Evening star., 1925-11-22
MUTT DOGS" MAKE
MERRY IN STREETS
Big Parade and Show Held
2 With Much Excitement
and Few Mishaps.

The high aud mighty TRAFFIC Of
Washington Was held uu for three
quarters of an hour yesterday, While
Il yapping, yelpiug multitude of hood
ium dogs pranced through the streets
in a big parade. the only entrance re
quirement being that each participant
exhibit u pedigree which would. be-
yond all doubt. establish his right to
be called mutt.
AS early as l. o'clock the vanguard
Of the noisy horde began streaming
onto the Ellipse, where the parade
formed. Anna Dunan. 1919 Seven
teenth street. leading Al. the pet of
No. 9 engine house, appears TO have
been the first arrival, closely followed
by a dozen others. When the Wash
ington Boys Independent Band,
which LED the parade. arrived at
o'clock, the affair was III full blast.
A series of spasmodic battles. accom-
panied by yelps and howls OF pure
canine JOY. contributed to the success
of the afternoon.
Treason Cry Heard.
Cries of treason We're heard on all
sides when ii was announced that
Mrs. Suette Troughs Zip. the dark
hued. Great Dane, whose pedigree has
been traced back to William the
Conquerer's time. would lead the pa
rade. However the NUTS had their
revenge when the highly aristocratic
leader was forced out of the process
sion near the halfway mark. His
mistress attributed his failing to
neuritiS OF the left leg. but some of
10 .aF
are said TO have named other reasons
for the great ones withdrawal.
Whatever the cause may have been,
it was, from that point on. unmis-
takably a mutt parade.
After an hour of rushing around.
preparing the excited pups for the
event, the children formed more or
less of q line and the parade started.
Out Treasury place TO Fourteenth
street and up Fourteenth to New
York avenue the vociferous procession
wound its way. Attracted by the
raucous noise of the dogs and the
music of the band hundreds of busy
workers rushed to the curb and to
windows to watch the unique proce..-
sion file by. After going west on
New York and Pennsylvania avenues
10 Twenty second street the line again
turned north and continued TO the
Riding and Hunt Club. the scene of
the mutt show, where it disbanded.
Confusion Reigns.
There is no name to describe the
noisy confusion that reigned when the
Judging started. However after an
hour Of hard work the judges. DR..
j.. l.. Buckingham. Mrs. Richard II.
JohnStone and Miss Gretchen WahI.
announced the winners in some of the
Classes.
Buddy. belonging to John Rittenour.
was pronounced the dog putting on
the most dog" The title of dog
Eondest dog" was bestowed on the
frightened head of Brownie. insepara-
able companion of Paul Meeks, 4542
Conduit road. Frances F'lax's Rags
was selected as the dog with the short
est legs, and Peggy, pet bulldog
of Virginia Smiths. was proclaimed
the dog with the shortest nose and
the most wrinkles.
Every dog that competed would be
carefully judged and awarded a prize
on his best points, the judges an
nounced.
As the line was moving out from
the Ellipse it was Joined by what
those who ought to know defined as
the muttiest mutt of them all 1t was
pure black in color. answered to most
any name and Immediately made
friends with everyone in the judging
ring. If the dog is not claimed. James
p. Briggs. who was In charge of the
affair. threatened to adopt it.
However sad it may seem, all good
things must have an end and so the
day that every dog is entitled to is
over Many expressions of satisfac-
tion were heard i n canine circles.
though, and predictions of an even
better time next year are being made
by dogs on all sides.