The sun., 1919-03-02
Big IMPROVEMENT
IN HOME BRED DOGS
Tn Some Breeds Our Oham%
pions Are the Equal Of
Any in the World.
BULLDOGS LEAD WAY
st. Bernards, Wire Haired
Foxes, Pekes and Poms Fol-
low-Show for Yorkies-

DESPITE the fact that Briersate Brfshe
beauty. the Airedale terrier which won
premier honors at the recent WestminS
ster show, is an importation fancieru
who are devoting' their attention solely
to the breeding and development OF
home breds were elated over the show
ing made by the dogs bred In this
country.
And they had reason TO be proud. IN
almost every breed there has been n
big Improvement. So marked was u az
the big show that experts who nave
earned international fame predict that
IL will be a matter of only a few years
until tho American bred will lead In
majority OF breeds.
In at least a half dozen breeds, dogs
bred In this country were adjudsed bet
ter than those brought here from for
cign parts This was particularly true
among the bulldogs. the st. Bernards'
the elbows and the wire haired fox tor
riers. In each of these breeds WONDERFUL
progress has been made by our fanciere
In Drewstone King Of the Roost Will
lam Drew of Mourt Vernon has an
American bred bulldog which experts
say Is the equal of any Importation ever
seen in this country. He has every point
OF a champion, and when he was ac-
Judged the best of his breed and put
over a host Of foreign dogs at the West
minister all experts agreed the judges
made no mistake.
Oh boy Best st. Bernard.
In Oh Boy. the St Bernard belonging
to Col Jacob Rupert which was best
of his breed, Is a dog which Col. Rup-
pert says Is better than his famous I'M
portation Blue Boy, which he brought
TO this country last year at tremendous
expense. This fellow Is superior to
Blue Boy" no said at the show, "and
he Is Just out OF puppyhood. When he
Is a year older look for him to be de-
clared the best OF his breed ever seen
here"
With Clip, the wire haired fox ter
rier bitch, which created q sensation
| by flying through from novice to best
OF her breed, It Is the same. She 10 an
| excellent type and in the opinion OF
experts will develop into the equal OF
any ever bred abroad
Mrs Roy A. Rainey. who has she
, largest kennel OF wire haired fox ter
| riers in the country. did not show her
| wares at the Westminster. but In her
kennel she has a aozen which noted
fanc!ers say will come out next year
and be put over her world famous I'M
portationS such as Wycollar Boy ana
Wire Boy of Paington.
The elbows bred here are not quito
up to those abroad. but Mrs. F. c. Waller
| Of Hollis. l.. l., has some beauties she
| bred which come within an aoe OF
being the equal OF any ever bred In any
| country.
Even among the Pekes and Pons
| and other toys there has been great In
| provement. Elbridge Gerry Snow has In
Chi-Nee a Peke which host OF ex-
! perts emphatically declare is every bit
/ as good as his world famous importa-
ton Phantom OF Ashcroft. Chi-Nee was
| adtudged the best American bred OF any
! breed at the Westminster and there
/ were hundreds Of noted fanciers present
who said that II Chi-Nee were a few
months older he would have been pue
over the famous Phantom as the best
OF the Pekes and the best Toy OF the
1 show
| In Pail Mall Mademoiselle RosaIffna
Mrs V. S. De Meo has a home bred
| Pomeranian which promises 10 develoy
| into as good q hitch as ever was bred In
this or any other country. She won
| winners bitches at the Westminster and
was reserve 10 her kennel mate Wes
Gold Speck Gold Speck Is an importa-
ton. but Mrs. De Meo and score of
other Pom fanciers insist that RosalhnA
is as good as the Gold Speck, which won
premier honors.