The New York herald., 1922-07-30

Special ptspatch to THE NEW Yonx HrnAID
LONDON. July 23.--There Is a dog
breeding boom in England just now. and
breeders have never had such a good
season as the present. according to the
secretary Of the Kennel Club, which
governs canine affairs in this, country.
Since 1918, when breeding was
stopped on account Of the food short
age in England. the number of pedigree
dogs registered at the Kennel Club has
increased by leaps and bounds, with the
result that the high water mark Of pre-
war days, 1913. when $1,000 dogs were
registered, has been well exceeded, last
year by 1000. This year the total
promises to be higher still.
These figures. of course. represent
only a portion OF the total number of
good dogs that have been bred. The
Kennel Club is concerned only with pedi-
gree stock and no dog is accepted there
for registration except where its descent
on the side of both sire and dam may
be traced many generations oack IN the
club's own file.
Al other exception - made in the case
Of breeds that have been unknown at
English dog shows until recently. fAn
example of such a type Is seen In the
Alsatian wolf dog, by which name the
German police dog Is known here. This
peculiar breed, which Is increasing
greatly in popularity here. was produced
in Germany after many years of ex-
perfmentation to combine in "a single
animal all the qualities that are needed
for police work. It's history goes back
to the early months Of 1914.
Fox Terrier Most Popular!
Among the sixty odd breeds registered
between January and July l OF this
year the wirehaired fox terrier is highest
ir popular favor. Next comes the Aire-,
dale terrier whose fine work In the
great war as Red Cross dog has led
to a great demand and placed him well
in the running &or first favoritisnn.
As society pet the Pekingese still
holds pride Of place among the "toy'
varieties. It's rate Of increase, however,
is extremely low compared with some
Of the other breeds. hence it's value
continues high
The perky" Pomeranian that held
sway before the Peke was discovered
is on the decline and so far this year
only few. over five hundred have been
registered This falling off is supposed
to be due to the fact that the Pom is
very noisy LITTLE animal. but perhaps
petler TedSOu ls liidt It's cAtt dNeioh -
German.
II some one had invented new name
for 1t when the war broke out IT prob
! ably would have retained It's popularity.
| Such thing was donesin the case of
| the German police dog and this breed
! has since attained the highest rate o,
| Increase In favor over any In England.
So far this season the birth of about
four hundred has been recorded. This
is so greatly in excess of the total reg
istered last year and so many imported
dogs have been released recently from
quarantine that it is believed that the
total will easily be swelled to over q
thousand before the end of 1922.
BIoodhounds Becoming Extinct.
Among the breeds that are gradually
becoming extinct may be mentioned the
bloodhound (among the larger varie-
ties) and the Italian greyhound, which
Ia classified among the toys"
Bloodhound registrations have dwin-
died to twenty eight this season. as
against thrty-three for the same period
OF last year Small as is this number
it is large compared with that OF the
Italian greyhound. only two specimens
of which have. 20 the knowledge of the
Kennel Club. been bred this year.
1t will be great pity IL this most
graceful and refined dog is allowed to
die out. AS long ago as the Middle Ages
1t was a society pet. and It retained that
honor until well into the Victorian period