The sun., 1916-01-30
ENTRIES ALL IN FOR
WESTMINSTER SHOW
List Is Not Ready Yet. but Ii
Is Sure to BE a Long
One.
WESTERN DOGS COMING

Entries for the Westminster Kennel
Clubs fortieth annual show closed with
Superintendent George Gall on Thursday
and the offices Of the club have been
flooded with nominations for the past
week. Although II is impossible to VEN
ber of dogs which will be benched, the
officials Of the club are gratifed BY the
response to their call for entries, and
this years affair will come mp to any Of
It's predecessors and may set Il new roc
ord
Letters and kilograms which have
been pouring in from far distant points,
show that an unusually large number
of dogs owned In the middle and far
West will be on hand. TIL" rumor that
Mrs Anita Baldwin of Santa Anita.
cal, whose variety kennel has been the
feature OF all OF the large Western shows,
was to come on with string of her
best has proved true. as she has wired
from California that she has mailed her
entries. Mrs. Baldwin has purchased
the best stock that could he procured
here and abroad. II will be interest
ing to see how they will fare when
pitted against the cream OF the best
kennels In this country.
From Chicago large entries have been
received The famous Nickcry Kennels
have entered twenty Of their Aircdales,
Irish and fox terriers. and the great win
ner Nickery Aman Gem, which came
from England short time ago and
which cleaned the boards at her first
show In this country. will come on for
a tilt with the Eastern winners. Other
Chicago fanciers are otto l.. Ichwann.
who will show string of A'redalcs,
fox terriers and his two recently i'm
ported greyhounds Alex stewart, WHO
will bring on his bulldogs and cndcavor
to repeat the past successes Of his cham
pion Strathtay Prince Albert. three times
adjudged best Of his breed at the West.
minister.
Large classes Of cookers will he
benched. The Mepal Kennels. owned by
II. X. Bloodgood. have accounted for the
largest entries. Other prominent ken
nels which have made liberal nomna-
tiuns include tho bulldogs from John
Mnturn's Rockclin" Kennel. tho Valley
Farm Russian wolfhounds, German
shcepdogs from u. VI. Throop.s
Elmvlew Kennels at Scranton and
from Thomas + Ryans kennel
at oak Ridge Va; fox terriers
from Mrs. Roy Raincy's kennel. as we'll
az the famous RdgcWood dogs owned
10y George W. Quin,ard grelhounds and
cookers from Mrs Haley f'iskc's over
crc~s Kennels, Dandie lInmont and
West Highland white terriers from the
kilearn Kennels. owned ny Alfred Il.
Naclsy, and Scottish terriers from Mrs
Payne WitncN's string
" Ross Proctor is the leading roml-
nator of Seslyham terriers aud all of his
noted champions will he bcu"hed a.
well as number Of youngsters. Th"
popularity of the Scalvham - increasing
and new ones Of no little merit Will lie
seen for tn" first time
The classification for Amc<r ran fox
hounds on the Peterborough plan with
tho added special prizes given by tho
Masters ~ FoNhounds Assoc alton has
stimulated the interest ~ the home bred
typ. and besides individual entries there
will he packs shown by IA" Piedmont.
Montpelier and Middlehurg Hunts, with
other entries from Virginia. Robert j.
Collier has made an early entry ~ Eng
lish foAhounds from his Monmouth
County Hunt and Major Wadsworth also
has made a strong entry from the Gene
see Valley Hunt club Reaglcs will in
clude for the pack special IN" entries
Of " G. Phipps's Wheatley Kennels and
the Vernon Place Besglcs ~ Richard
iamhrll OF Newport, Il l.