The New York herald., 1921-01-02
KENNEL MATTERS
ARE KEPT SECRET
A. X. G. Has Not Yet An
nounced Important Actions
Taken at Last Meeting.
ny FRANK f. DOLE.

by FAANh Fs DOLEs
In spite of tho important matters
which were acted upon at the regular
quarterly meeting of the American Ken
mel Club on December 81. the last meet
ing before the annual meeting in Febru-
airy. when new officers are to be elected.
not one single word has been given out
for publication. There is no reason for
such suppression. There is keen in
terest In Washington regarding the
American intercession for reduction in
the duty ON Canadian dogs to be
brought here for exhibition, and In many
other matters.
1t certainly would be good policy to
make public the makeup Of the COM
mittee which will nominate officers for
next year. Two weeks ago mentioned
that there was strong movement in
support Of Townsend Scudder for the
presidency. He Is not only jurist of
reputation, but an experienced dog man,
quite above petty jealousies. 1t would
improve present conditions to have him
selected for the office.
On this subject Field and Fancy
stated in its last issue: "Field and
Fancy is more than gratifed and not
at all surprised at the hearty reception
Of the name Of Judge Scudder for presi-
dent Of the A. X. c. In letter, tele-
phone messages and callers at the office
from every faction of the Fancy the
mention Of his name has met with the
heartiest ind orsement 1t now remains
to see whether the politicians of the
governing body will bring his name be-
fore the delegates. The nominations
have been merely perfunctory in the
past. 1t was all cooked and drawn be-
fore the annual meeting as to who
should be In office. 1t Is also much to
be desired that there shall be a change
in the personnel Of some of the COM
mittees, especially in the license COM
mittee and the stud book committee
1t is time that young, enterprising
high minded and efficient kennel owner
be selected to head the organization
and give to 1t the personal care and
attention which made Major August
Belmont such success in the office.
Among men Of this type In the board
Of directors / may mention John G.
Bates and @. A. Shaw Mexican. both
of whom did excellent war service; j.
Macy willets. 7. Sergeant Price, Jr.,
and Theodore Offerman. In fact, there is
no scarcity of good and true men who
might be selected If the nominating
committee has backbone enough to cast
off the thraldom OF A. X. c. politics.
Department Store Dog shows.
One OF the positive rules of the A. X.
G. is this 1.-THE use of q clubs name
for show purposes cannot be transferred
to any other body or person." In the
face Of this. / was at loss to under
stand last year why a Newark depart
ment store was authorized to hold n
dog show for advertising purposes and
announced that II was under the aus
pices OF the Newark Kennel Club. The
show Is to be repeated this year, on
February and 4. There is absolutely
no charge to onlookers. and the various
parts of the store In which the dogs
are benched are overrun by n rabble,
the typical department store bargain
rush.
The conditions are cruel to the dogs,
and in the absence OF any other persons
willing to take up this inhumanity to
mans best friend I suggest that the
Newark Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals make arrangements
to bench and take care of the dogs.
The A. K. c. has framed hundreds OF
laws to dignity and uplift all dog
shows. In the face of these require
ments It seems strange that they should
all be swept aside to establish an adj
vertising stunt for a department store.
Casual Caninities.
Philadelphia Is to have a club to foster
the interests of the fox terrier. Il
will be known as the Philadelphia Foz
Terrier Club, and the members will in
clude such well known fanciers as Rus
sell III. johnson, Jr., G. l.. Gilliland, An
drew Macrea, william Whitten. William
L. Barclay and w. w. Deissler.
Pekingese led all breeds at the recent
show of the English Kennel Club at the
Crystal Palace in London. There were
81 entered, -hepherd dogs next with AZ
then Al Sealyham terriers, AZ wirehaired
fox terriers, 35 Pomeranians. 81 smooth
fox terriers, 81 bulldogs. and only IA
Airedale terriers.
There were 2s bullterriers benched
but they were not all wnite as in this
country. It would be an Improvement
In my opinion, II we had classes for
brinalc bullterriers as we'll as for the
white ones. The brindle dog Is q very
handsome animal and some of the best
white bullterriers that / have known
have had either n solid brindle sire or
dam.
Additional Judges announced for the
Westminster Kennel Club Show are
John White Of Hampstead. for Irish
and Gordon settlers; Theodore Crane for
Chow Chows: DR.. Thomas d. Buck of
Rochester. N. Y, for Dalmatians, and
Doberman Pinschers, and jeremiah J.
O'Callaghan of New England. for Irish
and Welsh terriers. The premium list
will be out In few days.