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of our most popular sports. The number of 

 shows Increases wonderfully each year, and every 

 season the entries become more and more numer- 

 ous. Daily, there are recruits enlisting in the 

 army of dog fanciers. There is no denying the 

 potency of the charm woven by the dog show. 

 The confirmed fancier fairly loves the barking 

 roar of the benched dogs; that peculiarly dis- 

 tinctive smell a strange mixture of dog, disin- 

 fectant, and sawdust; the excitement of the ring; 

 the doggy parties at lunches, dinners, and at 

 night after the show is over. It is all different 

 from anything else in the world of sport, this 

 charm of the bench show, and it is sure to hold 

 in a fast grip any dog lover who falls under its 

 sway. 



