64 The Dog Book, 



In preparing the copy of the catalogue for the printer, if help sufficient 

 can be secured to divide the work and have it done quickly, it is better to 

 write out each entry on a separate slip, just as they are on the entry-forms, 

 taking care to put at the top of the slip the number of each class and a con- 

 traction sufficient to specify the breed, such as "St.B." for St. Bernard. 

 When a dog is entered in more than one class, put a check-mark on the slip 

 of the first class entered in order to denote further entries, and do the same on 

 the slips of the duplicate entry or entries. Having finished the writing of 

 these slips, which are, of course, all mixed up as to classes, they are now 

 sorted out by class-number and beginning with Class I, proceed to number 

 each entry-slip. You will now find the advantage of having marked the 

 duplicate entries, for you can arrange them in order at the head of each 

 class and follow with the numbers of new dogs. This is a convenience that 

 calls for little trouble, and it saves time at the judging, when it is most 

 valuable. 



If possible, have some capable man read over the copy before it goes 

 to the printer, and by a " capable man" we mean some one with a fair knowl- 

 edge of the names of owners and dogs, and, if possible, of pedigrees; for 

 nothing looks so careless as a catalogue full of stupid blunders in deciphering 

 the various writings on entry-forms. Time spent on seeing to the correct- 

 ness of the catalogue is a good investment for the credit of the show. 



Send out the identification tickets and number tags so as to reach 

 owners in good time. 



Benching and feeding is now so generally in the hands of the Spratt's 

 Co., that little need be said as to the making of benches and the feeding, but 

 if benches have to be made on the spot, I offer two suggestions which were 

 picked up at the Seattle and Portland shows of 1904. 



A strip of one-foot poultry-netting was run flat along the top of the centre 

 back of the benches, the edges being tacked down on the stall parftions, 

 thus preventing a dog from climbing up and fighting the dog on the back 

 bench. The other novelty was a small swivel snap fastened to the back of 

 the bench above the straw, which is more convenient for use than the cus- 

 tomary ring attached to the bottom bbard. 



Checking the dogs on arrival at the show is a tedious affair with us, 

 involving a hunt for the owner's name in an index. This is not always done 

 correctly, and seems to be of little use otherwise. A very simple and most 

 convenient plan is to prepare a large sheet of paper with ruled columns 



