The New York herald., 1922-11-05
DOG Is HAVING
BIG BOOM ABROAD
j. w. Mitchell, Well Known
Judge, Returns After 2 Years
of European Shows.
BY FRANK f. DOLE.

BY FRANK r. DOLE.
]. Willoughby Mitchell. to my mind
one of the most capable judges of dogs,
has just returned from Europe and has
lot TO say of conditions In the doggy
world there. Mr.. Mitchell ever since he
was a boy in Ireland has owned good
fogs. He began showing wilen he was
IL years old. and that was many years
ago. He has judged dogs at all the big
gest shows here and abroad and has
gained an enviabie reputation for the
fearless manner in which he places the
dogs in the Judging ring.
Although Mr.. Mitchell hss been so
closely associated with the dog game, he
is an amateur, neither buying nor SELL
ing. AS a matter OF fact, he IS chem
list by profession. However, he has come
back 20 this country at time when his
services are sure to be in demand and
all real Judges are welcome. He knows
every breed thoroughly and has seen
most OF them under their native condi-
tions
When ] met Mr.. Mitchell he ssid (:
well, I am back after two years and a
half IN Britain and on the Continent
honestly believe l met every exhibitor.
Judge and fancier worthy of TIE name in
those countries. Over there the showing
OF dogs has become more or less a spe-
cialty affair. Many of the old breeds
have been counted out by the war.
'In England any good dog is worth
a lot of money, as every day good ones,
particularly terriers, are being sold UP
to as high as $4,000 without any com
ment. India alone has taken up scores
of good ones at prices never dreamed of
before. One In particular / remember
was Champion Myetus. smooth fox
terrier. sold by NJ. r. Redmond for
$4,000. At the end OF eight months Mr.
Redmond offered half as much again to
get him back, because the dogs he had
sired before leaving, England had
turned out so well.
English Shove Crowded.
"All the English shows are crowded
and the entries are quite up to pre-war
figures. 1 refused more than n score OIL
judging engagements in England. includ-
ing such shows as the Birmingham
championship and the Bradford. On the
Continent ] officiated at many OF the
Rest expositions, including the all
around judging of the Palais de Midi
show in Brussels. At the Belgian Fox
Terrier Club show at Dinkepeck | was
accorded an entry of twenty-eight to the
class, figure never before equaled at a
Continental show.
"The interest in dogs IS intense in
France and Belgium, and in my expert
ence have never known such ability to
train dogs, particularly police. Bergers
and Bouviers, as I saw in Belgium. A
capital paper in the interest OF all live
stock is the ChdsSe et Peche, the Bel
gian magazine of the outdoors. l con-
4rf% nf
copied in half dozen counties. includ-
ing England. Some of them were
written round conditions In the United
States and were cornmented upon as
being especially interesting to Contlnen-
tai fanciers.
IT had an excellent team of dogs in
Belgium, which included Sutrym. son
Of Champion Myetus, a smooth. which
won seven championships and thirty
f1rsts at seven shows. The other was
Chadwich's Thunderfash, a wire haired
dog, which won the Continental cham
pionship at Paris three weeks ago over
a huge entry which included many high
priced English dogs. They were placed
by Calvert Butler, the prominent Eng
lish judge.
Another dog which went we'll was
Brunswick Bertie, bulldog. which took
at four shows My Clumber spaniel also
swept the boards at the national show
In Brussels. A Sealyham dog not only
won several championships but also
took the underground championship at
thirteen months. My Welsh Music, q
smooth bitch. won at the Ghent show
under w. J. Nichols and is about the
best OF her sort on the Continent.
Big Prices I'm England.
''Wire haired fox terriers and Sealy-
hams are all the rage in England and
was amazed at the prices paid for
them. At n Sunday show n working
man showed one catalogued at $3.50.
A score claimed II at this price and
II was auctioned off in less than three
minutes for s675, although only seven
months old
MANY OF the prominent judges In
England commented freely upon the
fact that they are practically barred
from judging here and while favor
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