. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. A Dii-FH TF/r Fi;at which Ri-'.dUiRics Long 1'kactrI'; Circus Training suffice to take him by the two front paws and make him walk backward on his hind paws. That win cure liim of his de- sire to leap upon )'oii in future. XIV. Ben-ch Shows and compeiitions Bench shows, which are really a subdivision of sport with dogs, are among the most important thin g s f o r a breeder. That which attracts or ought to at- tract thither the amateur breeder is
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. A Dii-FH TF/r Fi;at which Ri-'.dUiRics Long 1'kactrI'; Circus Training suffice to take him by the two front paws and make him walk backward on his hind paws. That win cure liim of his de- sire to leap upon )'oii in future. XIV. Ben-ch Shows and compeiitions Bench shows, which are really a subdivision of sport with dogs, are among the most important thin g s f o r a breeder. That which attracts or ought to at- tract thither the amateur breeder is not so much the chance of car- rying off prizes as the honor and satisfaction of seeing them won b)' animals he has bred himself. The first canine bench show took place in 1859 at New- castle-upon- Tyne. Although only pointers and setters were shown, it was an exhibition ver}' superior to the dog sales hitherto organized by dealers at the inns, where visitors (mostly coachmen) did business and drank brandy together. In i S60 the great bench show at Birmingham took place ; this was fol- lowed by many others, not very large ones, it is true, but held under the stern control of the English Kennel Club and the best known ex- perts, who now make a business of it and form the jury of awards. The great English bench shows—those of the said club, for instance — last three days and are attended by thousands of paying visitors, who can thus review from one thousand to fifteen hundred dogs. In France the first bench show took place in May, 1863, ^t the Jardin des Plantes. The committee was formed of the members of the Jockey Club, and the cost of the show- was paid by subsidies from the railwa}'s, the city of Paris, and Baron Rothschild. The prizes given amounted to three thousand dollars, which was certainly a good send-off. Later there were several shows every year. Those which are now held in France, usuall)- lasting three days and devoted to different races of dogs, are considered
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