New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
War Dogs Have
Their Day at
Garden Arcade
Battle Scarred Marsb,,
French, Real Curiosity Of
Show, Fails to Win Prize
By James S. Mitchell

The dogs OF war had real attractl,.
day Of it yesterday in the Arcad. a,
Madison Square Garden, the oce,,i,,
being the third annual specially ,ho,
of the German Shepherd Dog Club a.
America.
Whatever prejudice might be q.
toward this class Of courageous amin,
was softened by the fact that the M.
ceeds of the exhibit will 90 to the fu,,
for the American Field Ambulance .rs
by the fact that the dogs have bee,
commonly used as scouts, not only ),
Germans, but by the English, Frnl
and Belgians in the great world strue.
gle. Big lists prevailed in all u,
classes, and q big crowd was presep.
the little hall being taxed to capacity
To those interested in the var and
10 the casual visitor the real curiosi,v
Of the show was a dog named Marsha
French, owned by Mrs. Claude Pinn.y
of this city. No more sensational hi.'
tory could be connected with a sing,
specimen Of dogdom than attaches 70
this entrant. To begin with. Marsha
French has "done his bit" on the west.
/ern front and, like the real hero. 4,
bears the scars of the firing line.
Struggled Into Country
On the left foreleg I'D toward n,
shoulder q long scar shows where 4,
had been ripped by bullet whs
speeding across "No Mans Land" n
the days when the dog was in the thi,t
OF the fight he belonged to French.
man who was interpreter 70 Marsha
French and who subsequently lost .
limb and had to retire from active ser.
vice.
Then the dog was given to a reside,
Of Paris, with whom he remained III
shipped to America. His coming her
marked another curious episode, ask
was smuggled into the country inas
of a piano case. For his great vca
as scout the dog was given an ofsea
number by the French War Depsr,
ment, but it was not given out for pub.
LEGATION.
Good as is the record Of Marsha
French he failed 10 catch the eye Of
the judges in the open class In whs.
he was shown. He was not even con.
mended, and as Mrs. Pinney proudly
led him TO his stall one Of the fanci.n
pithily remarked, "Ah, well, ne had h.
wrong name TO figure we'll in Germsu
show ring, anyway"
Harras ii Prize Winner
In the winners class for dogs III.
premier honors fell to Harras II, Of
Elmview, the property of John Cans,
jr. He also secured the blue ribbon
in the class for open dogs, so that he
accounted for the major share Of the
prizes in the male department.
The summaries:
sens 0theilo Won Eegeiss. 3 Winihrrp r.yr.
bury's Bella OF BSratcea Second: Mrs 7 SD
eoGs DS,y Name q y, s.So ,hi,i Paul Hgla'
fr.y. tr's. Otto; the Halrs, Reed Kennels Hlri,;i
Won Bu.ios. second; J whihroo Te~ssoso,s ha
Class 3 tAme-ican. bred tcrl-wou b. Jos1
Troops Bero Of Elmviev, seoond; Hsary y Col.
frey. jr.'s. Otto. third: Herman KCnEss Uto w
Glass Z limit: doc)-won ~ John Cans, r.,
Komst von Hohe;u.l; BENJAMIN n Throop's Berp y
Eimview. second Henry = Godfrey rs. 0ua
Third 3, tn. H.rrie, Reed kennels Ha'rss' va
Bueov reserve.
Class 5 (open: 6ogs)-won By John Cars y,
Rsras OF Emview; Frank Spicsernsn's MAJ -.
ond Benjamin II. Throops Bero q Elnnss tAti
Henry Godfrey. RS. Otto. reserve
Winners class fdogl---Won hy John Cars -
H,,r. Of Eim1iev: Frank sp.ckemlns MAJ. r.
servo.
Class 7 (fsld trial class dogs and o;Aa Wa
hy Sabo Kennels FEELS y GesundhUnen " o.
Class puppies: bitches Won. y E'esr 8
Conveys Freiia; Lieutenant Colonel Jad Giffi,
Es. second: Mrs. G. Deutch's Flora Ton kfsv'.
, third Bruno Hornan's Dons Ios Pfor1so. re-
Serve