New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-30
Toy Spaniels
Vie in Show at
Astor Gallery
Choicest Specimens of Breed
to Compete for Big
List of Prizes

,hc Toy Spaniel Club Of America
VIII make its bid for public patronage
next Thursday with the fifteenth an
rual show 40 the Waldorf-Astoria.
Eighteen different breeds Will be repre-
scntcd. and Manager Purcell has an
nounccd that the entry is so large that
F; was found necessary 20 hire the
Aston Gallery so as to afford plenty o.
room for the spectators and the eX-
hibits.
The prize list department is nothing
+; not bewildcring, for along with
challenge cups and trophies galore
there is $500 in cash prizes, and these
are supplemented by long string Of
minor prizes. all TO be competed for ana
distributed at the show. Two hundred
entries have been handed in, considered
excellent at a time when several Of the
biggest breeders of toy dogs are too III
20 show their stars. As only the very
choicest Of the breeds have been
l-roomed for this show II viii be the
one opportunity Of tho year 20 get
full line on the pet dog breeds OF the
spaniel type. 49,,
As has been the fashion in the ma
iority Of modern shows. the Pomera-
mans and the Pekingese have attracted
d heavy entry, and they have domi-
mated the specials and the unc!ass!-
fed OF tho exhibit Ordinary mortais
often wonder why the Pom is so uni
vcrsally popular. but. II they knew, no
breed OF the canine family has haa
sncb an amount Of attention lavished
upon making IL perfect. Scienthc
fanciers. critics. connoisseurs. breed
crs and crauks have been tireless IN
their efforts toward the purhcauoh
Of the breed. and it is well 20 admit
tkov have succeeded IN bringing the
little dog TO a very high standard,
II is perhaps owing 20 the TACT that
the late Queen Victoria took fancy
20 the Pom that il became the erea,
not OF the upper classes IN Englah"
and IL subsequently, gained high poPu-
1erity on this side OF the water. IrloF
IN tho advent Of the Pom the hing
charles and the Blenheim were the
oval favorites, but when the queen
became the owner OF Pom haheu
Marco the others got the gate, ,r
On the shoulders OF Mrs rsnA l.
Clarke. of Sheepshead Bay ial4s ,he
responsibility OF HdhA4s ~ -
yards in the coming show but as she
herself is a breeder OF the type anu
an able critic Of the inner points "a.
II, accented as the acme of purity IN
,bo breed. she should experience little
or no trouble in the correct distrlbu-
ION Of the ribbons. Along with CIV
;r. bcr services 20 the judicial depart
nom of the show, Mrs. Clarke mas
4,rosented two Of the best CLASSIFIED
medals. one being for the best dog
and the other for the best puppy eN-
United at the show. Among the most
rrominent fanciers who will be IN evi-
dencc with their crack dogs are Mrs.
Frank T. Smythe, of the Meadow BROOK
Kennels of Philadelphia; the SWISS
Mountains Kennels, Mrs. +. j.. fully
4. de b. Kcim, Mrs. /. II. Horstman
and Mrs. O. II. Lakeland.
Tho Pekingese win number among
the contenders nearly all the most eN-
tcusivc breeders in the East, among
them Mrs. Van Kirk Thompson, Mrs.
Stanley W. Nirrick, Mrs. Harry A.
Eavter. Mrs. {. y. Plat. Mrs. Clinton
Irwin Martin ana Miss Mabel j. Rid
dell. 90.
I'm all the other classes OF the diff
.crent breeds there will be full gath
cring of the foremost breeders. The
Cedar Kennels, of Peapack, y. j., have
sent i'm the names of their best Brus-
sells Grifons, and some rare Paplllons
win be shown by Mrs. Irene La lou.
Mrs. Frances Roche, formerly Mrs.
Burke Roche, viii exhibit several
specimens of the toy bull terrier, and
Miss Lillian VI. Duke will be TO the
front with a select lot Of Chihuahuas.