Evening star., 1922-10-01
KENNEL AND FIELD
by GEO. H. kERNODLE-

The Washington Kennel Club held
a meeting on Wednesday night in
Edward S. Schmids Grotto room for
plans for a dog show. The following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President, D4 William p Col
Inns: vice president, r. H. Atkinson:
secretary and treasurer, Charles A.
Watson.
S. J: Held was elected delegate to
the American Kennel Club, and will
go to New York soon to take up with
the officials of that organization the
date for the Washington show. The
time for this Show has been tenta
lively set for about the middle of
January.
q. II. Child of Silver Spring was
elected chairman of the bench show
committee and will announce later
the names Of the members who will
assist him in the work. lie hopes TO
bull terriers. which means that thirty
entries in this breed are needed.
Washington should have five
point show for all the following
breeds: American foxhounds, beagles,
collies, shepherd dogs; bulldogs, Aire-
wire haired terriers, Pekingese and
Chesapeake bay dogs, and will have
if Washington people will only sup
port and advertise the show. This
year $500 is offered in prize money,
bcs sides the usual class prizes, which
should be some incentive for US to
show our dogs. The true sportsman
in the dog, game Is not the one who
spends his time Growing about the
merits of his dog. but rather the one
who fearlessly shows his dogs for
judgment by an impartial authority
George. Goodacre is Developing a
pack Of pocket beagles" at his place,
the Goodacres, near Silver Spring. He
now has six little fellows standing
only ten and one-half inches high, and
with the purchase of two more of
the same height. From this pack he
may get one to take the place of
his great field trial cha mpion, Little
Mac. winner Of eleven field trials and
never beaten.
inch pack in all the important stakes
this fall, and is now getting them
ready for shipment. One member of
this pack, Belln.An. will be remem-
bered by beagle lovers as having
placed second in the Victory stakes,
the biggest event for beagles ever
run.
DR.: ID. E. BuckfnGham reports a
litter of seven Bostons; out of his
Hefress Dee Gee, by NQris' Buddy,
four of which. are exceptionally well
marked. His shepherd bitch, Conesa
formerly belonging to MIR. Robert
Fletcher. the minister to Belgium,
has lust whelped "a. litter of five
males and two females to Mr.. Will
ton J. I.amberts cherie.
A,be,t Hahn. at his Bradley Hills
kennels, has three shepherd pups
seven months old. which are Tar ahead
of anything usually seen in this sec
zion. These youngsters are out of his
Hitci, Peacefulsof BelcarZa, and are
by Oh. Ali MISUNDERSTANDING dog
which has sired more winners than
any dog Of this breed in America.
with the possible exception of Lau-
renee II. Armour's Nores won der
Kriminalpelizei.
Frank Dole comments Mt length in
the September II New York Herald
against the introduction of the Ger
man system Of judging the shepherd
dog, 1t seems that the practice among
Judges of this breed in Germany is to
carry into the ring a club and re-
which shows fright when threatened
with-the club or when the revolver is
fire dover it.
with alf due respect to what the
Germans expect of this breed, most OF
us will agree that such a system is
entirely out of the routine of judging
from the American standpoint. and
served for field trials, and should not
enter the show ring, which deals
mainly with the physical qualities OF
the. animal.