The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-04-06

Rough Coated, 24O-pOund St. Bernard
Attracts Much Attention.


With something near $1,O00,000
worth of dogs benched and holiday
crowd in attendance, the 40th annua.
show of the Westminster Kennel
club opened today in Madison Square
Garden, says New York special.
No official figures of the number OF
spectators present were given out,
but from noon until almost midnight
the narrow aisles between the
benches were almost impossible. 1t
was regular dog show crowd, made
up of spectators from all walks OF
life. There were lawyers, judges,
clergymen, doctors, fnanciers and a
large, sprinkling of society folk, ali
bent upon paying tribute to the aris-
tocrats of the canine race.
Judging started early in the morn
ing in a dozen different rings, and it
was around these centres that the
real lover of dogs congregated. Here
were found the breeder and the
fancier, both amateur and profession
al, the owner of kennel and the in
dividual with a single entry, all in
tensely interested watching the
awarding of the ribbons and occas-
ionally criticising the judgment of Of
fcials who had charge of breeds in
which they were most concerned.
For those who have a weakness
for extremes, even in dogs, it might
be worthy of note that the largest
dog in the show was Oh. Lady Lyn-
don, a rough-coated ST. Bernard,
owned and shown by Colonel Jacob
Rupert Her ladyship weighs close
to 24O pounds, and according to her
owner is fed on hot malt and drinks
beer in moderation. The smallest
dog exhibited was Ch. Karno Little
Briton, a toy black-and-tan terrier,
owned by Nine. Rose Correno. This
little midget weighed exactly 1o
ounces and was five inches tall.
The highest or tallest dog benched
was Scottish deer hound, shown by
Mrs. Robert A. Fairbairn, wife of one
of the vice presidents of the National
Horse Show association, who was
making her debut as an exhibitor.
Her entry was Midlothian Mediator,
who was placed reserve to DR.. Norton
Downs MacGregor, the winner for
Scottish deer hound bitches.
Midlothian Mediator stood 81
inches at the shoulder.
Another exhibitor who was shown
for the first time was Magistrate ROD
ert G.. Cornell, the old Columbia oars
man. who stroked the victorious Blue
and White crew off the honors. at
Henley regatta. Mr.. Cornell was on
ly showing one dog, in the pointer
breed, but he went winner and also
took the ribbon in the American-bred
class. Philander is young dog and
should make a wonderful bench win
ner in the future. He was competing
against a lot of high-class animals,
many of which were foreign bred, or
by imported sires.
The breeds to attract most atten-
tion from the spectators and the ex-
merits we're the wire-haired fox ter
rier and the English bull dogs. IN
the former everybody wanted to see
Mrs. Roy A. Rainey's imported wy
collar boy, the dog for which she IS
said to have given $4,000, and which
was shown today for the first time
in this country.
When the early classes of the fox
terriers were brought into the ring
on the main floor Of the Garden the
spectators fiocked around this in
closure and they were soon six and
eight deep around the ratings. d.
rectly Wycollar Boy arrived, looking
very much like any other fine specl-
men of the breed to the initiated,
there were exclamations of 'There ne
isl" and "Oh, isn't he beauty
And the new importation proved ne
was worthy of all these flattering re-
marks. He took the blue in the limit
class and then went to winners, the
reserve going to the Ridgeway Ken
nels' Oh. Baby Dazzler. Wycollar
Boy was put down in the very pink
of condition, and he will take a lot
of beating for the best dog in the
show. Old fox terrier judges, num-
ber of whom were around the ring,
acknowledged they had never seen
finer lot of terriers before at the
garden show.
''Nothing to Report"
During our first summer in the