The New York herald., 1922-03-19

Inc AiipoEtdliuu OF lue WTe-nalTeu
fox terrier. Deykin Surprise, for Mr.
and Mrs Stanley ]. Halle of New York
at the record price Of nearly $4,000 was
engineered by Percy Roberts. the expert
enced English handler. Nobody knows a
good dog when he sees one better than
Percy Roberts but there is no doubt
Mr.. Roberts was assisted In his hunt
for a good one by the English doggy
| papers, which employ experts at a good
salary to give them competent reports on
shows.
In the days when I was buying dogs
abroad l made 1t my business to know
who the reporters for the various ken
mel papers in England were. / knew
their capability and knew which of
them could be depended on to give
really authoritative criticism of dogs
brought out at various shows. In this
way 1t was possible in perfect safety
to buy dogs unseen and know one was
getting ones moneys worth. If one
of these critics gave a detailed descrip-
ton of a dog. showing his good and
bad points, 1t was possible to rely on
Ii absolutely.
The tendency in this country has not
been to foster expert criticism. How
ever, there have been several instances
recently of it's value. One of them
came some months ago when Mrs. r.
S. Mccarthy of Hazelton, Pa, bought
the Pekingese, Pail Mall Chipmunk's
Atom after reading description OF
him in THE NEW YORK HERALD. Atom
was entered at the match show of
Pomeranians and Pekingese at New
Rochelle last year. I saw him there
and wrote description of him, telling
what wonderful little fellow ]
| thought he was. After reading the
criticism Mrs. Mccarthy came to New
York and paid $1,000 for him.
Another Case In Point.
A more recent instance was that of
John Galloway, the Scotch dog expert,
who brought out a dandy Airedale
Kennel Show in New Haven. Conn. In
Its report of the show THE NEW YORK
HERALD said: "A splendid puppy APP
peared in Baburn Boxer, high class
youngster that won the puppy class
easily, but he was done down too close
on his shoulders to go as high as ae
ordinarily would. He has a future, but
must be put down in more orthodox
style"
Mr.. Galloway is not able to show the
dog and decided to sell him. He there
tion with the words, Mr.. Frank F.
Dole's report in THE NEW York HERALD,
February &C." The advertisement asked
for $500. 1t was read by man n
Tacoma, Wash, who Immediately bought
the dog by wire. Quite evidently the
reputation of THE NEW YORK HERALD
for fair and expert kennel criticism was
known to this purchaser. My satisfac-
ton in the matter Is knowing that In
following the criticism the Washington
buyer has obtained great Airedale.
There has been @ tedency in this
country to do little to foster expert
criticism. Instead of going out of their
way to assist those seeking to report
dog shows for the newspapers those who
conduct the, shows frequently do not
| extend even the ordinary courtesies.
The result is that instead of having men
who desire to cover dog shows regularly
and thus become proficient critics, many
newspapers find that their writers re-
gard the reporting Of dog shows an un-
pleasant job. 1t would be big help
to the dog game If the old timers at
the shows would put themselves out
bit to assist the novice critics In de-
welcoming the ability to criticize wisely
The result would be reports of value
to the dog game rather than those
which treat shows in a light ana PIC
turesque form and do not attempt any
real criticism of the various dogs shown.
Field Trial Champion Dead.
The field trial game has lost Won
derful young pointer in Duquesne Nell
who died of pneumonia last month at
the home Of her handler. Ed Forrior. at
Letofiachie. Ala, the scene OF her last
great victory when she won the cham
pionship derby. She started in ten
derbies last season and won six OF them.