Evening star., 1940-04-21
KEEPING TAB ON THE DOG WORLD
News of Leaders Dogdom and Their Masters Comments
Breeds: Notes Shows Here and Elsewhere
By r. r. Taynton.

guerite Jones at the L3yntU Ken
nels, Silver Spring. Md. He is q
son Of Champion T. M. g. of Mar
ienhof out of q daughter Of Cham
pion Marko.
At the age Of z months he started
his show career by going to reserve
winners at the speciality show in
Pikesville in 1898. That same year
he was shown at Morris and Essex,
where he won both the puppy and
novice classes. In the fall Of 1898,
he picked up his first three points,
getting winners dog and best Of
winners, after which he was sold
to the Norcrest Kennels Of New
York.
Under their chaperonage he was
shown 20 times in 1899. Nineteen
times he was best Of breed, the 20th
time he was best Of winners, and
that was at the Westminster Ken
mel Club show in New York.
His best of breeds included such
victories as the speciality show at
the MONTGOMERY County TERROR
shows in Pennsylvania, where So
dogs competed, including 8 cham
pions entered for specials only. His
spectacular wins for the year
brought him the Miniature Schnau-
zer Club Trophy for winning the
most points at three point or better
shows for the wear.
Rated rs Working Dogs.
The miniature schnauzer is a very
interesting little fellow. In his ma
tive Germany and in England, he
and his larger brothers, the stand
ard and giant schnauzers, are rated
as working dogs. In this country,
however, the standard and miniature
schnauzers are in the terrier group,
while the giant or riesen schnauzer
is in the working group. In order
to maintain the standard Of the
schnauzer in Germany as a real
working dog, periodic rafting trials
are held. some in connection with
the outstanding shows. and the
dog who noses out and kills the most
rats in a wire-inclosed ring, is
awarded the victory. One often
sees-or did see before the present
war-farm carts loaded with pro-
duce, guarded by schnauzers while
the farmer takes his rest and re-
freshment elsewhere. These dogs
have even been used to guard f1ocks
from the depredations of wild an
imals. However, these more ardu-
GUS duties are undertaken primar-
lily by the larger specimens of the
breed. The miniature schnauzer' S
chief mission in life is to be a pet
His fanciers claim that he is a pet
par excellence. being peppy with
out being jittery, intelligent, brave
alert, affectionate without being
sloppy, and a handy size for city OF
country.
/ The origin of the schnauzer is one
Of much conjecture. AS long ago as
1892, Albert Durer, the artist, owned
and painted a schnauzer. Indeed. the
same schnauzer appears in number
of pictures painted from 1892 tc
1904 A statue in Stuttgart dated
| 1920 shows a schnauzer that could
be shown in fast company today.
Probably the schnauzer owes his
present form and coloring to the
crossing of the black German poo.
die with the native haired
pinscher stock. The admixture o1
the gray wolfspitz resulted in the
prevalent pper-and-salt color, al.
though solid black schnauzers still
are bred. The miniature schnauzel
is the result of breeding only the
smallest specimens of the standard
variety. with iudicious mixture o.
affenpinscher blood to keep dowr
the size.
First Shown in Germany.
The schnauzer. then known as thu
wire-haired .pinscher. was first
shown in Germany In 1879. At thu
third International Show at Han.
over, the best of breed dog was ar
unregistered male called "Schnau'
zer." which is a Germon term fol
whiskers or bewhiskered. It is from
this dog that the breed eventually
got its name. The first standard
for the breed was published in 1880
In 1890, when the first specially
show was held in Stuttgart, SO dog.
were entered. The first specially
club to promote the breed was or.
ganized in Cologne in 1895 and wa.
known as the Pinscher Club. In 190-
the Schnauzer Club was formed a
Munich. In 1918 the two clubs com.
bined. Now speciality clubs to pro.
mote schnauzers exist in Germany
Holland. Switzerland, Austria, Eng
land and America. In 1884 the Min.
iature Schnauzer Club of America
was formed and separate STANDARD
for that breed was adopted.
| The miniature schnauzer Is gen.