New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-20
By Harriette UnderhiIl

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seven or more varieties Of CANNES
which make up the annual show of the
Westminster Kennel Club.
Every one who visited the Garden on
Tuesday shook his head and said: at
never will be ready for the dogs to-
morrow" But it was ready, and
promptly at 1890 o'clock J. Willough-
by Mitchell, Harry Peters. John Kee-
van, DR.. Kobler, Edward Chase, Mrs
Frank Clarke and the rest of the
judges who were scheduled for an
early rising stepped into their rings,
and the forty third annual big show
was under way.
The show is not the same this year
1t seems, somehow, more interesting,
and there were two rings, at least,
not get within ten feet of the rail at
any time.
Great Danes Popular
One of these rings was where the
Great Danes were performing. and
without beating about the bush at all
we shall say Immediately that the
presence of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis X.
Bushman had great deal to do with
| this interest
AS soon as we entered the Garden
yesterday we knew that something was
there which never had been there be-
fore, and then we saw what it was-a
huge sign in the centre of the floor
said Francis x. Bushman's Bushmanor
Kennels" This was placed on top of
long string of little Lighthouses, and
over the door of each was an ornate
inscription like this: Hamlet" "Por-
tia" "Dian&,' Duke of Bushmanor,"
etc.
And the funny part Of it was that the
real owners were not yet occupying
their quarters. Each little house held
an attendant, couchant. To US the cf-
feet was very good.
Portia wore striped overalls, Romeo
was not as dark as Othello is supposed
to have beens and Diana was q male
person, not at all like the popular con-
to look again the attendants were all
at work and the kennels were occupied
by as)fine a lot Of Great Danes as we
ever have seen.
Hamlet, unlike his famous predeces-
sor, is not melancholy. On the con-
trary he is so friendly that they call
him Gladys, for short, and he seems to
be the most popular dog in the show
Needless to say, his owner is the most
popular exhibitor. This is the first
time that Mr.. Bushman has shown his
dogs, and they are beauties.
Breed Well Represented
The breed was we'll represented and
they were in the ring all the after
noon. John Hartmetz was the Judge
Mr.. Bushman had twelve entries and
he and Mrs. Bushman showed most of
them.
In the novice class Duke of Bush
manor defeated the charming Prince
Hamlet for first honors, but Hamlet
didn't seem to mind it in the least
Winners dogs went to Walter Graham's
champion Rufflyn Marquis.
Mrs. Bushman's Rolling Hill Gerda
won the open competition for bitches.
Such is the lure of the screen. We were
informed that many persons visited the
dog show yesterday to see Mr.. and Mrs.
Bushman make a personal appearance.
1t was probably true. At any rate it
appeared to be.
Another centre of attraction were the
Red Cross dogs. And just to think that
these beautiful, intelligent, kind and
wonderful creatures used to be called
German sheep dogs" Now, of course,
they are merely listed as shepherd
dogs.
Private Fred preisinger stood in
Blood Kennels, and partly from the way
he handled the dogs and partly because
he had so many gold stripes on his
sleeve we stopped to talk with him.
For Exhibition Only
His dogs are Captain Dix, Wotan
Pasha and D'Nester, each with a Blue
Blood in front of his name. They were
for exhibition only and Private Pref
singer told us all about how he has
trained them for Red Cross work
D'Nester is his favorite and he is a
wonderful young dog. Preisinger told
US that the work which the dogs do on
the other side proves that they have at
least human intelligence.
They will hunt out the wounded SOL
diers with first aid kits and their water
take back the stretcher bearers to the
spot where the injured may be lying
helpless.
"The German dogs are even more
efficient than ours; of course, they
would be-" sad Preisinger, land they
know the Allied soldiers so we'll that
it is impossible ever to capture one
You have to shoot them, and it broke
my heart to do that. They were
brave, I'll tell you. No 'Kamerad'
there"
iS ~. bSlHdIuS, IOuSll ana smooth,
were judged early in the day. Jacob
Ruppert's superb collection drew a
crowd to the ringside as the sanity
breed was announced for competition.
Mr.. Rupert seemed to have several
tons of canine perfection. But, OH,
boy! (this is not an exclamation, but
dogs name), Oh, Boy, was invinci-
BILE. He started in the class of Amer
icanbreds, and with small gallantry
defeated Hercuveen Machree. Then
he went in the limit class and beat
Gold Boy, and in the open class he
defeated Valais Wolfram, the only
thing which might have worried him.
Of course, after that winning was
certainty for him, and, having de-
feated Machree, the winning bitch, he
was declared to be monarch of ali he
surveyed.
Other breeds which were Judged on
the opening day were English toy
spaniels, griffons, Scotch terriers.
bloodhounds, mastiffs. smooth fox ter
riers, old English sheepdogs, Pomer-
anians, Russian wolfhounds, American
fox hounds and Newfoundlands.
Mrs. De Meo Victor
Mrs. Frank T. Clark judged Poms as
she knows SO we'll how to do. In the
open class under seven pounds, any
color, Mrs. V. S. De Meo's Pail Mall
Wee Goldspeck took the blue, defeat
ing his kennel mate, Champion Pail
Mall Sun Bright Dazzle
Winners dogs went to Goldspeck.
also with His Majesty in line for the