The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-17

The hennei CluD bencn snow VIII be staged above the city garage. The dogs are benched upstairs at 1721 Second avenue, across the street from the Jefferson theatre. A streamer across the avenue and large signs make the entrance to the bench show easily found. Kennel club officials state
 Judging will begin at Il o'clock this morning, and will continue, at intervals. until II o'clock tonight. In between judging times, dogs will be on exhibition in their stalls, and vis- itors to the bench show can view the animals at all times.
 Practically every high class dog in Birmingham is entered in the show which begins this morning. while out of town entries have exceeded all expectations. With only a very few exceptions, every breed of dog recog nized by the American Kennel club is represented in the local bencn show.
 Today's program shows the fol- lowing dogs being judged, with the approximate times of the judging: lS From II to IF O'clock and
 From to O'clock
 St. Bernards, Great Danes, New foundlands, Russian wolf hounds, greyhounds. Eskimos, fox hounds, pointers. English setters, Irish set ters, Gordon settlers.
 From y:30 to II O'clock
 Cocker spaniels. beagles, badger dogs, collies. old English sheep dogs.
 Kennel club officials wish 1t em- phasized that all dogs entered in the show beginning today must be on their benches by nine o'clock this morning.
 director and assistant will be in charge of the show today and tomor- TOW, and dogs left at the show will 1e perfectly safe, Kennel club off cials state. Owners are urged to leave their animals at the show overnight tonight, to avoid the trouble and in convenience of again benching the dogs tomorrow.
 Kennel club officials state that the building in which the dog show will be staged is steam heated, and that everything has been done to assure comfort for both visitors and dogs benched there
 Champions Here
 Many fine dogs have been entered sn the local clubs bench show, and the exhibit today and tomorrow is ex- pected to be one of the finest of it's kind ever staged in the south.
 McLin J. Carter. president of the : X ennel club, stated yesterday that Pcollie owners and lovers will have an cpportunity of witnessing one of the finest dogs of this breed in the world today. Laudlimit. owned by the Sterling Collie Kennels of St. Louis, will be on exhibition today and to- morrow, and t5is animal is claimed to be one of the finest collies alive to- idnU T,aIfdIir11t has sired many of Hhe finest specimens of this breed both in Europe and the United States, and 5s claimed by many to be interna- 1ional champion of the collies.
 Other out of town dogs are here for the bench show. Dogs from St. Louis, Greenvil1e S. C.. Mobile, Atlanta, Ind annapolis. Chicago and other places arrived yesterday and are already on their benches.
 Elmo Meyer to Judge
 Elmo Meyer, who will judge the dogs today and tomorrow, is in town ready for the task that faces him. Mr Meyer is said to be the most com petent judge of dogs in the United States, and it was at great expense that the Kennel club secured the serv- ices of this great judge and lover of dogs, it's official state.
 Elmo Meyer has judged at some of the country's best and biggest shows, and his decisions are always accepted as the best, in the claim of his admir- CTS.
 The size of the entry list for the Kennel clubs show and the quality of A e dogs entered make the event one ICf the most attractive ever staged in the south, and surely in Birmingham.
 Kennel club officials have spent