Evening star., 1915-04-09
AR|STOCRAT|CDOGS
TRAVEL ON LIMITED
CANNES to Occupy Five Bow
WOW PuIImanS in
Trip Here.
PENNSYL LVANIA ROAD
a. ARRANGES SPECIAL
Three Cars From New York and
Two From Philadelphia Com
/ ing to Kennel Show.

DOGS of high degree, smiling disdain-
fully at their unfortunate brothers and
sisters outside the pale Of the eastern
canine 400. are coming to town Tor
next weeks dog show of the Washing
ton Kennel Club in style benttins
their rank and station. The "bowWoW
limited" composed of five bowwow
Pullman cars. will pull into the Union
station Sunday afternoon from New
York and Philadelphia, bringing up
ward of 500 canine aristocrats con-
signed to the old Walker Hughes mar
ket house on Connecticut avenue
where the show opens the following
day.
incidentally, the fact was brought
out this afternoon that Uncle sam. IN
his zeal to prevent the spread or tne
foot-and-mouth disease, has construed
dogs as livestock within the strict let
Ter of the rules of the Agricultural
Department. George NJ Rommel. chief
of the bureau OF animal husbandry.
put his foot down last week on tne
prevailing methods OF interstate SNIP
ments of dogs. No matter how care,
fully nanicured. disinfected ana leo
these pampered pets are. they must
travel in the isolation which only their
fortunate millionaire owners 80 Ia
when Supt. George F. Foley; VINO Is
going to manage the dog show. got
into town this morning he found
tangle on his hands
Bowwow Limited.
After consulting with Mr.. Rommel. and
calling Special Agent George s. Parker
of the Adams Express Company 70 ms
aid. plans for the first "bowwow lin
dog will have an upper or lower BERTH
with all the conveniences of his owner,
on limited train of steel express cars.
Electric lights, steam heat ana otner
conveniences known to tourists VIII oe
enjoyed by the CANNES on their seven
hour trip from New York and Phila-
delphia to Washington. and Mr.. Parker
assured Supt. Foley and Mr.. Rommei
at the end of the conference that the
"bowwow limited would anticipate
interstate commerce legislation by nav
ing the paradox OF tipless porters on
the bow-wow Pullman cars.
Three carloads of dogs from the
fashionable kennels OF Gotham and
Long Island will pull out of New YORK
at noon Sunday for the Washington
dog show. and two more cars will be
picked up at the Broad street station
in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania railroad
officials assured Secretary Charles A.
Watson of the Washington Kennel
Club today that the trip. counting the
stop in the Quaker city, would con-
surne no more than seven hours The
Quaker city dogs will probably enjoy
as much as their Gotham cousins. and
probably exhibit the same meekness of
attitude in the society Of the New
York dogs which their owners are
supposed to assume on occasions Of
similar moment in real, instead Of
canine society.
More Than 1000 Entries.
OF the more than 1000 entries to the
show and the 500-odd dogs which will
be exhibited. a majority are owned by
persons prominent in New York, Phila-
delphia and Washington society. Au-
gust Belmont, millionaire turfman and
president of the American Kennel Club.
and his son Raymond are exhibitors.
Their pack Of beagles from the Bel
mont estate at Babylon, l.. l., will
comprise the biggest single shipment
on the ''bowwow limited" Other New
York society folk who will send their
pampered pets on the express COM
pany's special are Mrs. Charles c. Rum
sey, daughter of the late E. II. Harri-
man, with some of theb est pets from
her kennels at Arden; Miss Ann Tracy,
a niece of ]. +. Morgan; Robert Walton
Goelet, Commodore Robert Livingston
Gerry. Mrs. A. Hungerford of Bayshore.
l.. l.: Roy A. Rainey and Mrs. Rainey,
the former a well known turfman and
brother of the African big game hunter;
F. Ambrose Clark Of the Piedmont Hunt
Club, and an amateur rider to hounds
of considerable note; u. c. Sands, Sam
uel Willets and former Representative
William Littauer of New York and
Washington.
The Quaker city contingent, filing
two bow WOW Pullmans on the bow
WOW limited comprises. with others.
the show dogs from the kennels OF
Harry Rushton of Asbury Park: Charles
r. Boyd, whose imported "Hedgerow
Mallwyd Bobs" is the English cham
pion setter. and for which he has re-
fused $4,000; Isaac Clothier, E. 3.
other fanciers well known in local
society
Washington Exhibitors.
Washington exhibitors include the
following we'll known society folk:
Mre. Larz Anderson. Mrs. Jerome Bona
parte. Mrs Murray Cobb. Miss x. D.
Coleman. Miss Jean Hinkle. Miss Kath-
crime Louise Littauer Miss Mary e.
Patten. Mrs. Walter y. Tucker, Mrs.
Horace II. Westcott Mrs. Harry Cor
bin, Miss Edith Temple Gracie, Miss
Ruth Hitchcock and scores Of others.
All the proceeds of the dog show will
be turned over 10 Neighborhood House.
and as the show lasts only two days
Monday and Tuesday-visitors will ind
added enjoyment In the constant show
ing of the various classes of entrants
from the start to the finish Of the exhi-
bttion. which is to be the biggest ever
held in the capital