New-York tribune., 1918-02-20
Garden Ringing
With theEchoes
OF Bow-Wow
Aristocracy of Dogdom
Awaits Battle for Laurels
Which Opens To-day
By ]. S. Mitchell

The neighborhood Of Madison Square
Garden was a noisy spot Yesterday on
account of continued chorus Of barks
yelps, yowls and yips from tho dogs
being rushed into the benches for the
torty-sccond annual show Of tho West
minister Kennel Club. The exhibit will
open this morning at 10:3O, and in
order to dispose quickly of the minor
classes, eight judging rings will be in
operation at the one time in the centre
of the floor.
Along with these there will be two
judging stands in the concert hall for
the smaller dogs. Nearly all the dogs
on the list passed through the gate
last night, as no dog will be allowed
in after o'clock this morning.
Twenty-cight St. Bcrnards
One of the big breeds to come up
for early adjudication will be the St.
Bernards, Of which there are twenty
eight in all, including the candidates
of both sexes. Fifteen Of these are
owned by Colonel Jacob Rupert, among
them being Oh Boy, novice dog Of
wonderful points and markings, which
has been specially bred for the show.
Champion Boy Blue, sire Of Oh Boy,
and the dog with which the colonel won
all before him at the Garden Show last
year, is also benched. That the ST..
Bernard this year is bound to produce
the sensational contest of the show is
a certainty, as the two crack dogs
hxyh u n
San Francisco, arrived last night and
lay down at once to rest for the ordeal
to-day. They were brought in yester-
day from Devon, Penn, by Aft Del
mont, who, with B. F. Lewis, came with
consignment Of 12O dogs to the
Garden.
Miss Trask's dog is named Cragwood
Ben Barry and occupies Stall No. 27,
near the door. He is dog of rare
markings and bigger than anything on
Colonel Ruppert's string. A few of
the amateur critics who gathered to
have look at the San Francisco cham
pion believed Colonel Rupert would
have his work cut out for him to carry
off the championship this time.
No doubt the fanciers who follow the
sporting division will find great at-
traction in the stall of Mary Montrose,
the pointer which cost $4,000, and
which is now the property of William
Ziegler, of this city. She is dog of
wonderful conformation of coat and
looks, and, what is still more remarka-
BILE, she stands out as the only puppy
that has ever won a field trial, feat
which she performed last year. To be
a bench show winner and field trial
winner at once is rarely seen in the
world of dogdom.
Far West VS.. East
Another class bound to contribute a
highly interesting contest is the NAL
tese. The battle will be between the
Far West and the East Mrs. Anna
r. Judd, of Seattle, has brought seven
cracks all the way from the Pacific
Coast, although she has entered only
two. To listen to Mrs. Judd telling
the hardships she endured on the jour
ney East is like reading tale of the
Klondike
Owing to the railroad regulations,
the little dogs had to be kept in the
baggage car, and as it was not heated
they had to be kept rolled up in shawls
all the way. Out on the plains it
showed all the time, and Mrs. Judd
went sleepless for three nights trying
to keep the little animals from perish
ing She sat up with her pets all night
and until she reached Chicago.
Mrs. James Gardner Rossman has
entered her famous string, and it looks
as if the tussle will be between Mrs.
Rossman and Mrs. Judd.