Evening star., 1942-09-13

Wldely hefaIded Afghan nOQnd
match and carnival on the Florsheim
estate at Darien on September %.
Entries for the TX Ridge show must
be in Foleys Office by noon tomor-
row.
Jimmy Allen is chairman of the
Bench Committee Of the Washington
Bulldog Club and is working on a
members, match show for some time
in October However, Uncle Sam
may have other plans for Jimmy.
Calvin Pierson is back in this vi
cinity-for good, he hopes. He
spent the last year or so in Utah on
his regular job for the Government
but to his great satisfaction has been
transferred back here. He is plan
ming on re-establishing his cocker
spaniel kennel in Hyattsville.
The Old Dominion Kennel Club
has ordered gold medals which will
be awarded to all member-owned
dogs which made their champion
ships in 1941 and 1912 to date. The
awards will probably be made at the
regular October meeting of the club.
The National Capital Kennel Club
show scheduled for October II will
be preceded by a well-organized
Southern circuit. October l is the
date of the Danville show at which
Harry Lustine will make his debut as
a cocker spaniel judge. October 3
is the date of the Fayetteville show
at which Arthur Forbush will sort
out the bulldogs. These are followed
by Birmingham on october 4, Char
lotte, October 6, Mobile, October 7
and and Winston Salem on Octo-
ber 9. These are Edgar T. Moss
shows. The National Capital show
is Foley fixture.
Claire Crawford Sperling owner
of Rajah of Vakeck, c. D. X, and his
daughter, Gerta Victoria vd Ruhr,
announces that she has no intention
of going out of dogs as has been
rumored. Her move from Silver
Spring was to new home at Vienna,
Va, which will include a new and
ideal kennel as soon as priorities
permit.
A reader Of this column takes ex-
ception to recent statement that
eczema in dogs can be cured because
no mention was made of specific
cure. Eczema is caused by many,
many different factors. The most
common causes of eczema are faulty
diet and dirt or a combination of
both. BY dirt is meant not only
surface soil but the presence of fleas.
lice or other factors which cause
Itching. scratching and consequent
tiny LESSONS in the skin which even
tually form the condition known as
eczema. Generally it takes skilled
veterinarian to diagnose the form
OF eczema and prescribe a cure.
However, there are certain products
available at pet shops and drug
stores which are effective in the
commoner forms of eczema. One of
these is widely advertised in canine
journals and has a pine oil base.
Weeping or moist eczema can be
quickly dried up by the application
Of gentian violet. A diet consisting
largely of meat and dog biscuit plus
a good grooming regularly will gen.
orally take care of the usual eczema.
An important announcement from
Dogs for Defense, Inc, reveals that
a new dog section has been formed
within the Army. This is division
OF the remount section of the Quar-
termaster Corps. Quarters for han
dlers and dogs have been built at
Front Royal. Bert Turnquist cf
Boston, noted obedience trainer. is
in temporary employment as trainer
of dog handlers. Partly educated
dogs will receive their final Army
training at Front Royal under the
supervision of Turnquist- trained
handlers and will be routed to their
Army posts from there.