The Washington times., 1923-01-26

This afternoon the judging Will
be in full sway and by nightfall
many a blue ribbon will be seen
on the cages of winners. Poodles,
toy poodles and French bulldogs are
being Judged by Joseph A. Blu.
chanan. John c. Barnard is in
charge of the shepherds and w. E.
Baker, jr.. the Welsh terriers and
fox terriers. A. A. Rost is judging
the Schipperkes. toy sponiels, pekes
and toy black and tans.
Tonight, when capacity throng
| is expected to be present, JOIN
Dietschler. who has hurried all tn
way from California to act in tl4--
Washington show, will judge the
| Boston terriers, Levi Wilcox thu
bull terriers and Great Danes and
T. w. Martin the bulldogs.
You bet I'm happy" remarked
this morning, cts the best show
we've ever benched i'm Washing
ton. The quality and class Of the
dogs here are excellent. There will
be many a tough fight before
some of the winners are named"
were in place and Louis Hartmann.
of Newark, N. j., formally declared
himself in readiness to receive all
dogs. Drs. Cashall and Dibbell had
been busy examining the entries
and at the word the dogs began fill
ing into the hall.
Far into the night van loads of
dogs were arriving at the Coliseum
and many exhibitors spent hours
/
in preparation for today's opening.
The first dog to arrive came near
not arriving at all. In backing up
the van containing the crate hold
ing Oh. Lans60wne Sunmaid, the
$40 900 greyhound owned by Ben F.
Lewis, jr.. of Lansdowne, Pa, be-
came unfaStensd. Sunmaid, finding
herself free, started off on mad
dash down Pennsylvania avenue.
As good luck would have it, DIR.
d. Z. Buckingham and Frank A.
keer were just arriving at the Coli
scum, and they gave immediate
chase in their car, Sunmaid was
oVertaken strolling along the Ave
nue. near the Botanical Gardens.
She was brought back, and today
was calmly watching the throngs in
the show as though nothing had
ever happened.
8. j. HeId's Oh. District Boss
WIS holding court today. This
remarkable Boston terrier has
never been beaten i'm competition.
1t started its career by sweeping
it's class clean i'm the WeStmin-
ster show Of last February and
has continued its good work East
and West ever since.
District Boss, to take first prize
IN this show must defeat two won
derful examples Of the breed in
Oh. Fairlawn Full o'Fun, owned by
the Fairlawn Kennels, and George
r. Metelskis $4,000 Highway King.
King.
The Dee Gee Kennels, the Aspin
fiill Kennels. Maj. George i. New
John J. We'll, Mrs G. c. Crook.
Mrs. j. r. kurtz and the Fairlawn
Kennels are prominent exhibitors of
boston terriers in this years show
TWO noble ST. Bernards, Colonel
Prosser and his daughter, Duchess
Of Arlington. were the center of
admirers today. Colonel Prosser,
the property of Marion c. Dunphy.
is by Duke Val du Paul-Princess
bonita He weighs 200 pounds,
stands thirty-five inches high at the
shoulder and is five feet long from
nose to the. tip of the tail. |
Colonel Prosser cleaned the recent
Baltimore show. Duchess of Ar.
llngton is owned by Mrs. Josiah |
I. Newcomb.
Mrs. II. DaVidson's Schipperke, |
fperland Black Beauty Of Flanders, |
Is attracting no end OF attention. |
This is an extremely rare breed in |
This country, and it is the only one
n the show.
There is a goodly collection OF |
pekes and poms, many OF them en-.
tered by Washington Society leaders |
The show will cohtinue through