New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
DOG OWNERS
PROTEST BEFORE
STUD COMMITTEE
Board of Three viii pa.
on Winnings of Ostrov
at Charity Show.
CASE COVERS STATUS
OF NEW PURCHASED
Contention Of n. W. Shoemak.,
Likely To Be Upheld, Judg.
Ing from Past Rulings.

An appeal 10 the American Ken.
Club Of the protest OF Ostroy o. "a.
ley Farms winnings at the Chars
Dog Show By II. ". Shoemaker. On.
err Of the Tatians Kennels, Of In.
Penn, has been referred 70 the stv
Book Committee. Secretary vr.d.,.
burgh said yesterday that no d.cisk,
would be given out until the retury
Theodore Oferman and c. 2. Wee,
from California, who, with William I
Barclay, form the personnel Of 4,
board.
The protest is regarded as imu,.
tant by more fsnciers than those ids.
tilted az breeders or exhibitors Of asa
sian vol hounds, as il Involves Il,
standing Of a new purchaser as TO d.
engagements Of dog made before u.
transfer. The outcome. according q
exhibitors who have discussed 4,
case. may result IN a new rule Of q.
tional scope specifying that dogs nus
be sold with or without their sngsrl
ments. according 20 the custom smori
thoroughbred and trotting horse brsA<.
ers.
Since taking up his residence II
Virginia Joseph p. Thomas has give
up polo and the breeding Of Russia,
wolfhounds and the question at issss
hinges on the disposal Of the Vsllg
Farm Kennels 70 VI. ". Palmer Thoz,
as closed up the kennels at Simsbur
Conn, before his marriage last wiz
ter. and the dogs were taken 70 Pa.
mer's kennel at Stamford. but IL 10 a.
serted that the actual transfer Of osr.
ership was not made until March !.
This was several days after ts
closing Of entries for the Charity Dog
Show. and in the cata ogue OF III.
+ show. which was held on March 10 ssi
, 20. Ostrov o. Valley Farm was NAMED
in the open class for her sex as sss
property Of the Valley Farm kennels,
Frank II. Addymsn agent, but Palmer
exhibited the hound. A chapter o! q.
cidents followed the taking OF "
class by the Indian judge, William 4.
/ Dietz, Of Carlisle University, who Other
wise was as successful IN his placing
as he used 70 be in the football rrn
line.
In the open class Mount Plessssi'
put Vonia Of Tatiana first; Vera y
/ Vladeska, the Westminster winner u
/ the absence Of 0stroy. second and t..
latter third. Immediately afterwri
/ in the winners class, he reversed ttes
/ placings and awarded Ostrov O. Vsllr
Farm the victory. with Nonia OF To.
tiana reserve. The owner Of the Ia.
tiana Kennels. H. W. Shoemaker, o!
Erie, Penn. protested the awards in
both classes 10 the bench show com
mittee. and they are now held up until
a verdict by the stud book committee
is reached
As only winners OF a preceding ella.
are eligible TO a winners class, me
appeal is automatically against Ostrov
O. Valley Farm as Ineligible. Judge
Dietz explained that he must have
marked his book wrongly by accident
He had no other dog in mind TO VIE
except Ostrov throughout. The Only
question to be settled is the aetna.
ownership of 0strov and the right o.
the dog, which Palmer is said 70 asseN
was his property at the time OF ent'l
10 the third ribbon IN the open c!sh
and the specials 20 go with it. !.
Two cases on the American hen,.
Club records seem 70 forecast 'h,'
Shoemaker's appeal will be sustaihea
One was the protest OF the oui'oSs
Chibiabos because it appeared al "
Westminster Kennel Club show IS us
property of +. X. Austin and the heN
week at the Boston snow as owned ',
II. B. Billings. But IL appeared va
the Boston entries closed before ~
Westminster show. and as BlllngH.
bought Chibiabos after MS VICTOR
New York there had beer no deeePas.
attempted and the protest was th''''
out. Ca.
In the other instance. at the =.
Francisco show. when G. VI. Carnoea,s,,
of this city, judged fox terriers y
gave the highest honors 10 one ~
hibited BY George s. Thomas, OF h...
ilton, Mass, and that night sftei ~.
show ne bought the dog. The mex. ~
Thomas showed the terrier IN '"
class and won first prize a me 3.
given by the Chinese Consul. N =
had bought the dog before the luds'ss.
Carnochan asserted that the cup ~
longed 10 him and not TO Thomas, W. ~.
had made the entry. The A. N y w
not sustain the protest. INA,
Thomas's retirement "a an exhlp'..
in Russian wolfhounds will be eaaa
OF regret to all dog breeders. ne w.
the first to visit personally the iesa',s
kennels OF the breed in Russia. y
1903 he made notable importstion :.
wolfhounds. which included purens'ss'
from the kennels OF the Grand ". ~.
Nicholas and Ar.em Bolderof' wnn.
gave to him the nucleus OF the sttoas
est kennels in the breed ever es"'
lished outside OF Russia. -,
Until his retirement Thomas o.
been the leading American eXhloitor
the breed for more than decaae.
monograph on the Russian wolfnouss ~.
by him. in which the fallaey OF Wy
then prevalent idea that the breeo ~
too savage to be trusted was exploosss
had a wide circulation, and Thomas y. ~
troduced a demand for the breed IN w
W., for usa ia ,voif hints