The New York herald., 1922-07-30
S IN COUNTRY TO COMPETE IN RICH STAKES At SARATOGA
FRENCH POODLE IS
ON HIS WAY BACK
Veterans Trying to Revive
Old Interest in the
Caniche Dog.
BY FRANK. #. DOLE.

Perhaps the black curly French
poodle. the caniche dog, will stage a.
comeback. Some of the oldtimers who
were fond Of the breed when It was going
well back in the sos have banded to-
gether to put IL among the popular
ones again. In recent years few Of them
have been seen at shows. The great
work they did in the war, particularly
as dispatch carriers, demonstrated that
the breed has more than the usual share
OF intelligence, and many who before
held the dogs in little respect have como
to think highly of them.
The decline of the French poodle into
virtual oblivion came as the result of
an unfortunate fact that what should
have been two distinct breeds were
grouped as one. The real curly poodle
was OF the type that used TO be shown
by the Meadowmere Kennels His hair
was clipped short and done UP in POM
pons ard bracelets. He was a hashy
looking dog, with sharp. bright eyes,
and was quite popular.
Just at the height of his popularity
the English poodle came along His
hair was conabed cut and he was shown
In full coat When this type won re-
peatedly over the French poodles at
shows where they were classed together
the breeders of the latter naturally lost
heart. OF course. there were exceptions
to this The Red Brook Kennels showed
a lot of gorgeous French poodles, and
many of them went TO the top for best
in the show. Many of the judges Of
poodles who came there from England
were amazed at the quality of these
clipped dogs.
To Be Shown Labor Day.
In recognition Of the trend to restors
these dogs to popularity the Fairfield
Kennel Club has added them to the
classification for its show on Labor Day.
The club has also obtained Henry G.
Trevor. one Of the original sponsors OF
the breed in this country. TO Judge them.
Other classes added for this show are
the Welsh terriers and the Dalmatians.
The show win be held at the Ok Ridge
Hunt Club. which was formerly the
home of John Mccormack.
n. W. Newton has brought over a
crackerjack Welsh terrier bitch in
What's Wanted, recently arrived from
England. She is a fine looking speci-
men of her breed and compiled a won-
derful record on the other side OF the
Atlantic. She is the winner of ten cham
pionship certificates and has never been
beaten by any dog or bitch Of her own
breed. She has several victories of best
in the show 10 her credit She will be
great addition to the breed here.
The Rhode Island Kennel Club has
taken step this year which should be
taken up by all the clubs giving shows
| They have followed the practice in use
in England and require that each dog
before being benched must have an ap-
| proval check from the veterinarian.
! At various shows, the charge has been
made that through laxity, dogs got on
| the benches without examination and
that frequently distemper was spread in
this way. This has happened even where
there was most careful examination
through the fact that an exhibitor got
into the hall through wrong entrance.
| 1t has also been charged that examin-
alton was lax and that while some dogs
were being examined others succeeded
in getting by in the rush.
| The use of approval checks will avoid
this. The attendants will not permit
dog, on the benches until trey have seen
that IL has passed under the eyes of
the veterinary. OF course. it IS barely
possible that with a system like this.
there will be scattered cases of laxity.
but the use of the check makes them
much more unlikely.