Evening star., 1940-02-13
Little Ball Of Fluff
Takes Westminster
Best Of Breed
Capitol Area Hos Lone
Winner as East Coins
Majority Of Prizes
BY BILL WHITE,
Associated Press Sports Writar

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tastic world Of sharp-eyed judges,
gawping humans, throat sprays,
powder puffs and eyebrow pencils
the best examples Of American dog
dom are on parade-and q 2-year-
old 9-pound ball Of fun is the dog
giest of them all.
The Westminster Kennel Club
has seen many a story-book hap
penng enliven its "a shows, but
none that was any more thrilling
than what highlighted the opening
Of the three-day event In Madison
Square Garden yesterday.
just arrived from England, a mag
nificent sable Pekingese won the
best of breed from another foreign
champion believed almost unbeat-,
able-and Immediately became
prime choice to replace last years
Oh. Ferry Won Rauhfelson Of Gi-
ralda as best In show this year.
Owned by Pennsylvania.
The newest sensation Is Remen-
ham Derri purchased by Mrs. Rich.
ard S. Quigley of Lock Haven, Pa,
for sum that guessers said might
be as high as $500. Winner Of a
gold medal for being England's most
victorious dog, Remenham Derri
defeated Oh. Che LIE of Matsons
Catawba, often regarded as the best
Peke ever to show in America.
Winner of the Saratoga Gold Cup,
the Mrs. James M. Austin entry
from Old Westbury, N. Y, had had
a string of phenomenal successes
until yesterday.
And 1t was only "a hours before
Westminster opened Monday morn
ing that the winner arrived-after
bad three weeks in stormy cross
ing.
But the precious Peke will have
some terrific competition before to-
morrow nights final judging for the
priced best in show award.
East Gets Most Prizes.
The East, as usual, took most of the
prizes in championship stride as
the show opened yesterday. But
for Washington and vicinity, q
drought set in early in the day and
continued with little interruption
until the judging rings were closed
and the last dog safely bedded down
in its kennel.
For while it appeared that Al
fred j. Sause of Baltimore might
see his name indited along with the
rest of the owners of best of breed
winners. Mr.. Sause bought his
dog, Dallo v. D. Forest, right
through the open competition for
dogs in the German short-haired
pointer division and past the un-
limited judging for dogs and bitches.
With two firStS to his credit against
as handsome a field as the show ever
houseds Dallo loomed q possible IA
vorite to finish near the top in the
best OF breed nomination. ",.f$-
His chances appeared even bright
er IN the absence of last years win
ner, Oh. Carl Kellerhau Of Middle
sex, owned by Clifford A. Nagle of
New Brunswick, N. j. Kellerhau
was killed last week by an automo-
bile while being prepped for the
show.
Dallo Is Nosed Out.
There was only one dog to beat
and that was Fritz v. Schwarenberg,
owned by Jack Shattuck Of Minne-
apolis. Dallo, however, was not
equal to the task. After extended
deliberation, Judge Edward Dana
Knight awarded the blue to Mr..
Shattuck's dog, and Dallo retired
with second-place laureM.
For Shattuck, 1t was q story book
triumph. Not as affluent as most
of the exhibitors, the short, slight
Westerner had to literally save his
pennies and nickels to bring his
animal to the show. He can employ
no high-priced breeders to train his
dogs and no handlers to put them
through their PAGES before the ar
biters. Hence, the victory of his
sleek. wiry entry was well received
by the crowd, which still found
time to marvel at the well-groomed
appearance of Dallo.
Mr.. Sause's feat, outstanding as it
was, turned out to be the last threat
by an exhibitor from the Washing
ton district. Even the unimportant
group prizes eluded Washington
standard bearers.
Mrs. du Points Beagle Best.
AS usual, Mrs. William I. du Pont
of Bellevue, Del, appeared with the
best beagle In Meadowlark Drafts
man, out OF her Foxcatcher Kennels.
Long before .Meadowlark, the best
American-bred dog of 1899, was &C
claimed as the best of his rivals, it
was certain that Mrs. du Pont would
exhibit the winner, for all OF the dogs
In the final judgings were from her
Foxcatcher Kennels, which Is as 1t
has been for the past fey years.
AS the long day Of competition
neared its end, another Washing
ton district representative entered
the rather exclusive circle when
Ruth r. Taynton's Pocono, pride Of
Beech Tree, won the limited bitches
blue in the Shetland sheep dogs class.
The Falls Church (Va) exhibitor
had every reason tn eYnoct that the