San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-23
FALL SHOW To
!. Be DOCDOM' s
( BIGGEST HERE
Entries Coming in Fast and
Plentifully for October
Exhibition.
HOW THEY'LL DO IT
Details on Awarding Prizes
and Judging Breeds
Announced.
HOW THEY'LL Do IT

The large number Of entries ths.
are coming in daily iusures the San
Antonio Kennel Clubs fall show. O.
tober Is to Is. Of being one Q: the
greatest exhibitions Of fine dogs ever
attempted in San Antonio. scoo-di1r
to local dog fsueiers- 4 nU-Ss- .
successful shows II tie l2st co12le
of years has srouSei in,s-sS- = IL
breeding and exhibitor G oaEs os-g-
! as well as II the z1lsn3Eoos q org
shows, 10 such 81 eIrsl1 1kI1 III a.
tries and crowds have d1It9st Hi
trebled II s-1e-
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10 the judging Hr sgTErIl Times IT.
ing the show N EHssEu- 11cG -ns
merits OF the Digs 4 zEE rig IA
will be divided uzs u@,s- 9
classes, BIZ sex. :! p-sT111saE ~ -
bons. By foreign O. c'-sS-lc 1,,-2'
and By weight IN so-e t-ss1s- Blo-
bons will be AWARDED 70 IIdlcate ne
relative standing OF each deg. and IN
many classes silver cups and Otner
trophies will be given Under the
American Kennel Club rules the fol-
lowing ribbons are given: Blue for
first prize: red for second; yello"
for third, and white for fourth. These
are awarded in what are called the
regular classes consisting Of puppies,
dogs more than six and less than
twelve months old; novices, dogs that
have not before won a blue ribbon
in any regular class excepting the
puppy class; limits, dogs that have
heretofore won as many as six first
prizes in that class at previous SHOWS,
and Americans, dogs born in. the
United States. An open class for all
dogs will also be held.
Gets the Royal Purple.
When the awards have been made
in the above, there are five dogs that
have each won the first, or blue RIB
hon. all of the same breed and sex.
This constitutes the winners class,
and the best dog therein is selected by
the judge and is awarded the purple
ribbon, the highest honor he can get
at any one show. A second best IS
( also selected and named the reserve
winner and receives purple ana
white ribbon. The dog receiving the
purple is said in doggy parlanee TO
have "gone TO winners"
81 In addition to this ribbon, the win
ner receives credit for a certain num-
her of points in the records OF the
American Kennel Club. These points
are in proportion to the number OF
that breed exhibited in that show, and
never exceeds five. In the more popu-
lar breeds at least 60 dogs must com
pete of that kind in order to win five
points. The average winning at one
show is from two to three points only.
A dog that accumulates fifteen points
at regular shows under different
IL Judges is thereafter entitled a cham
pion by the American Kennel CluD.
and NAV always use that coveted WORD
!. before his name. 1t indicates that he
- has a number Of times been adJudged
the best in competition with a hundred
of others of his kind. 1t is said that
only one dog out of 300 shown ever
wins the right to that honor.
To create additional interest. spe-
cial classes will be offered in which
ribbons will be offered to dogs usual
" exhibited by local owners.
Consider Only Appearance. =.
In making his awards. the judge OF
the show takes into consideration only
the appearance and behavior of the
: dogs at that moment before him. Pedi-
gree is not considered and the dog
which shows life and animation is
sure to have the advantage over the
dog that does not "show" well.
The exhibition in San Antonio fol-
lows similar exhibitions in Abilene
in the last days of September and
/. in Wichita Falls early in October:
Much interest is being manifested all
ever the state in dogs of fine breed
and pedigree and the San Antonio
exhibit is expected TO draw large
crowds of dog lovers.