Evening star., 1938-12-18

FRANCES 1nOTQ-1Tay, WIN an 1rlSn'
terrier; Blanche Saunders, with a
standard poodle; Mrs Henry Sabet-
ii, with a Great Dane; Esther Bird,
with a Welsh corgi; Mrs. E. H.
Trip, with German shepherd;
Mrs. w. Taylor Day, with a Shet-
land sheepdog, and Mrs Marion
Shaw, with Norwegian elkhound.
The mems team is to consist of
Thomas Marshall, with an Irish
water spaniel; Sidney Frazee, with
a collie; Henry j. Whitehouse, with
a standard poodle: John Simson,
with pointer; Walter Pfeffer, with
a German shepherd; w. C. Burns,
cocker spaniel J. R. Allen, Boston
or Welsh terrier, and, tentatively,
Ward c. Green, with an English
setter.
There are to be six members of
each team with two alternates.
Josef Weber, the well-known dog
trainer, is to judge, and already he
has forwarded to each contestant
a list of what each dog is to do.
1t is interesting to note that all
handlers named are amateurs and
that the dogs represent a great
variety of types, countries and
groups. Only the toy group is not
represented.
The working group accounts
for six of the cOntenders, the
sporting group four, the nom
sporting three, the terrier two
and the hound group one.
The countries represented include
Norway, Scotland, England, France,
Germany and a number of others.
In size, the dogs vary from the
Great Dane, who stands not less
than 30 inches at the shoulder and
weighs more than $50 pounds fire.
quently, to the miniature poodle,
which may measure IL inches at the
shoulder and weigh less than 10
pounds.
Judge Needs Keen Training.
To be dog show judge is one of
the most desired and least appre-
ciated positions among dog fanciers.
Novices, and many show veterans,
have a distinctly envious regard for
the people who award the ribbons
In the show ring. The position car
ries with it a certain amount of the
limelight which is so attractive. On
the other hand, the dog show judge
Is one Of the most abused of indi-
vlduals. His decisions seldom give
universal satisfaction and he is
called publicly and privately every
thing from a publicity seeking ig-
noramus to a deliberate cheat.
The truth of the matter is that
many people rush into dog judging
before they have had adequate ex-
perience in breeding and showing
dogs and before they have culti-
waited that "eye for dog that Is
absolutely indispensable to a good
judge.
Others judge entirely on the
basis Of personal prejudice as
to what constitutes an impor-
tant point in the breed
chosen.
For instance, If ears of certain
type may be the most difficult point
to attain in that judges kennel, he
may give undue emphasis to that
point, forgetting that dog consists
of more than pair of ears. He for
gets likewise that each breed has
definite standard and there is
scale of points, express or implied,
for the various parts of the dog
and that the dog must be measured
against mental image of that
standard on the day judged.
No judge may assume the pre-
rogative of putting puppy up or
down because Of the way he thinks
it will develop. He should not put
a dog in poor coat or condition to
best Of breed because he happens
to know how the dog looks when he
is In full bloom.
Contest for Judges.
In other countries, dog show
judges are carefully trained either
by the kennel club of the country
or by the breed clubs. Judges un-
dergo apprenticeships either as stu
dent judges or as assistants or stew
ards in the ring.
In this country, no such aid is
given the aspiring Judge. Those in
tslligent enough to hnd for them
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