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out the West there was keener competition, such dogs as Osceola Bey, 

 Leo G., Earl's Olivia and other good Danes being constantly in rivalry at the 

 v^estern shows. One feature at this period deserves attention, and that was 

 the very notable success of the sons and daughters of Earl of Wurtemberg. 

 He was not a high-class dog individually, being decidedly coarse, but he got 

 good puppies, as was demonstrated at New York in 1895 when his progeny 

 won third in novice dogs, second in junior dogs, first in novice bitches, 

 second in junior bitches and third in open bitches. 



In 1899 the Montebello Kennels were started, with Mr. T. D. M. 

 Cardeza as owner and headquarters at Germantown. Before the New York 

 show of 1900 the death of Mr. Tilford caused the dispersal of his kennels 

 and Sandor vom Inn joined the Cardeza combination, which, with a number 

 of excellent imported Danes, became the prominent kennel of the breed in 

 this country. Though it is true that this kennel won the majority of the 

 prizes it competed for, taking all the shows the dogs were at, it is nevertheless 

 a fact that at the leading shows where the best dogs met the prizes were 

 widely distributed. This was the result of the many good purchases of the 

 preceding decade, which so improved the breeding stock of the country 

 at large that good dogs were being produced here capable of holding their 

 own against all but the very best of the importations. On reference to the 

 New York catalogue for 1901, we find that two of the three placed dogs in 

 the novice class were American bred, two of the placed dogs in the limit 

 class, second and third in the other than brindled, third in the harlequin, 

 and two of the three in the open dog class, while in bitches there was an 

 equal number in evidence. 



The higher prizes in winners' classes continued to be mainly captured 

 by the Montebello dogs, though Sandor was held up quite a good deal to let 

 the younger members of the kennel earn fame, such as Meteor vom Inn, 

 and his alleged son, Apollo, whose breeder and dam were alike unknown. 

 Mr. Cardeza decided to give up Great Danes before the close of the 

 year, and we think all but Sandor were disposed of in one way or another, 

 the old dog being retained as the home dog, but he died about a year later. 

 Quite a number of the Montebello dogs were never shown again, but sev- 

 eral were seen at New York in 1904 and 1905. The best dog in 1904 was a 

 newcomer, a very handsome black dog named Dagobert. The beautiful 

 condition this dog is always shown in assists very much in his ranking so 

 high as he has always done, for his coat shines like satin. Apart from that 



