The New York herald., 1921-05-08
DOG POUNDS HAVE
FURNISHED SOME
KENNEL LEADERS
Many Instances of Rise Of
CANNES From OBJ
scurity.
CASE OF A ST. BERNARD
Rescued From Death, Defeated
Celebrated Entries at Win
nipeg Show.
CASE OF A ST. BERNARD
By FRANK f. DOLE.

Many a good show dog comes from
the pound. l have heard numerous re-
liable stories that prove that assertion
and there have been several notable
cases in my own experience. Probably
the most interesting was that of a st.
Bernard which came under my eye when
was judging at Winnipeg Manitoba,
quite few years ago. In this particular
show there were over 500 dogs OF differ
ent breeds and there was keen rivalry
among the Canadian fanciers of the
Northwest, lots of good dogs having been
imported from England and the United
States especially for this exhibition
Among these dogs was a celebrated
bulldog that had been Drougnt over from
England at fabulous price and was
owned by the secretary Of the show An
other was a well known collie that had
done lot OF winning in Europe, and a
splendid group of terriers. bull terriers
and toy dogs Of various breeds were
among the entries. to say nothing of a
splendid collection Of Irish water span
tels. the best | have ever seen. There
were also quite few good ST Bernards
Naturally when one is judging and
sees cracking good dog of any breed
come along he keeps him In his minds
eye throughout the show. I was
stranger in a strange land up in Winni-
peg and | Kept my impression of the ST
Bernard to myself. At the time I did
not know this dogs history. The dog
reminded me of some of the wonderful
ST. Bernards that W. c. Reick had been
exhibiting few years previous in this
country. and | came to the conclusion
then that he must have been bred from
a similar strain
On tho last night Of the show when the
special FOR the best of any breed was
called | overheard quite a few remarks.
probably said for my benefit, regarding
the merits of some Of the wonderful
doEs that were in the ring. but not one
word about the st. Bernard. There were
over forty dogs brought in for the spe-
ciai. 1t was not until I placed the st.
Bernard in question upon the platform
and had brought one dog after another
alongside Of him for the purpose Of COM
parison that the ringsiders realized what
a wonderful dog he really was. To make
a long story short, the st. Bernard won
ana IN my opinion won handily.
As ! handed the ribbon to the owner
ne told me that the victory of his dog
was more than he had expected When
] asked him why. he confided to me
DO you know that this dog has no
pedigree. that purchased him from the
pound?' NO" I answered. 'fbut I was
Judging the dog. not his pedigree"
Then he went on to tell me the story
of tho dog, and here 1t is:
II appeared that this dog as a puppy
three months old had been purchased
In Seattle from well-known western
Kennel and had been brought on to
Winnipeg by a man who had eight chill
dren The owner met with reverses
financially and the time came when II
was a case Of curtailing the rations of
the children or feeding the dog who by
that time had grown so large and had
so healthy an appetite that II took as
mu"h to feed him as half the children.
Poor as the owner was. he refused to
sell him. preferlng to send him to the
pound where he was promised the dog
would be put away In a painless man
ner.
The day the st. Bernard reached the
pound the exhibitor above mentioned
happened to be at the pound searching
he was attracted Mt once by the dogs
good points. saw the possibilities OF de-
welcoming him into q fine specimen and
purchased him for a matter of two dol
lars In 4 few short months after that
tho St Bernard under the care and
attention of the exhibitor, developed in
TO so fine n specimen that he was able
to beat 500 dogs Of high degree for the
special IN Winnipeg show
Perhars the most famous winner that