Judge — June 1935 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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ce om ee Judge DOGS By W. Newbold Ely, Jr. HERE are two kinds of dogs (a) those that do things outdoors and (b) those that do things indoors, (a) includes pointers who point Plymouth Rocks and catydids. Retrievers who re- trieve ducks, empty gin bottles, old rub- ber boots, etc. (b) includes all dogs,— seller’s guarantees notwithstanding. Then there is a special classification, —dogs which do nothing. It is difficult to realize that there are dogs who are especially bred and trained to do nothing at all except stand. The events at which these special dogs appear are called Shows. The classic di the L s the Westminster Show, held each year in Madison Square Garden This colossal event has won its out- standing position on all three qualifying courts, It’s the noisiest, it’s the most crowded, and it's the most doggy smell- ing. g show of Each year there are more and more entries, and more and more breeds. The first is accomplished by New Deal mathematics in the same way that in- creases in postal revenue are shown. The second is accomplished by unusual biological attractions. For example a Greenland ice man or a Dutch canal boatman has a lady dog. The young lady wanders down the primrose path and has a mésalliance. Now inst following the American custom and giv- ing the offspring to the janitor or phoning the S.P.C.A. the frugal for- cigner gets out his Webster, looks up a ad of ef 5 Ray Mc Gui Os “7 should worry—I'm on relief long word, and then spells it back- wards, The result is promptly pro nounced the name of a new breed of dog and is then, in due course, sold to some rich American or his agent. LTHOUGH the sporting spirit of these dog shows is so unique that anything goes, from a thumb tack in a fellow exhibitor’s chair to Pluto in a rival canine’s drinking water, neverthe- less the whole affair is conducted with an eye, in fact both ¢ and ate.” To take care of the former there are countless classes each giving es, on the entries “We've been married for twenty years—I'm just breakin’ them in.” 13 SANDWICH SHOPPE ( DOBLE: DECKER a blue ribbon. In fact there has never been a dog within our memory that came back from a dog show without a blue ribbon. This explains why it is impos- sible to have anyone start telling you about their dogs without bringing in how it, or its father, or its step-mother, was a blue ribbon winner, OW as to the “gate” the public is usually enticed in by a series of come-on effects. First the individuals of each breed meet, then the one which beats the other is “best of breed.” Then the “best of breeds” meet in groups like, Sporting Group, Non-Sporting Group, Working Group, Toy Group, ete. The (Page 26, please) comicbooks.com