Evening star., 1940-03-17
Among the Dog Owners

Add casualties Of the cold
weather: AL GARDENERS overcoat.
AL decided a few days ago that his
pride and Joy. the Airedale pup,
Rough Point Anchor. needed strip
ping. The oil stove was Lit, the pup
set up, and the scissors put into
action. Needless to say. AIS pipe
was going; so, when he smelt some
thing burning, he was not perturbed.
The scissors flashed, the matted
locks fell, and soon-though smoke
rather dimmed his vision-the job
was half done. Then Al, feeling
a bit warmed by his exertions, hap
peneo to glance down. His overcoat
was blazing merrily, having been in
too close proximity to the oil stove.
Holding the pup firmly with one
hand, AL made wen-directed swipe
of the scissors with ths other, and
hastily amputated the lower part
of the burning coat. The stripping
job was completed in cooler spot.
Suggestions as to salvaging the up
per part of the coat range from sew
ing on a ruf1e to remodeling it into
a nautical REFER. AL has them all
under consideration, but is refusing
tempting offers to indorse any par
ticular brand of pipe tobacco.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Habicht
will move shortly to a more roomy
location. BY the 1st of April. Bal
t.more boulevard, Cottage City, Md,
will house the Habicht Toy Man
chester terriers, including their
champion, Russell's Choice Double,
youngster which gained his title
within the last year and went best
Of breed at the Baltimore show in
February. Once installed In the new
home, they will take him, together
with Russell's Princess Tiny Tot,
a 6-pound bitch with several points.
and a debutante known as Quarter,
to the speciality show at Toledo,
Ohio, April 13 and IA. Later, they will
campaign the dogs on the southern
circuit, starting at Richmond and
showing locally and at Pikesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Habicht regard the
Toy Manchester as a most intelli-
gent and satisfactory toy dog and
are breeding for not-too-small speci-
mems, ranging at maturity from 7
or 8 pounds to IL. Members of the
National Capital Kennel Club. they
also belong to the Monumental City
the club with the large name for
the small dogs-and will show at
its March "a event in Baltimore.
A meeting of the Washington
Bulldog Club was held Wednesday
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Grimm, 1922 Garfield street NV.
Plans for q puppy match were dis
cussed, and after the business meet
ing the Grimms, human and Of the
bulldog persuasion, entertained the
members Hospitality.
After the meeting, John Gum,
secretary OF the club, packed his
family into the car and headed
south for an inspection of Florida
beaches and bulldogs. Among the
latter is Patsy, daughter of the
Gums Lazy Lady by Gen. Grant
of r. K. O., celebrated specimen
which came here with the Roosevelt
Administration. Patsy belongs to
Mrs. Edith M. Meloy of Miami
Beach, niece Of the late Edward s.
Schmid of Washington.
Owners Of kennels feel about let
ters Of inquiry as radio addicts do
about short wave programs-the
greater the distance, the more the
kick. Thus, Beech Tree Farms,
Falls Church, Va, was intrigued re-
Gently by the Alaska postmark on
an envelope, and even more so when
the contents proved to be q COM
munication from the Nome office
Of the Interior Department, asking
these authorities on Shetland sheep
dogs whether the shaggy, Sturdy
little fellows would be successful in
herding reindeer Now two ardent
believers in the virtues Of +. the
Shelties are busy preparing facts
and figures for the study Of the
Alaskan reindeer guardians.
Peter Pan Kennels, on the road to
Upper Marlboro, Md, has recently
entertained q wirehaired terrier OF
their own breeding, now belonging
to Col. william Armstead, retired
from the Army and sojourning in
the West. While here, Peter Pans
Challenge became . father, Mrs.
Maxine Honmanns Pan Of Wei
bourn presenting him with six lovely
children. Whereupon that genial
bat Of Peter Pan (that is, always
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