The New York herald., 1921-02-13
COCKER SPANIEL
CROWNED QUEEN
Of ALL D0GDOM
w. T. Payne's Midkiff Sc
ductive, an American
Bred, Wins.
PEKINGESE is RESERVE
e. G. Shows Phantom of Ash
croft Beats All Except
Win .er.
BY FRANK f. DOLE.

To the cheers of more than 5000
enthusiastic persons who surrounded
the judging ring at the Westminster
Kennel Clubs show in Madison Square
Garden yesterday afternoon, Midkif
Seductive, little black and white fe'-
male cocker spaniel, was adjudged
ruler of all dogdom. She was placed
over more than 1900 dogs which COM
peted for prizes and fame during the
three days OF the show.
The noted Pekingese champion,
Phantom of Ashcroft, belonging to
Elbridge Gerry Snow. was reserve and
best Of opposite sex.
That both of these dogs went to the
top OF the ladder TO fight it out for
stellar honors was a huge surprise to
the experts and majority of the big
crowd of spectators. There were hun
drcds in the crowd, including veteran
experts, who were of the opinion that
neither of them was as good as any one
Of half dozen which had been rejected
by the judges. They believed that the
bull terrier Champion Haymarket Fault
less. which won the crown here three
flower. the greyhound which has won
forty-five ribbons for the best in the
show Blarney Begorra, one OF the most
typical Irish terriers ever exhibited in
this country; the Airedale terrier Cham
pion Doreda Warland Strategy and
Winterview Borda Won Der Fursten-
burg. shepherd dog. were better than
either the winner or the reserve
Neither Seductive nor Phantom won
its honors by the unanimous consent of
the Judges. There was a disagreement
between Charles G.. Hopton. the profess
sional expert of this city, and Normal
Swire Of Toronto. the Judges, as to which
OF these was the better. AS a result
Dr. John f. DeMund. the referee, WITS
called In to render the final decision.
He fingered quite n while in the ring
before he made the important award.
But after inspecting them minutely for
many minutes and putting them through
all OF their PAGES. he bestowed the dog
don's crown on Seductive.
When he pointed his finger toward
khe cocker. denoting her the winner. the
old Garden rang out with cheers such as
was never before heard at q dog show.
They weren't for Seductive as an indi-
vidual majority of the crowd did
not want to see a toy such as Phan-
tom ruler OF the realm, and in all prob
ability a defective St Bernard would
have received an ovation II he had been
crowned
DR.. De Mund's Verdict Good.
There were fifty-four high class speci-
mems in the coveted special for the best
N the show and II was a difficult job to
decide which was the best.
am satisfied that DR.. De Mund's
decision in awarding the title to Seduc-
live was correct. She Is a worthy queen
and a purely American bred one at that
For many generations her ancestors
have been purely American. She was
bred by her owner. William T. Payne.
thorough sportsman of Kingston. Pa,
who for more than thirty years has been
breeding and exhibiting cocker spaniels.
Ir. Payne has won many honors. but
to-day's victory was the greatest of his
long career.
Seductive is unquestionably one Of the
very best cookers Mr.. Payne or any
other breeder ever owned She Is a
handsome black and white, with a splen-
I'D head. nice expression, well set ears
OF the proper texture, clean neck, good
legs and feet and the merriest moving
cocker have ever seen. When she was
put through her PAGES In the classes of
her own breed. and also in the specials
she outclassed all of her opponents.
predicted In THE New YORK HERALD
yesterday morning that she would be
seen contender. and ] was not surprised
when | saw her put over ALL
Phantom also was in prime condition
and, as I have repeatedly said. he Is a
ronderfully sound toy dog and a great
show. Never was there a toy which
bowed better than he did yesterday. He
Sas In wonderful coat and went through
his PAGES like a well trained hackney
lie seemed to enjoy being in the ring
-mongall the big dogs and had no fear
whatever of any of them.
The judging of the special for the best
in the show was climax 10 the most
successful exhibition ever held by the IA
nous Westminster Kennel Club. In It's
forty-five years of existence IL never pro-
duced anything like this Although II
did not have a record entry, the quality
Of the dogs was superior to that of other
years, the number of exhibitors was
larger and the crowd that turned out to
pay homage to the dog broke all rec
ords From thetime the doors were
opened on Thursday morning until tho
last special was decided last night the
big arena was jammed with lovers of
tho faithful animal