New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Mime. Sarah Bernhard To Giue a Cup
For Show of Yorkshire Terrier Club
Famous Actress Also Plans
to Attend Affair at Park
Avenue Hotel
By !. S. Mitchell

no 1orkShiro teTTlor, or what the
dog experts term "the exquisite Of tho
canine race" will come in for official
recognition on Lincoln's Birthday, when
a show for the breed will be held at
the Park Avenue Hotel. Only recently
the Yorkshire TERROR Club secured
license from the American Kennel Club.
and in order to show its appreciation
Of the sanction. and to prove how much
progress this little dog has made on
this side Of the Atlantic. an elaborate
setting of the exhibit has been mapped
out by the members Of the club.
Mmc. Sarah Bernhardt, who is now
touring in this country, has presented
4 massive silver cup Of artistic design
for the best dog in the show irrcspcc
tive OF sex. and she has promised to
be present to see the contest. For
number Of years the "Divine Sarah"
has been q great fancier Of the breed
and at one time owned q brace sup
posed to be the finest in Europe. She
grew to love tho pets so much that
she was inconsolablo when they died
and could not ever since entertain the
same affection for dog.
Thirty-seven Other Prizes
Along with the Bcrnhardt cup there
are no less than thirty-scven other
prizes of different grades and with
classes to match. From the puppies
class to the winners in both sexes the
list is supplemented with finc string
of specials. The president Of the club
is Mrs. William NJ. Thompson, and she
has worked devotedly to make the
show success. 1t was her policy to
have cash prizes in every class, for she
thought that piece Of gold currency
was more suitable and easier to secure
any day than medals, pins, or other
trinkets. It was Mrs. Thompson's sug-
gcs:ion that the proceeds Of the show
be donated to the Relief Fund for War
Orphans.
Exactly how or when the Yorkshire
terrier originated none OF the critics
can tell. but like the Airedale it is dis
tinctly native of Yorkshire. To so
by its conformation, II is happy
blending Of the Skye terrier ard the
Paisley toy terrier, with dash OF the
Maltese and the black and tan. The
coat has the nossy touch of the maltese
for length and texture and the black
and tan for the color. 1t is nearly
forty-five years ago since the little dog
first came into notice at the Hudders-
field show and the connoisscurs hardly
knew in what manner it should bo best
classified. AS means out OF the di-
lemma they finally classed it as rough
Scotch terrier. Never was there such
& misnomer, for the Yorkshire pos
saases no one single trait Of the Scotch
rough and tumble vcrmin hunter.
The first notable specimen of the
Yorkshire breed seen in this country
- ionged to Mrs. Fritz Emmett, the
4-tress, some thirty years ago. The
little dog answered to tho name of
Conqueror and created all sorts OF
curiosity when shown around New
York. Conqueror was brought on the
other side from Mr.. Troughnear, an
English breeder, for the fancy sum of
$3.50. then the record price for
The point about him that aroused
the most discussion was his coat, which
was twenty-six inches long on the back
and more than twentythrce inches be-
low the eyes and on the muzzle. It
wasn't dog at all, some Of the wise
acres asserted, and as solution to
the puzzled question Of what the ami
NAL really was one critic said it was
composite dog made up OF a cat. mar
rnoset and dog. The theory made
the critic famous, and until his death
he was looked upon as the dog oracle
Of America.