The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
mo CROWLS HEARD
AT DOG CLUB FEAST
Long Island Members Make
Merry at Annual Dinner
at BrevOOrt.
TALES OF OLD sPORTSMEN

What a dog club can accomplish In
the way OF good fellowship was demon
stratcd last Wednesday night at the
annual dinner OF tho Long Island Ken
mel Club. This club has long beef noted
for its jolly gatherings OF the fancy. hut
The affair this year at the Hotel Bre-
voort outdid anything that had pre-
riously been attempted. Tho biggest at
.endance on record sat down at the
tables, s~eventy-four members and their
guests taking part in tho festivities.
Tho surroundings were particularly
appropriate, for right in the very room
where the dinner was held sportsmen
Of another generation used to hold forth.
Il WAS there that the elder August Bel
mont. Leonard jerome. after whom the
famous iacecourse-Jeroinc Park--was
named. the Rhinelsnders and other lead
FRS OF the sport OF racing. trotting and
log showing used to hold forth Frank
T. Clarke. who Is still actively identified
with the turf and the National Horse
Show Association, told Of the days some
,hirty-five or forty years ago when he
used 20 go there to the merry gatherings
u the sportsmen OF those days, most Of
whom have since passed away.
John A.. Van Wyck. formerly Distric:
Attorney Of Brooklyn. before the days
Of Greater New York. was the toast
master. and he kept things hummine
every minute. Alfred Benjamin OF Lon
don. England. president of the Bulldog
Club OF England. the oldest club in the
world devoted to that breed, was the
Ctplcf NJ h,nar .nl hn te-aa thu atls
speaker OF the evening.
Or. John Il. De Mnnd made some peril
nent s'narks in which he brought ".
.hc grca; work done by this militant
and fearless organization and touched
Oh the effect that the resolution adopted
by the club recently had in ~arousing the
American Kennel Club from It's more or
less apathetic attitude toward the needs
~ the dog world. He also pointed out
,hc fac; that the Long Island Kennel
Club had always stood stanchly behind
- members. as was evident not so long
lgo when n OF them would ave been
'rai,roaded out Of the dog game" as
=" said. had II not been for the fac'
hat the club took up the cudge!s and
came 10 the support OF the member In
question. He said that the members
should he and really we're proud OF the
Tho position which this club had taken
At 'he dog world. IA Il had always as
SurIed the aggressive in anything that
wa for the betterment OF the dog OF
| the dog fancy.
Jules Fcrond was the chairman OF the
| dinner committee. and this energetic Bel.
GAN saw To IL that every one had a seat
Sith congenial company ard personally
,ook care that every one had a good
tine. A Long Island dinner withou,
a speech nv this noted hair rails.
ing fancier would l.. Ike a pres
entation Of Macbeth" Nithou, the
ghost OF Banquo. Mr.. F'.rond spoke and
said a whole lot 10 the point and
thanked every one FOR 'hs hearty sup.
port that he as chairman OF the commit.
tee had received from them.
Anton A.. Rost. vice-president OF IA,
| club. unaccompanled by his famous tyks
Earlyhird Edna. but chaperoned ny =
possible blue ribbon winner. mad Ar
impassioned speech touching On int!-
mate matters In connection viii the club
| policy.
william Brucggernann. tho watch dog
OF he finances. termed William IN,
Br.gand' by the toastmaster. told of IL,
trials and tribulations OF the treasurer,
| chief Of which nt the momen. was thai
some one had signed "A check for Sc FOR
refreshments n he could not fnd IN,
guilty person.
Among the other speakers OF tho
evening were Frank O'Connell. who told
The members Of the difference hetweei
the dog expert and the dog reporter
W. +. Schoen. who entertained with sev.
cral humorous stories. r.. j Donovan
Frank M!nard and John Collins, rr-si.
dent Of the club. II. T. Hamburg. son of
former Congressman Hamburg, sarg
several operate selections and the meet.
Ing wound up with general dancing