Evening star., 1947-05-31


victory, young greyhound which
only recently completed its cham
pionship went straight to the top
at the Memorial Day all-beed dog
show of the National Capital Ken
mel Club at Meadowbrook Country
Club yesterday.
Little Andelys' Dark Mist, owned
by Mrs. Harding T. Mason of Cross
River, N. Y, and handled by Nate
Levine, won first in her breed, then
the hound group and Mrs. Saunders
L. Meade of West Chester, Pa, gave
her the nod for best dog in show.
Immediately afterward Mrs.
Meads awarded the twin honor of
best local dog in show to the
Airdale terrier, Bobs Pride of
Renidrag, owned by Mrs. A. S..
Gardiner, jr., of Bethesda, Md. and
shown by her husband. Runner up
to the Gardiner Airedale apparently
was the Great Dane fawn puppy,
Elpaw's Queen of Lanark Way,
shown by Miss Susie Bell Waple of
Alexandria for her owner, Mrs.
Bernadette M. Fletcher of Silver
Spring.
Finalists in the variety groups,
beside the greyhound. were the Irish
setter, Knockalong Dan O'Flynn,
owned by Charles E. and Kathryn
H. Towson of Baltimore; the collie,
Tokalon Ice Storm, owned by the
Tokalon Kennels of Hurley, N. Y;
the Kerry Blue terrier, Oh. Smarty's
Perfection, owned by Mrs. William
N. Ensor of Belair, Md, the mini
ature pinscher, Oh. Thor v. Rochs-
burg, owned by Ivor Jones of Rich
mond, Va. and the miniature poodle,
Ensarr Salute, owned by Mrs. w.
French Citizens of Bernardsville,
N. j.
Winners in Local Groups.
In the local groups, sporting honors
went to the parti-colored cocker
spaniel, Mrs. Ralph S. Roberts
Alderbrook Bengal Light; in the
hounds, to Mrs. Ward Monroe
French's Afghan, Oh. Agha Kaima-
akan of Arthea; in terriers, to the
Airedale; in working dogs, the Great
Dane; in toys, to the Pekingese, Mrs
Jetty Remy's Shan Tung of Orchard
Hill; and in the n-sporting group,
to the Chow-Chow, Blue Aladdin of
Tango, owned by Mrs. John Ander-
son.
Local dog owners did well, how
ever, in practically every breed from
start to finish of the more than SO
breeds represented in nearly 500
entries. A number of championships
were concluded, particularly nice
win being that of Mrs. Jere B.
Mackle, whose Cairn terrier, Daisy
of Macwae, won her points, was best
of opposite sex, and also best local
Cairn.
In springer spaniels, it was a
family matter, with Walter A
Konkle, jr., taking winners bitch
with his Lady DevereauX of Konkles
and w. Amos Konkle reserve with
Nancy of Konkles. In a large entry
of cocker spaniels, the winning black
bitch was E. G. Thomas Conann
Cushla. Winners dog in English set
ters was Earl's Big Boy Streamline
owned by William A. Earl, while Col
Samuel Gordon Green had winners
bitch with his Missy of Bluegorse
both locally bred as we'll as locally
owned. Charles S. Hartung con.
tinued his winning streak with his
Weimaraner, Silver Blue Luke, best
of breed in good competition.
DIR. Cornet Beats Himself.
Another local exhibitor whose dogs
have made a long record of wins al
Eastern shows, DR.. L. A. Cornet, beat
himself when his young champion
Karl v. Tenroc. won over his Oh
Rotcod V. Tenroc, frequently g
group winner. Best opposite to Kari
was Mrs. Aubria Bywaters' Oh
Guntherette of Earldale. In boxers
Mrs. Frank j. Adams recently
crowned Oh. Francine of Avenel
defeated all comers for best OF
breed, while her Fresno of Avenel
was winners dog. Stewart E. De
Gaetano had the winning male
Great Dane in Elvescot Vingnir,
while Leota D. Payne's Danewood
Debutante was winners bitch.
Best Siberian Husky was the
obedience-trained' Chornyi of Kab-
kol, C. D., while the newly crowned
Oh. Saint Bernard Dalakay's Prin-
cess, owned by Mrs, A. Dowell Mans
field, accounted for best in that
breed. The winning dog and the