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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. I, 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 
affair 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- 
