The New York herald., 1922-02-26
SHOULD STICK TO
JUDGING SCHEDULE
Unann0unced Shifts at Boston
Dog Show Caused Con-
fusion.
\ SENSATIONAL PUPPY
Triumph Over Westminster
Winner Brings Fox Terrier
Into Limelioht.
By FRANK +. DOLE.

By FRANK +. DOLE.
The show of the Eastern Dog Club at
Boston this week was perhaps the best
show ever given in this country. To
my mind ii was way ahead of the
Westminster Show, and even of the big
shows of years ago. There was an air
Of good fellowship and a unity of spirit
! which comes only when a lot of sin
cere dog lovers are gathered at an
event the whole character of which
tends to advance the game This was
particularly true at Boston. because the
/ officials of the club are practically all
/ dog breeders and exhibitors, and have
| the good of the fancy as their first
! consideration.
! Yet nothing can be perfect There
was lot of comment and some indig-
nation when Russell Johnson of Phila-
delphia failed to remain to judge the
variety classes and all around specials
on Thursday. ] have always advocated
some penalty for judges who fail to
keep their appointments. Mr.. Johnson
simply did not stay to fill out his sched-
ule. and attempts to find out why he
had gone brought no satisfaction from
the officials of the show IT, as the
Kennel Club claims. it is out after the
big man as well as the little fellow. it
should do something to penalize failure
to fulfill engagements. Mr. Johnson is
one of the best amateur judges in the
country. and in these days the dog
world certainly needs every good judge
it has.
Another thing which caused feeling
was the failure OF the club to stick to
its announced schedule of Judging
When a club fixes its program and
announces certain hour for judging
certain classes that schedule should be
followed just as closely as possible. 1t
is not always possible to start on time
through failure of exhibitors to have
| their dogs in the ring promptly. but the
judge should be ready and any delay
then is not to be blamed on the club
little delay is eXcusable. but there is
no excuse for an unannounced shifting
of program which brings dogs into
the ring hours before their scheduled
appearance.
Three Hours Ahead of Time.
This was done at the Boston show
and caused a number of exhibitors to
become very angry. One breed, and an
important one-the fox terriers-ap-
peared in the ring three hours before
the announced time. I am of the i'm
preston that under the circumstances
an exhibitor could insist on having the
entire breed rejudged at the appointed
time.
An instance of the difficulties imposed
by such a change was given by Arnold
Lawson, prominent Boston exhibitor
who arrived at the hall early in the
afternoon Of Wednesday to personally
show one of his fox terriers and found
the dog already had been in the ring.
He said to me. II could have been here
/ of 4 ~, NH
ing. but what was the use when the pro-
gram said o'clock. | happen to be
very busy but came at the appointed
time because | wanted to show my own
dog, as he shows better for his own
master than for anybody else"
The all around judging was done by
Freeman Lloyd and Thomas Cadwalader
after Mr.. Johnson had gone. They
seemed to get along as well as could be
expected and agreed on all decisions
with one exception. This was the first
day of the show, before Mr.. Johnson had
arrived, in the judging of the Grand
Challenge event in the puppy class.
There were thirty-siX entries. and they
presented q remarkable gathering of
high class youngsters.
Without difficulty the two officials
eliminated all except Mrs. Henry
Stephens's Hard Cider and Mrs. Roy
Rainey's Conejo Sunnyboy. both wire
haired fox terriers. After long DELHI
GRAFTON Messrs. Lloyd and Cadwalader
called in Charles Caldwell to act as
referee and he rightly put Hard Cider
! at the top.
Judging Reversal.
This brings up an unusual question.
| It is evident that either Mr.. Lloyd or
| Mr.. Cadwalader thought Hard Cider
was not quite good enough TO beat
| Conejo Sunnyboy. and yet on the last
/ day of the show, with the same two
! men judging in the American bred
| variety class. Hard Cider was placed
/ over that crackerjack Airedale Box
wood Barkentne, which had previously
/ taken the movies variety class. | can't
] quite follow this judging, and yet I
don't want to take any glory from Hard
/ Cider which in less than a week at
/ the Westminster and Boston shows
/ proved himself one of the greatest wire
1 haired fox terriers puppies ever brought
! out.
/ 1t is OF interest 20 note that Mrs.
| Henry Stephens has never seen this
sensational puppy of hers. She has
| been abroad almost continuously since
| he was whelped. His success shows
! what II means to have i'm ones service
| man who knows breeding thoroughly.
/ ana now 70 match them to get the best
! results. Charles Button has had full
charge Of her dogs, and is doing the
same for her as he did for Herburt
| Hughes and the late George Quintard.
for whom he produced lots of good
dogs
His success lies in his thorough
| knowledge of the game. and IL il were
not for such men as he the dog game
so far as producing good ones goes.
would soon be in farcical condition.
! Yet this sort OF men who have devoted
their whole lives to dogs and know
them from A to u are not allowed i'm
the Judging ring TO give exhibitors the
| benefit Of their admittedly superior
! opinion of the relative merits Of dogs.
There was much speculation in Bos.
! ton over how the Kennel Club will sue
ceed in drawing its line between the
! purely amateur and the professional I
when it comes to granting judging IL
/ censes. One exhibitor cited a recent
copy OF the Kennel Gdsctte, in which
twenty-five dogs OF one breed were reg
istered by n man who had brecR very
few of them himself He had bought
most OF them and was trying to turn
them over at n profit. I believe that is
something any man has a right TO do
and yet many have lost their licenses
because Of It, The time must come
when all will be permitted to Judge. and
action be taken by the Kennel Club
| only when there has been something
wrong Then it will be taken openly.