
collection. led by the famous Champion
Oak Mana. with the wonderful American
bred Champion Beaming Belle. owned by
Pau Scardon. the runnerup. These two
! are leaders OF their breed and always
can be counted upon 20 put up a royal
battle for leading donors. Mana IL the
better finished Of the two. but Belle wal
far from being outclassed.
Jules Ferond did the bnlk OF the judG
ing OF the toy varieties and had man,
good classes TO pass on. Pomeranians
led In quality n made a ine showing
The winner was the famous Champion
ST. Julian, owned by Mis-. H.. Nick. PultE
which was best dog IN the breed at the
toy spaniel show last week. lie wor
the trophy for best of his breed and II
the ~unclassiied specials won Mrs
Charles Var Rensselaer's cup for the bes'
toy dog in the show Of any breed.
Irish terriers brought out a good class
and the competition VAS unusually keen
Messrs. O'Shay and keogh won both dos
and bitch Winners with Ingleside Merllr
Montbal and Lady Inglcside. In Are
dale terriers Baldwin and Jones had ar
easy win with Patrick Oorang with moth
ing dangerous to contend against him fol
the best OF the breed, In bitches Mrs. W
G. Eckerson won with Enticement. q
good type Of bitch, with Andrew Al
bright's Winning Witch reserve.
Rosemary Kennels Rosemary's Asfare
Charm was the winning Prince Charlie.
spaniel. keeping up Its record Of nevel
having been defeated either In this coun
try or In England. where he was bred. Tn,
show was marked by a large attendance
many persons who are prominent In the
social as we'll as the kennel world beins
seen al the ringside.
Among them were Mrs. Hamilton
Wilkes Cary. Mrs. Frank Hix Fayant
Mfs. 7. J. Oakley Rhinelander, Mrs. Her
bert Hartman. Mrs. Ambrose Mcneil
Mrs. Olive" Gould Jennings, Mrs. Fred
srick W. Rhinelander. Mrs. Henry q
Trevor. Mrs, Rufus l.. Patterson. Mrs
James II. K!dder. Mrs. Michael Var
Beuren, Mrs. Roy A.. Rainey. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Theodore Onerman, Robert Scott
Samuel Goldenberg, Henry O.. Trevor
Harry 7. Peters, Mrs. II. Van Iderstine
Mrs. A. s, Vatable. Mrs. r. II. Spalding
Miss Hattie Parlett. Mrs. A. X. Lewison
Mrs. George H.. Pell. Mrs, G. Daviel
fainter and Miss Tainter. Mrs. Katherin,
Presbrey. Mrs. Leslie w. Hall, Mrs. Ma,
H.. McCurdy, Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave q
barnett, Mrs. Palmer Campbell, Mrs
Jennie A. Conklin, Mrs. Margaret A
Guide. Mrs. A. Mcclure HALEY, Mrs. j.
Y. Mathis and Miss NJ. Van Schaick
The summaries:
Cocker spsndels-Judse. Harry T. Peters
Winners dogs, black, Herman =, Rosen
baum,s smoky MOke.: reserve. Harry ii
than black. Mrs. Haley F1skes Overcros
Pepper: Winner bitches. other than black
Mrs. Haley Fishes overcross Ruth.
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held County bob: reserve. Fairfield Count
Besgles. Fairfield County GAMBLER. win