Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-15
Capital Dog Show Has 1853 Entries
BY WHEELER JOHNSON
outdoor Editor

The National Capital Kennel
Club dog show, which will be
held Sunday at the National
Guard Armory, is continuing a
trend established in recent years.
The event again will set q
record for number Of entries.
Under the leadership Of its
longtime president. Mrs. John
Ia. Anderson. the show has
grown TO a point where 1t now
is the second largest east Of
Chicago. and this SD edition
has attracted q whopping list
Of l,46S entries. The show will
be so large this year the club
now has taken over the entire
Armory instead Of Just q portion
Of 1t as in past years.
In addition to the regular
classes, five speciality clubs are
participating this year. These
are the Weimaraner Club Of
Washington, Potomac Afghan
Hound Club. Mason-Dixon Col
lie Club, the Great Dane Club
Of Greater Washington and the
American Manchester Terrier
Club.
K-9 Dogs In Show
Two sidelights also are sched-
uled which always appeal to
the hundreds Of dog lovers who
annually throng the Armory
for this event.
After an absence Of q year,
the Park Police again will put
their dogs through their PAGES
in a demonstration Of the
highly specialized training re-
quired to make q K-9 Corps
member the effective weapon
he is in combating crime. The
police dogs will put on their
show Just before the group
judging in the afternoon.
The other special feature,
always a crowd pleaser, Is the
obedience trial. This part Of
the show brings out a huge
entry list, and this year will
be no exception. The obedience
trial will run concurrently with
the breed judging.
Mrs. Anderson says Collies
form the largest class this year.
There are 103 entered. Perhaps
the second largest class will be
the German Shepherds, which
drew more than 70. Other large
classes will be the Great Danes
and the Weimaraners with 40
in each. Another large class
will be the Dachshunds, both
smooth and wire-haired.
Among the surprises was the
large class Of Samoyeds, q
rather rare Arctic dog. This
class is supported by the East
ern Division Of the Samoyed
=. Club Of America and it drew
!, % entries.
Other Of the less familiar
breeds to be shown include the
Hungarian Vizslas, the Welsh
Corgis, Australian Terriers, ST.
berian Huskies, Great Pyrenees,
| Bedlington Terriers and Toy
; Manchesters - which drew ~
entries.
! Show Has II Judges
: The show will have II experts
from II States, Canada and
= England as judges. Theodore
Y Gundersen Of Ottawa will pick
E best in show.
One Of the strong possibilities
for best in show will be q dog
from the Washington area. He
is big, good natured Chow Chow,
: bred by Miss Joan Wellborn at
her All Sid Kennel, Clinton, Md.
Miss Wellborn's dog, Oh. All
Sid's the Dilettante, is ranked
as No. 4 dog in, the Nation for
1862 under the Phillips system.
He has won best in show awards
16 out Of II times and his
latest triumph was at Baltimore
in January. He is back in the
National Capital show after an
absence Of two years.
Because Of the great number
Of entries the II judges will
start their work at 8 am. and
their all-day assignment even
tually will narrow the field to
six finalists from the sporting,
hound, working, terrier. toy and
transporting group winners.
Gundersen probably will be
able to name the best Of show
around 8 pm.
Admission price for the show
is SIPS for adults and so cents
for children.