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registered dogs have to be " listed " for each show 

 they attend, and a fee of twenty-five cents is al- 

 ways charged. 



The usual classes at a bench show are the 

 puppy, novice, limit, open, and winners', and in 

 the more popular breeds these are divided by sex. 

 The puppy class is for any dog between the ages 

 of six months and one year, but, of course, none 

 can be entered whose date of birth, sire, dam, 

 place of birth, and breeder are unknown. The 

 novice class is for dogs bred in the United States 

 who have never won a first prize, wins in the 

 puppy class being excepted. The limit class is 

 for dogs who have not won six first prizes in that 

 class, but dogs who have won their championship 

 are barred. Any dog, who is over six months of 

 age, may be shown in the open class. 



If three of the above classes are given at a 

 show, a winners' class is added. There is no en- 

 try fee for this class, but in it the winners of 

 the other classes meet and are judged. At dif- 

 ferent shows various other classes are sometimes 

 given, as a junior class for dogs between six and 

 eighteen months, a class for champions, and 

 many divisions are made according to weight and 

 color in different breeds. 



It is by wins in the winners' class that a dog 

 secures the right to prefix to his name the honor- 



