Evening star., 1924-01-20

A force OF circus men will erect the
benching Thursday. having every
thing prepared for the big rush Fri
day morning. DIR. c. label Robinson.
acting under the strictest instructions
from the American Kennel Club, will
examine every dog appearing. seek
ing signs OF skin disease or tempera-
ture. Those so afflicted will not be
permitted to contaminate the val
liable dogs TO be benched here.
Promptly at IL o'clock Friday judg-
Ing will begin in three big judging
rings. J. Allan Hoffar will handle
the beagles and foxhounds, b. S. Har-
ing Russian wolfhounds and A. A.
Rost st. Bernards, Great Danes, Irish
wolfhounds, greyhounds. sporting
spaniels, whippets and Samoyedes.
Friday Is Society Day.
Friday will be known as society
day. Judging will begin at 2 o'clock.
II. c. Ahrenstadt will pick winners
among the shepherds. Clarence n.
Grey will handle the male Boston ter
riers and Thomas Cadwalader will
judge the Airedales, fox terriers, Irish
terriers and Welsh terriers
Friday evening. beginning at s
O'Clock, Clarence n. Grey will Judge
among the female Bostons, A. A. Rost
will choose among the bulldogs and
Representative jeremiah L. OCon-
nell Will Judge the cOllieS.
on Saturday. when Washington's
school children will be welcomed and
well cared for by the club, Elmer NJ.
Simkfns will Judge settlers and point
ers, A. A. Rost will handle the French
bulldogs, Sealyhams, Dobermann
Pine chers and small terriers, and
Philip Soorn, a noted English Judge,
VIII pick winners among the elbows,
Chihuahuas and Schipperkes.
On SATURDAY. afternoon when n
large crowd Is expected to he on
hand, the bullterriers will be judged
by A. A. Rost, and Philip Soorn will
note the fine points Of the Pomeran-
and the toy black and tans.
Saturday night, closing the largest
bench show in the history of the
Washington Kennel Club, A. A. Rost
will distribute the unclassified special
prizes.
Blucbloods to Compete.
That the blueblooded dog is at
tracing more than ordinary interest
in Washington is best indicated by
including Mrs. b. B. Thompson, Mrs.
B. A. OLeary. Mrs. Browley Mckee.
Mrs. James W. Murray. Mrs w. B.
Morgan, Mrs. Julia r. Maths, James
D. Hobbs, Mrs. Charles B. Handford,
\. Dingiey. Miss Helen DeBree, W.
I. Crocker, F. D. Bussey. Mrs. r. c.
Birney, Thomas A. Bamford, Fred A
Bobbett. Elizabeth A Conner, Mrs. H.
Davidson. Mrs. Marion c. Durphy.
Miss Vesta Gardner, Mrs. H. D. Hig-
ley, Mrs c. F. Howell, Mrs. A. NJ
Hyler, Mrs. r. II. Kohnston. Mrs.
Frank Meyer, Miss Sarah l.. Mcqueen.
Maj George G. Newgarten. Mrs. c.
Mckinley Pope, Mrs p. E. Smith, Miss
Gretchen Wahl, Mrs. Hattie P. Waldo.
Mrs Richard G. Webster, George S
Elliott, Morris Evans, S, J. Held.
George kernodle. Frank p. Leach,
F. Larmore oyster. Lester B. Powell,
Howe Totten and Kenneth l. Roberts.
Some Of the more prominent out
of-town entries are Irving c. Acker-
man, Los Angeles; Mrs. r. NJ Cad
walder, Fort Washington. Pa; Mrs.
George o. Deiscoll, Rochester, ". Y;
John Cans, Staten, Island, n. Y; Mrs.
J. H. Griggs, Cranbury. n. j.; P. A. B..
Widener, jr.. Philadelphia; Capt. H.
R. Horndern, Warrenton. Va; Mrs.
James Kochel. Harrisburg, Pa: Miss
Cornelia Vanderbilt, Asheville, n. c.
John Sinnott, Philadelphia; Elmo K.
Lincoln, Fairfield, Conn; Mrs. Alex
ander Mccullough, Overlook, Pa
Mrs. J. oliver Morris. Albany, n. Y;
L. Rulon Miller, Baltimore; Mrs. p. F.
Lewis, Lansdowne, Pa: Miss Ger
trude Hill, GIenside. Pa; Miss Frances
Grlscom. Tallahassee. Fla; Mrs. w.
Baldwin AFFORD, Morristown. n. j.,
and Evan Richards, Tuxedo Park,