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and fall indoor fixtures, they promise to increase in number and do great 

 good to dog interests. At shows held last summer there were entries of 

 over five hundred dogs and not one of them had under two hundred and 

 fifty dogs, this number calling for two points for champion honors in winners 

 classes, five hundred calling for three points. 



These shows are better when of but one day's duration, and the outlay 

 is thus reduced to a minimum, as benching, feeding and other expenses 

 are not always incurred. The Wissahickon Kennel Club show uses the 

 stalls and stabling inclosure of the Philadelphia Horse Show Association, 

 the proceeds of the show being devoted to a local charity. Judging is done 

 in the open, in large roped rings, of which there are half a dozen or more 

 placed at various parts of the grounds. 



The Ladies' Kennel Association of Massachusetts had its show at Brain- 

 tree at the New England Kennel Club country-house, and had the benching 

 of that club at its disposal. The Ladies' Kennel Association of America 

 held its show at the Mineola Fair-grounds and the dogs were benched on 

 regular Spratts benching in two of the fair buildings and judged in the 

 open. The Brooklyn Kennel Club held a one-day show at the Brighton 

 Beach race-course paddock, the dogs being accommodated in the stalls 

 around the paddock, and the judging being done below the trainers' private 

 stand. 



The Ladies' Kennel Association and the Bryn Mawr shows of 1903 had 

 large tents, the former show being held on the grounds of the late Mr. 

 James L. Kernochan at Hempstead, L. L, and the latter at the grounds 

 of the Byrn Mawr horse show. At the L. K. A. show at Hempstead, regu- 

 lation benching was used, but at Bryn Mawr dogs were pegged down to 

 wires laid in rows in the tent, while a number were simply chained to the 

 fence of the show ring. It was all very simple, and a show on the lines of 

 one or other of these can be held at any place where there is an inclosure. 



Water is about all that it is necessary to provide for the dogs in addition 

 to a little straw in the case of its being called for. Less than one bag of 

 dog-biscuits was used at the Wissahickon one-day show, though if a two-day 

 aff^air is planned, feeding is then a necessity and comfortable accommoda- 

 tions for the night must be provided. 



Prize money is not expected at these shows, so we do not see so much 

 of the circuit-chasers or the fanciers who only look at the money end of the 

 business. This is all the better for the amateur, who, after all, is the back- 



